Post by thread:[EE]: Xilinx download cable PCB?

Hey all, I wanted to start playing with CPLDs and hopefully soon thereafter FPGAs. So I was looking around the net for PCB artwork for a parallel port download cable. More specifically the xilinx download cable (schematic here: http://tinyurl.com/6nu2j), but I think they are one in the same? Anyways has anyone on the list created a PCB for this I could use? Or come across it? It must have been done a million times before. I could design a PCB for it, but why reinvent the wheel? Thanks in Advance, Aaron -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email spam_OUTlistservTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

Hi Aaron... I have to tell you that a piece of perfboard inside a DB-25 housing is all you really need :-) Or buy one of the cables on eBay -- they're really not much more than doing it yourself. Also, be aware that messiong with FPGAs really isn't any more complex than CPLDs -- well, at least that's my opinion. Infact, for hobbyist purposes, I prefer FPGAs over CPLDs...although I guess commercial reasons could sway that the other way. I currently hack around with Altera Cyclones with PROMs....FYI. -marc On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, A.J. Tufgar wrote: {Quote hidden}> Hey all, > I wanted to start playing with CPLDs and hopefully soon > thereafter FPGAs. So I was looking around the net for PCB artwork for > a parallel port download cable. More specifically the xilinx download > cable (schematic here: http://tinyurl.com/6nu2j), but I think they are > one in the same? > > Anyways has anyone on the list created a PCB for this I could use? Or > come across it? It must have been done a million times before. I > could design a PCB for it, but why reinvent the wheel? > > Thanks in Advance, > Aaron > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email .....listservKILLspam@spam@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

A.J. Tufgar wrote: > Hey all, > I wanted to start playing with CPLDs and hopefully > soon thereafter FPGAs. So I was looking around the net for > PCB artwork for a parallel port download cable. More > specifically the xilinx download cable (schematic here: > http://tinyurl.com/6nu2j), but I think they are one in the same? > > Anyways has anyone on the list created a PCB for this I could > use? Or come across it? It must have been done a million > times before. I could design a PCB for it, but why reinvent > the wheel? For the CoolRunner-II I use the MSP430-JTAG from Olimex. Just have to build an DB25-DB25 adapter to change some of the wires that go to the parallel port, as the Xilinx software uses other pins than TI's. Moises -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList .....piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspam.....mitvma.mit.edu