| ??? 03/16/10 17:04 Read: times |
#174209 - that's what you always say Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Richard Erlacher said:
Andy Peters said:
Then use an FPGA and design EXACTLY what YOU want. Consider what that costs, Andy! Spartan 3AN50 is about five bucks. I dunno, it seems as if there's a ton of devices that communicate over SPI, which is a synchronous protocol and in many cases goes pretty damn fast. Really? So where would you find an SPI USRT that can process HDLC? Ya know, I haven't dealt with obsolete serial communications protocols in over a decade, so I'm really sorry if I haven't kept up with the parts available to handle them. I don't care what the PC's do. I want to know what can be done to make it, once again, into a useful tool for development. As I've noted in this thread, the PC IS a very useful development tool. You've stated your case, but haven't provided any supporting facts. Your reading comprehension is for shit. I reiterate again: a) I do VHDL design entry and simulation and FPGA synthesis and place and route on my Windows PC. b) I do microcontroller C and assembly language coding and compilation, and source-level debug on my Windows PC. c) I do schematic design entry and multilayer PCB layout and signal integrity simulation on my Windows PC. d) I read datasheets in PDF format on my Windows PC. In other words, my Windows machine is quite useful. So there are some supporting facts. As one wag once said, "you are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts." I'm surely glad I still have running DOS-based PC's. They work as PC's once did, and there's really nothing that can take their place. Please write a follow-up to this post using a DOS-based PC. Otherwise, enough with the trolling. -a |
