[Fpga-synth] actel

[ryan williams]

i went ahead and purchased the Igloo nano starter kit. The design
tools were pretty straight forward and I got the I2S DAC test code
working pretty quickly.

the design files are here incase anyone wants them:
http://www.homebuilthardware.com/index.php/2009/05/26/igloo-nano-starter-kit-dac-example/

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Eric Brombaugh <ebrombaugh1 at cox.net> wrote:
> ryan williams wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone had any experience with Actel parts? I'm seeing the igloo
>> nano and proasic3 nano parts. any comments about using them for
>> synths? I like the flash that they have and they are cheap. $5-$15 for
>> 250K and less parts. they become much more, $40+ for the larger parts.
>>
>> there is a cheap evaluation board. $55 for a igloo nano 250k board. it
>> comes with a programmer stick that looks like it can be used in my own
>> designs later. i don't know much about what to look for as far
>> resources go. My thought it to use these cheap little $5 or $10 ones
>> for individual modules in my mostly analog modular. I think of
>> replacing the digital VCO i built last year that ran a dspic at 120MHz
>> using 120mA at 5V. also, maybe a frequency shifter.
>
> Sounds like a fun project. These low-power non-volatile FPGAs may be a good
> way to get fully digital modules that don't load down the overall system
> power as much as some of the older MCUs like the dsPIC30F series parts you
> were using before. Please keep us informed on how it goes!
>
> Eric
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