[Coco] DE-0 Nano Successfully Programmed!

[Dave Philipsen]

This is just an opinion and you may have a different mission but some of 
the other boards are more robust in their ability to aid with 
troubleshooting and provide visual cues.  For instance, the DE1 has 
7-segment displays which could display a 16-bit address, there are more 
LEDs and switches, it has a VGA port and a serial port, keyboard port, 
etc.  But if you're looking for a lot of DRAM the Nano does have that.

I'm just mentioning this because some people (including myself) have 
found it very cool to experiment with CPU cores (6809, Z80, 6502, 8085, 
8088, 68000, etc.) and to do much interactive programming and testing it 
really helps to at least have a serial port if not a VGA display.  Of 
course you can add those things to the DE0 Nano with a little wire, some 
connectors, and a few other parts.

Dave Philipsen

On 6/5/2015 7:46 PM, Bill Nobel wrote:
> Thx Ed,  I have been looking into this extensively and want to get one.  The Deo seems to be my best choice for now, Not because of price, but features embedded on the board.
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> Bill Nobel
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>> On Jun 5, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The Quartus design environment supports both.
>>
>> - Ed
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>>
>>> On Jun 5, 2015, at 7:05 PM, Bill Nobel <b_nobel at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Kip,  I have been thinking of getting a Deo-Nano, but have a question.  Can you still use VHDL for coding or is it just Verlog now?
>>>
>>> I see in some of the documentation that VHDL is still available, but most of the reviews say Verlog is the main system.
>>>
>>> Bill Nobel
>>>
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