Using Large CPLDs and FPGAs for Prototyping and VGA Video Display Generation in Computer Architecture Design Laboratories
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This paper describes current work utilizing a rapid prototyping approach to simulate, synthesize, and implement prototype digital system and computer architectures using PCs with student versions of commercial VHDL based CAD tools and a low cost board with a large CPLD or FPGA. VGA video output generated directly by the CPLD chip is used to display graphics or textual data eliminating the need for a logic analyzer. This low cost methodology is utilized in the design laboratory sequence of required courses for computer engineering students at Georgia Tech.
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