Re: [myhdl-list] Conversion to VHDL - what's new document

[George P. <ge...@ga...>]

> I have finalized a first version of a what's new
> document for MyHDL 0.6, about VHDL conversion:
>
>      http://myhdl.jandecaluwe.com/doku.php/dev:whatsnew:0.6
>
> Most features can be tried with 0.6dev2, available from the
> develpment snapshots page. The development status is here:
>
>      http://myhdl.jandecaluwe.com/doku.php/dev:todo:0.6
>
> Feedback welcome. Especially if there's something you don't
> like about it, I'd like to hear it now!
>

Nice work, Jan! This is exciting news for me because someone wants a VHDL
version of my PhoenixSID core. Now they don't have to convert it by hand
like they wanted to (ouch!) ;-)

I think doing a VHDL version of the PhoenixSID core would be a good
real-world test for your VHDL conversion, and can provide some excellent
feedback.

The only problem is timing. It's probably going to be a week or two befor=
e
I can really put it to the test.

On the bright side, I don't have to do it all at once. Unlike before, I'l=
l
be doing it in pieces using test driven development. This also comes at a
good time since the unit test support (ASCII Timing Spec) in MyHDL Booste=
r
is almost ready to try out on a real design and will make unit testing a
lot more fun this time around (which was the main bottleneck for me early
on).

Kudos,
George


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George Pantazopoulos
http://www.gammaburst.net