Downloading Xilinx ISE Webpack outside of US

[fishor]

Hallo all,

wont to be able to program CDPL (create buffer logic) on my BusBlaster v2.6 by my self. If i understand it correctly, i need "Xilinx ISE Webpack" for it.
On download i get this warning:

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Are there any other way to program XC2C32A?

[matseng]

So just register and fill in your information in the form. I used my address in Malaysia and I was able to download the ISE Webpack without any problems. I just changed my o with dots (ö) to a regular o in my surname to keep it happy.

[fishor]

Ok. Thx.

[matseng]

But it's a bigass download. 6 GB....

[ian]

Yes, it is a behemoth of a package. I imagine 0.01% of it actually involves the small devices we use at the low end. I always assume it's the compilers for the newest FPGAs that take up the space. However matseng might now turn to the datasheet and correct me :)

An alternate theory is that the schematic editor is so dodgy and poorly written that it probably takes up 5GB of the package :)

[matseng]

It's probably written by Microsoft ex-employees :-) They don't seem to care about the size of their packages.

Edit: Ehhh... Software packages that is. Not their "personal" packages. ;-)

[AdShea]

It's worse than that, it's written by acedemics. They just care that it gets the right answer, not that gets done quickly.

[tayken]

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It's worse than that, it's written by acedemics. They just care that it gets the right answer, not that gets done quickly.

As a PhD student working on parallel optimization, that is an insult to me.
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Back to topic.My guess is that ISE Webpack contains a small portion. It has lots of programs in it: Embedded system tools, analyzers, simulation tools, uC files in verilog or whatnot... Not only that but some of the FPGAs come with actual uP hardware inside, I believe one of them had a Power PC core. That'll finally add up!

That being said, I hated it when I was a student. Had to use it on the shitty laptop supplied by my uni and it was consuming a large portion of HDD space and causing all types of f*cked up problems. I was saved quickly as I had to use it for just one semester, my friends: not so lucky, their thesis work was about FPGAs. :S

[williamjf77]

you can program if you have the svf file with a ft232h and openocd