ORCA fpga?

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Sam Kaan

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Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version
1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no
manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any
softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able
to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the
very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it?
 
Go to google.com and enter "ORCA FPGA" ( with the quotation marks) and
you will find 740 hits. ATT-Lucent sold the line to Lattice a while ago...
Peter Alfke

Sam Kaan wrote:
Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version
1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no
manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any
softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able
to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the
very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it?
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cadnewbie found a gem -

Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version
1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no
manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any
softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able
to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the
very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it?

Don't have a lot of information on what you have in hand - but Lattice is now
Click to expand...
the company building the ORCA FPGA products, and developing new devices and
families based on this technology.
The history lesson is a bit long:
ATT and Xilinx were once partnered for early XLX FPGAs, with ATT being a
foundry source -
at some point the partnership dissolved - and ATT created it's own family
called ORCA( for Optimized Reconfigurable Component Array) -
ATT spun off LUCENT (with microelectronics along for the ride)
Lucent spun off AGERE (with microelectronics along, essentially this is AGERE)
AGERE sold off the ORCA technology, along with ASIC technology used for
high-end SERDES based FPSC, to Lattice Semiconductor.
Lattice now builds and develops device families based on the technology
acquired.
So, I guess check the lattice website, at least you will find the datasheets
for the device on the pcb, and software to design and develop these devices as
well.
Good luck with your project, I would suggest a call to your Lattice FAE -

Michael Thomas
Lattice SFAE
NY/NJ
 
Mikeandmax wrote:
cadnewbie found a gem -

Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version
1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no
manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any
softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able
to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the
very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it?

Don't have a lot of information on what you have in hand - but Lattice is now
the company building the ORCA FPGA products, and developing new devices and
families based on this technology.
The history lesson is a bit long:
ATT and Xilinx were once partnered for early XLX FPGAs, with ATT being a
foundry source -
at some point the partnership dissolved - and ATT created it's own family
called ORCA( for Optimized Reconfigurable Component Array) -
ATT spun off LUCENT (with microelectronics along for the ride)
Lucent spun off AGERE (with microelectronics along, essentially this is AGERE)
AGERE sold off the ORCA technology, along with ASIC technology used for
high-end SERDES based FPSC, to Lattice Semiconductor.
Lattice now builds and develops device families based on the technology
acquired.
So, I guess check the lattice website, at least you will find the datasheets
for the device on the pcb, and software to design and develop these devices as
well.
Good luck with your project, I would suggest a call to your Lattice FAE -

Michael Thomas
Lattice SFAE
NY/NJ
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If you are really interested, I have the old ORCA software for schematic
entry using Workview (included). It may use a hardware key, I don't
remember. I must have one around, but it may take a bit to find it.
The software however, I have handy if you are interested.

But my advice is to toss the board and deny ever having found it. :)

--

Rick "rickman" Collins

rick.collins@XYarius.com
Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY
removed.

Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company
Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com
4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice
Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX
 
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Mikeandmax wrote:

cadnewbie found a gem -

Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version
1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no
manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any
softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able
to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the
very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it?

Don't have a lot of information on what you have in hand - but Lattice is now
the company building the ORCA FPGA products, and developing new devices and
families based on this technology.
The history lesson is a bit long:
ATT and Xilinx were once partnered for early XLX FPGAs, with ATT being a
foundry source -
at some point the partnership dissolved - and ATT created it's own family
called ORCA( for Optimized Reconfigurable Component Array) -
ATT spun off LUCENT (with microelectronics along for the ride)
Lucent spun off AGERE (with microelectronics along, essentially this is AGERE)
AGERE sold off the ORCA technology, along with ASIC technology used for
high-end SERDES based FPSC, to Lattice Semiconductor.
Lattice now builds and develops device families based on the technology
acquired.
So, I guess check the lattice website, at least you will find the datasheets
for the device on the pcb, and software to design and develop these devices as
well.
Good luck with your project, I would suggest a call to your Lattice FAE -

Michael Thomas
Lattice SFAE
NY/NJ

If you are really interested, I have the old ORCA software for schematic
entry using Workview (included). It may use a hardware key, I don't
remember. I must have one around, but it may take a bit to find it.
The software however, I have handy if you are interested.

But my advice is to toss the board and deny ever having found it. :)

--

Rick "rickman" Collins

rick.collins@XYarius.com
Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY
removed.

Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company
Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com
4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice
Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX

Just a note to say we have 500 Lucent ORCA FPGAs on consignment sale,
250 each of the OR2T15 and OR2T40. Any reasonable offer is welcome.

-Emile
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Are the OR2T15 and OR2T40 fairly new chips or the obsoleted ones? I
guess I don't really care as long as the tools that are available can
still program them. If I train yourself with it, that's what really
matters for me anyway.
 
Sam Kaan wrote:
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rickman <spamgoeshere4@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<3F6E9D92.98206CA3@yahoo.com>...
If you are really interested, I have the old ORCA software for schematic
entry using Workview (included). It may use a hardware key, I don't
remember. I must have one around, but it may take a bit to find it.
The software however, I have handy if you are interested.

But my advice is to toss the board and deny ever having found it. :)

Just a note to say we have 500 Lucent ORCA FPGAs on consignment sale,
250 each of the OR2T15 and OR2T40. Any reasonable offer is welcome.

-Emile

Are the OR2T15 and OR2T40 fairly new chips or the obsoleted ones? I
guess I don't really care as long as the tools that are available can
still program them. If I train yourself with it, that's what really
matters for me anyway.
Click to expand...
Both of these chips were on our board designed in 1999 and they were not
new chips then. But I don't know that they are obsoleted.

As to tools, you will need to check with Lattice. Lucent did not
provide current tools for these parts. Lattice may cover them under
their newer toolset, or may not...

--

Rick "rickman" Collins

rick.collins@XYarius.com
Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY
removed.

Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company
Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com
4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice
Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX
 
rickman <spamgoeshere4@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<3F6E9D92.98206CA3@yahoo.com>...
Mikeandmax wrote:

cadnewbie found a gem -

Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version
1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no
manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any
softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able
to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the
very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it?

Don't have a lot of information on what you have in hand - but Lattice is now
the company building the ORCA FPGA products, and developing new devices and
families based on this technology.
The history lesson is a bit long:
ATT and Xilinx were once partnered for early XLX FPGAs, with ATT being a
foundry source -
at some point the partnership dissolved - and ATT created it's own family
called ORCA( for Optimized Reconfigurable Component Array) -
ATT spun off LUCENT (with microelectronics along for the ride)
Lucent spun off AGERE (with microelectronics along, essentially this is AGERE)
AGERE sold off the ORCA technology, along with ASIC technology used for
high-end SERDES based FPSC, to Lattice Semiconductor.
Lattice now builds and develops device families based on the technology
acquired.
So, I guess check the lattice website, at least you will find the datasheets
for the device on the pcb, and software to design and develop these devices as
well.
Good luck with your project, I would suggest a call to your Lattice FAE -

Michael Thomas
Lattice SFAE
NY/NJ

If you are really interested, I have the old ORCA software for schematic
entry using Workview (included). It may use a hardware key, I don't
remember. I must have one around, but it may take a bit to find it.
The software however, I have handy if you are interested.

But my advice is to toss the board and deny ever having found it. :)

--

Rick "rickman" Collins

rick.collins@XYarius.com
Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY
removed.

Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company
Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com
4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice
Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX
Click to expand...
Just a note to say we have 500 Lucent ORCA FPGAs on consignment sale,
250 each of the OR2T15 and OR2T40. Any reasonable offer is welcome.

-Emile
 
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