Processors
- Direct Insight Support
for Embedded Cores on Xilinx FPGAs
Devices:
We offer cores for Xilinx from Altium within the Nexar toolsuite,
including 8051, PIC165 and Z80 processors and peripherals.
Summary:
As FPGA densities increase, it becomes increasingly viable to
implement embedded systems by running a pre-synthesized processor within
the programmable device. As experts in both embedded design and FPGA design,
we are specialists in supporting this fusion of technologies.
Highlights:
C to Hardware Compiler Technology: Impulse
Impulse CoDeveloper allows you to develop algorithms
in ANSI C, and implement them directly in Xilinx FPGAs including Spartan
and Virtex II. CoDeveloper automatically generates synthesis-ready VHDL,
as well as creating interfaces to embedded processors including MicroBlaze
and PowerPC.
Sounds too good to be true? Visit our CoDeveloper pages, where you can
see live demos, and download sample projects and benchmarks - we guarantee
that the technology behind this product will take your breath away.
FPGA toolset incorporating processor cores: Altium
Nexar
Altium Nexar includes three processor cores for Xilinx devices:
8051, PIC165 and Z80. These, as well as an OSEK RTOS for the 8051, ship
royalty free, compilers and debuggers included, with the Nexar environment.
Nexar is a schematic-oriented FPGA development environment which is designed
to allow embedded developers to rapidly implement designs on FPGA. Extensive
pre-synthesized libraries include a wide variety of peripherals as well
as processor cores. These components are connected together at the system
level using a schematic editor. Users can add their own library elements
via hierarchical schematics and/or VHDL.
Additional library elements include a range of "soft" instruments
such as logic analyzers and frequency counters, which are temporarily
instantiated in the target FPGA for debugging purposes, and accessed in
real-time via a JTAG chain. These, plus a development breadboard - the
"NanoBoard" - form the basis of a pragmatic development environment
which substitutes experimentation for simulation.
The embedded development environment is based on Altium's industry standard
TASKING toolset, with Viper compiler technology, which gives surprisingly
high performance for the FPGA cores.
Debug Solution for Xilinx PowerPC405: Corelis
Corelis emulators provide JTAG support for the Xilinx Virtex-II
Pro FPGA PowerPC 405 core with unprecedented code download speeds. With
Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs, designers can quickly architect, customize,
and automatically generate custom PowerPC 405 processor systems. To enhance
the productivity afforded by this innovative design methodology, Corelis
has added direct support for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs through their
CodeRunner JTAG Debugger. A single emulator can support up to 4 instances
of the PowerPC 405 or UltraController processor.
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