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// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or //
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// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License //
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// as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 //
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// of the License, or (at your option) any later version. //
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// //
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// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, //
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of //
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the //
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// GNU General Public License for more details. //
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// //
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// If you have not received a copy of the GNU General Public License//
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// along with this program; write to: //
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// Free Software Foundation, Inc., //
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// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, //
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// Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. //
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July 16, 2005
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Alternascope is a quick and dirty way to debug circuits. Being a cheap and completely functional Oscilliscope, this is
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ideal for students and hobbyists.
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The entire package is developed on the Spartan III Development kit from Xilinx. On that development kit is a VGA port
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and a PS/2 mouse port, making this project very easy to implement. Because of that, I have included the
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"spartanIII.alternascope.mcs" file so that people can quickly give this a shot. Keep in mind though, it is just a
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sneak preview of what it can be capable of - it is not nearly close to completion... just functional.
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The file "spartanIII.alternascope.mcs" was compiled using Xilinx's ISE 7.1 and targeted for the Spartan-3,
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SC3S200FT256 chip. If you would like a programming file for a different target, and for some reason can't get the
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source files to compile, email me. If you would like a cheap development kit, go to www.Xilinx.com (about $100 bucks
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for this one).
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Eventually, I plan to make a couple of these (if there is interest) for fellow keener students like myself. Being a
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4th year Electrical Engineering student (at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada), I could have used this years
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ago - so hopefully it will be of aid to others.
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If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please don't hesitate to email me at smpickett@opencores.org.
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Stephen Pickett
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Calgary, Alberta
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smpickett@opencores.org
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