Twister + Lancelot
 

Hi FPGA folks,

I am trying to get started with the Twister+Lancelot evaluation board.

Has somebody played with that boards?
I'd like to have some reference so that I could ask questions.



Thank you for your help.

Best regards

Re: Twister + Lancelot
 

"ALuPin" <ALuPin@web.de> wrote in message
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> Hi FPGA folks,
>
> I am trying to get started with the Twister+Lancelot evaluation board.
>
> Has somebody played with that boards?
> I'd like to have some reference so that I could ask questions.
>

I've got a Lancelot connected to my Nios (Cyclone) development kit board.
It works fine, although I ended up writing my own vga firmware which is a
lot nicer (IMHO, of course :-) than the original demo code that came with
the board (my code is vaguely based on newer Nios II application notes and
examples). The hardware is not worth copying either, since the video dac on
the card is now considered obselete by TI. However, the board does exactly
what it says on the tin - it is an example card with example code to get you
started, and worked fine for me in that sense.

Somebody started a mailing list for the Lancelot, but apart from a few
initial posts, it's been dead quiet. I can't even remember its address
offhand, although I'm sure a google groups search would reveal it.

Re: Twister + Lancelot
 

"David Brown" <david@no.westcontrol.spam.com> schreef in bericht
news:cic2p4$gct$1@news.netpower.no...
>
> "ALuPin" <ALuPin@web.de> wrote in message
> news:b8a9a7b0.0409160400.35fb5d1e@posting.google.c om...
> > Hi FPGA folks,
> >
> > I am trying to get started with the Twister+Lancelot evaluation board.
> >
> > Has somebody played with that boards?
> > I'd like to have some reference so that I could ask questions.
> >
>
> I've got a Lancelot connected to my Nios (Cyclone) development kit board.
> It works fine, although I ended up writing my own vga firmware which is a
> lot nicer (IMHO, of course :-) than the original demo code that came with
> the board (my code is vaguely based on newer Nios II application notes and
> examples). The hardware is not worth copying either, since the video dac
on
> the card is now considered obselete by TI. However, the board does
exactly
> what it says on the tin - it is an example card with example code to get
you
> started, and worked fine for me in that sense.
>
> Somebody started a mailing list for the Lancelot, but apart from a few
> initial posts, it's been dead quiet. I can't even remember its address
> offhand, although I'm sure a google groups search would reveal it.
>

I happen to know the designer of both boards, when he showed me the Lancelot
I was quite impressed with power of dedicated Nios instructions and hardware
acceleration for the Mandelbrot demo ;)

Jeroen

Re: Twister + Lancelot
 

Followup to: <cic2p4$gct$1@news.netpower.no>
By author: "David Brown" <david@no.westcontrol.spam.com>
In newsgroup: comp.arch.fpga
>
> I've got a Lancelot connected to my Nios (Cyclone) development kit board.
> It works fine, although I ended up writing my own vga firmware which is a
> lot nicer (IMHO, of course :-) than the original demo code that came with
> the board (my code is vaguely based on newer Nios II application notes and
> examples). The hardware is not worth copying either, since the video dac on
> the card is now considered obselete by TI. However, the board does exactly
> what it says on the tin - it is an example card with example code to get you
> started, and worked fine for me in that sense.
>
> Somebody started a mailing list for the Lancelot, but apart from a few
> initial posts, it's been dead quiet. I can't even remember its address
> offhand, although I'm sure a google groups search would reveal it.
>

http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/lancelot

Please join and liven up the place :)

-hpa