OT: Glasgow Interface Explorer

[BigEd]

I thought this was an interesting and flexible FPGA board - it uses lots of parts, but it offers level-shifted I/Os and some degree of electrical protection too. Lattice inside.

Glasgow Interface Explorer

[r.miller]

Yes, I've got one (a slightly earlier release) which I've been using as a logic analyzer. I have some other ideas for it, but to customise the firmware I'll have to learn nmigen which presents a barrier to the non-python-literate. With nmigen, instead of just writing some verilog to describe a design, you have to figure out how to craft a python program which will generate the verilog you wanted to write in the first place.

[lawrie]

I have one on order and nmigen is not so much of a barrier for me as I have been playing with it for a while. I am not that keen on python, though. But nmigen does have some real advantages over using Verilog, as it avoids a lot of the pitfalls of Verilog, and its generation capabilities are much greater than Verilog's.

[iPostHuman]

I hope someone creates a Silice alternative to nmigen for the Glasgow.