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I find that the schematic library for PLD that came with the Protel 98 
really limited and ended up writing it in CUPL to make it work in the end.

"Sticks" <butles@ecentral.training.wa.gov.au> wrote in message 
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> "Alex Gibson" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message 
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>> "Sticks" <ksbutler@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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>> > Hi All ,
>> >
>> >     Has anyone had any experience in designing a PLD directly from a
>> > schematic
>> >     diagram using Protel 98 .....
>> >     Have used Protel for schematics and autorouting creating footprints
>> > etc
>> >     and in the process of trying to learn more in the sch/pld area
>> >     Libraries provided for PLDs and symbols seem to be a bit light on .
>> >
>> >     I was able to design PLD from an example schematic given , also to
>> > design
>> >     another although extremely simple logic with a couple of AND gates
>> >     just to see if i could get it to work.
>> >
>> >    Any ideas or pointers to some online help would be appreciated
>> >    or are later Protel versions more efficient in this area .
>> >
>> > thanks
>>
>> What pld are you using ?
>>
>> pla, pal, cpld, fpga ?
>>
>> Which manufacturer ?
>>
>> Does the manufacturer of the pld provide free software ?
>>
>> If its an older pld can you use one of the free software packages ?
>>
>> Alex
>
>
>  Using GAL20V8A and possibly PAL series
>           , have no problems using WINCUPL to write code and then
>                   program the chip , but i am trying to basically do the
>                   same but directly designing from a schematic diagram
>                   in Protel , they have been using ORCAD but i think
>                   thats a bit outdated and besides i have not used it 
> before