Re: [avr-gcc-list] Programming Atmel FPGAs from AVR?

[Clemens Koller]

Hi, Rick!

Rick Mann schrieb:
> On May 19, 2007, at 11:41 PM, Rick Mann wrote:
> > Has anyone tried developing a project with an FPGA, and programming it 
> > from an AVR? I want to develop something that requires a LOT of PWMs, 
> > and an FPGA seems like a good way to do that. But I wonder if I could 
> > forego separate FPGA programming hardware, and just program it from 
> > the AVR.
>
> As I read about the Atmel FPGAs I see that they can include an AVR core; 
> there's hardly any point to having a separate AVR.

There is a VHDL model of an AVR available in the Web.
I thought about squeezing that into the Flash Programmable Actel FPGA which have
some "User Flash" in the newer devices which can be used for the AVR's firmware.
That would give a cute single chip solution. But there is no physical
implementation yet.

Have a look at the http://www.atmel.com/products/FPSLIC/
Parts. That's a AVR + FPGA + external EEPROM.

Greets,

Clemens Koller
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