Re: [myhdl-list] When to use @always, @instance and @always_comb

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

On 5/2/12 10:22 PM, David Arnold wrote:
> If you already know Python, and want to learn digital design, MyHDL is
> attractive. Plus, there are assertions that it's actually better than
> VHDL or Verilog anyway.
>
>
> d

There seems to be interest in the above; Python programmer to MyHDL 
hardware describer :).  The question is where should this 
information/tutorial live (and who is going to write it).

"HDL for programmers" or "MyHDL for Python Programmers"?  I think this 
would be a separate tutorial that someone would need to put together. 
This would take some *art* to imagine how to concisely transition the 
world of Python free programming to describing hardware.  Part of it 
would be to first teach digital systems; the "what" is being 
described/modeled.

I would imagine the low-level flip-flop, gates, etc would not be covered 
in such a tutorial.  It would be you have N inputs and M outputs of a 
digital system and how do you describe the behavior such that the 
description is syntheziable most likely by FPGA tools.

I think most agree the manual isn't the right spot for a tutorial of 
this nature.  There are folks on this list that could write such a 
tutorial but I don't know if anyone has the bandwidth.

Right now the resources would be the manual, cookbook, mailing-list, 
etc. for a beginner.

Regards,
Chris