[ANN] FPGAOptim0208r available

[Martin Thompson]

A new release of FPGAOptim[1] is available. Highlights of this
release include:

* Support for 12.x toolchain
* Support for S6/V6 devices
* EDIF and NGC netlists, so the tool can be used earlier in the
design process. Especially useful when you are "overmapped" and
don't know why
* More flexible column headings which will support future devices
much more easily.

(BTW, our website moved around, so those of you who have downloaded
before should be receiving an email with a new link to the installer
shortly)

Cheers,
Martin

[1] http://www.conekt.co.uk/capabilities/49-fpga-optim

--
martin.j.thompson@trw.com
TRW Conekt - Consultancy in Engineering, Knowledge and Technology
http://www.conekt.co.uk/capabilities/39-electronic-hardware

 

[d_s_klein]

On Oct 13, 5:38 am, Martin Thompson <martin.j.thomp...@trw.com> wrote:

is available.  Highlights of this
release include:

 * Support for 12.x toolchain
 * Support for S6/V6 devices
 * EDIF and NGC netlists, so the tool can be used earlier in the
   design process.  Especially useful when you are "overmapped" and
   don't know why
 * More flexible column headings which will support future devices
   much more easily.

(BTW, our website moved around, so those of you who have downloaded
before should be receiving an email with a new link to the installer
shortly)

Cheers,
Martin

[1]http://www.conekt.co.uk/capabilities/49-fpga-optim

--
martin.j.thomp...@trw.com
TRW Conekt - Consultancy in Engineering, Knowledge and Technologyhttp://www.conekt.co.uk/capabilities/39-electronic-hardware

Just my $.02 - I would like to see a Linux version. I am so tired of
the "looks great, who cares if it works" fluffiness of 'doze.

RK

 

[Amal]

On Oct 13, 12:45 pm, d_s_klein <d_s_kl...@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Oct 13, 5:38 am, Martin Thompson <martin.j.thomp...@trw.com> wrote:









A new release of FPGAOptim[1] is available.  Highlights of this
release include:

 * Support for 12.x toolchain
 * Support for S6/V6 devices
 * EDIF and NGC netlists, so the tool can be used earlier in the
   design process.  Especially useful when you are "overmapped" and
   don't know why
 * More flexible column headings which will support future devices
   much more easily.

(BTW, our website moved around, so those of you who have downloaded
before should be receiving an email with a new link to the installer
shortly)

Cheers,
Martin

[1]http://www.conekt.co.uk/capabilities/49-fpga-optim

--
martin.j.thomp...@trw.com
TRW Conekt - Consultancy in Engineering, Knowledge and Technologyhttp://www.conekt.co.uk/capabilities/39-electronic-hardware

Just my $.02 - I would like to see a Linux version.  I am so tired of
the "looks great, who cares if it works" fluffiness of 'doze.

RK

Can you not do the same thing with planAhead? It has many netlist
searching and display features.

-- Amal

 

[Nial Stewart]

Just my $.02 - I would like to see a Linux version. I am so tired of
the "looks great, who cares if it works" fluffiness of 'doze.

I don't want to start a flame war but I installed XP on this machine 5 years
ago and apart from installing and running a decent anti-virus system (NOD32)
it's worked flawlessly.

How much time and effort would I have had to spend playing with the OS
if I'd been on Linux?

I'm not interested in the OS, I just need it to work.




Nial.

 

[Martin Thompson]

Amal <akhailtash@gmail.com> writes:

Can you not do the same thing with planAhead? It has many netlist
searching and display features.

You may well be able to now - Planahead didn't exist when I first
wrote FPGAOptim

But, how long does planahead take to update a netlist? Many tens of
seconds in my experience on a 80% full S3ADSP3400 EDK design, vs about
5 secs for FPGAOptim. Admittedly, I haven't tried Planahead 12.x
yet...

Cheers,
Martin

--
martin.j.thompson@trw.com
TRW Conekt - Consultancy in Engineering, Knowledge and Technology
http://www.conekt.co.uk/capabilities/39-electronic-hardware

 

[Amal]

On Oct 14, 6:12 am, Martin Thompson <martin.j.thomp...@trw.com> wrote:

Amal <akhailt...@gmail.com> writes:
Can you not do the same thing with planAhead?  It has many netlist
searching and display features.

You may well be able to now - Planahead didn't exist when I first
wrote FPGAOptim

But, how long does planahead take to update a netlist?  Many tens of
seconds in my experience on a 80% full S3ADSP3400 EDK design, vs about
5 secs for FPGAOptim.  Admittedly, I haven't tried Planahead 12.x
yet...

Cheers,
Martin

--
martin.j.thomp...@trw.com
TRW Conekt - Consultancy in Engineering, Knowledge and Technologyhttp://www.conekt.co.uk/capabilities/39-electronic-hardware

Great. I am sure it's a great tool and you did a great job. I just
wanted to know what exactly it offers.

-- Amal