Re: Help with PCI card.

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From: Austin Franklin
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:00

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Paul Wheeler <paul.wheeler@gecm.com> wrote in article
<357EEDA3.7F8C@gecm.com>...
> Yen Pham wrote:
> > 
> > I need to design a custom PCI expansion board.  Can someone please
recommend
> > a good book to start out with, and if you know of a good interface IC I
> > would appreciate
> > that too.  Is there an FAQ somewhere I can read? or a web site? Thanks
a lot
> > in advance.
> > 
> > Yen Pham
> 
> 
> You could start with a xilinx with one of their PCI cores.
> 
> Don't know how much they charge though.

At least 5k (at least that is what it was at one point), and they sell
target only, or target/master.  Then you have to spend weeks and weeks
completing the back end design and getting it to route and make timing....

I would strongly urge you to choose an already existing PCI interface chip
(and I strongly second the recommendation of the PLX chip over ANY others),
unless you really need a custom back end interface or this is a learning
exercise (and that it will be).

Austin Franklin
darkroom@ix.netcom.com

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From: "Austin Franklin" <darkro9om@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Help with PCI card.
Date: 1998/06/10
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