[Coco] FPGA

[N8WQ]

Hi Joel,
Thanks for the great info on the FPGA. I am reading the wiki now. I 
stumbled on to one web site that refered to a Becker CoCo 3 FPGA, but 
the site was no longer in operation.

Alan Jones

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Joel Ewy wrote:
> N8WQ wrote:
>   
>> Folks,
>> Occasionally I hear the term FPGA used in various discussions here on
>> the list. Can anyone recommend any books, tutorials, or url's that can
>> help me learn about this subject?
>>
>> Alan Jones
>>  
>>     
> Try the Wikipedia article out for a start: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array
> As it pertains to the CoCo, FPGA chips are now capable of containing the
> entire functionality of a simple computer to create a System On a Chip
> (SOC).  Gary Becker's CoCo3FPGA project seems to be the farthest along
> in development:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CoCo3FPGA/
>
> Mark McDougall and James Daggett have mentioned on this list that they
> are also working on CoCo-related FPGA projects.  I believe Mark has made
> significant progress on implementing a CoCo I/II on FPGA, and James has
> mentioned that he is working on GIME functionality.
>
> Verilog and VHDL are two popular HDLs (Hardware Description Languages)
> that are used to describe the logic functions that can be programmed
> into an FPGA.
>
> JCE
>
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