Dear Ronald,
I beleive there are more pages with "misleading" programmable
statements such as "The TS-7800 features a 12,000 LUT on-board
programmable Lattice FPGA" retrieved from
http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7800
on 10/25/2008.
But never mind, I just wonder how could we re-program the FPGA and
what about existing 80% of FPGA usage for driving SD device. So I have
two questions right now.
What do you do to access FPGA ?
secondly
Could the changes affect SD card feature ?
Kind Regards
> Hello Damir,
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> About 5-6 months ago we updated our marketing material to mention
that the TS-7800 FPGA is re-programmable for a custom load, but not
user-programmable.
> Apparently, we forgot the document you found and we are sorry for
that. I just updated and fixed that document. People that feel mislead
by TS-7800 marketing can contact us and claim a refund.
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> To have an TS-7800 opencores project and the Linux utility to allow
users to program the FPGA is still on our wish-list.
> Currently, boards that feature an user-programmable FPGA are:
TS-7300, TS-7350, TS-7370, TS-7390. An opencores project is only
available for the TS-7300.
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> Regards,
> Ronald.
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> --- Em qui, 16/10/08, Damir Dzemidzic <> escreveu:
> De: Damir Dzemidzic <>
> Assunto: [ts-7000] Re: How can i use/manipulate FPGA in the TS7800??
> Para:
> Data: Quinta-feira, 16 de Outubro de 2008, 23:50
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> > Actually, I purchased the ts-7800 for the same reason and was, at the
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> > time, led to believe (by TS) that I could manipulate the fpga. As it
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> > turns out, this objective is supposedly still on their to-do list but
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> > has become a low priority concern. This is what a TS representative
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> > told me on the phone about 1 month ago. At the same time, I was told
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> > released on opencores.org. I bought a ts-7300 and loading a new fpga
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> > bitstream was not too difficult. Since its all GPL you get hints
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> > instead of good documentation but it wasn't too bad. See several
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> They also claim "The TS-7800 ... features a 12,000 LUT on-board FPGA
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> SYSTEMS, T. (2008) "GETTING STARTED WITH TS-7800."
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