Hi all... This isn't completely on-topic for this list, but I figured I'd ask here since many of you do FPGA development on a daily basis -- some with MIPS processor cores, or other embedded CPUs. This semester at university, I'm in a group working to produce a FPGA-based device -- likely some NTP-synced alarm clock that scrolls reminder messages. We've been looking around on OpenCores.org, and noticed the Plasma[1] MIPS-1 processor core. We're also looking at JOP[2] and OpenRISC[3], but I'm liking the look of the Plasma core, since I'm already familiar with MIPS machines[4]. We've got use of a NIOS-2 Development kit[5], which is based on an Altera Cyclone-II FPGA. It's hoped we can just load another processor core instead of the NIOS-2 softcore to drive the whole kit... Or would we be better served getting another development board? (Or just using the NIOS-2 softcore?) Just wondering what peoples' experiences have been using this processor core with Linux and/or µClinux? Are there other processor cores I could load onto a FPGA that people would recommend? -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter) .'''. Gentoo Linux/MIPS Cobalt and Docs Developer '.'` : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'.' http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter :.' I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere. Footnotes: 1. http://www.opencores.org/projects.cgi/web/mips/overview 2. http://www.opencores.org/projects.cgi/web/jop 3. http://www.opencores.org/projects.cgi/web/or1k 4. Although I'm very much a beginner ... my point is I don't know the others _at all_ ... well, I know Java, but not JOP. 5. http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-Nios-2c35.html
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