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From: Uwe Bonnes <bon@e...>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 21:04:36 +0200
Subject: Re: [pci] PCI <-> 8255 PIO
>>>>> "emanuel" == emanuel stiebler <emu@e...> writes:
emanuel> Hi all, Absolutely new here, so please bear with me ;-)
emanuel> I'm trying to built a board which has 2-4 8255 chips attached
emanuel> to the pci bus. My idea is to get the Memec Spartan 2 board for
emanuel> it, and make a small add-on board with the 8255s (and other
emanuel> stuff). I thought about using the Opencores PCI Bridge for it.
emanuel> So, the question are ...
emanuel> a.) What problems should I expect ?
The Hirose connectors may be difficult to get.
emanuel> b.) how difficult would that be ? (boards & layouts are not a
emanuel> problem)
You have to have some experience with Verilog and FPGA programming.
emanuel> c.) are there still enough resources in the spartan II left
emanuel> (with the pci bridge & control for the 8255s), to add a DMA
emanuel> engine to it ?
I guess, you could implement the 8255 in the FPGA too :-)
...
Bye
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Uwe Bonnes bon@e...
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