Re: [myhdl-list] FPGA Camp Booth Update

[Christopher F. <chr...@gm...>]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Christopher Lozinski <
loz...@sp...> wrote:

> http://www.fpgacentral.com/fpgacamp
>
> Well I have mixed results to report.  I do have one beautiful woman who
> volunteered to help man the booth, but sadly she does not know anything
> about FPGA.  Kind of a  marketing person.  They are useful.
>
> I do not yet know enough about MyHDL to feel competent to be the senior
> engineer at the booth.
>
> As for me, I am making progress on my design.  I now know what I want to
> build.   And I do get MyHDL.
>
> I am happy to set up a booth, provide a sign, and bring my mac mini.
> But I would love someone who has used the tool set to be there.
>
> So why am I doing this?   Well it is a free conference.  In these things
> you get out what you put in.  By helping to promote MyHDL, I will get to
> meet lots of like minded people.  I become someone.   I can listen to
> their problems, and talk about what I am doing.
>
> All I need is one experienced MyHDL user.  The conference is only for
> about 4 hours, the booths are only open for about 2 hours.  It is not
> much of a time commitment.  It is good for all of us to grow the
> community.    And the more people who use these open source tools the
> better.  That means the more software contributions there will be to the
> package and to the documentation.
>
>
I don't think having the booth is a bad idea.  But I think you are correct
trying to find someone with some experience.  I imagine you also might need
someone ready to go to battle (well at least in a defensive stance).  As Jan
D. has mentioned, the FPGA world is a great application for MyHDL.

I can provide a simple reference design and some hardware (if you promise to
return it).  So that you have something to demonstrate.  It would not be
anything too fancy, but it could show a MyHDL -> FPGA flow.  I doubt I would
be able to travel for this "camp".

What are your plans if you do not get a volunteer?

Chris Felton


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