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Article: 148750
Subject: Re: Getting started with FPGA
From: Symon <symon_brewer@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:29:12 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
On 8/19/2010 1:36 PM, Nial Stewart wrote:
>> I take it all back!
>
> All of the sarcy comments, ever?
>
> :-)
>
>
> Nial.
>
>
No, only last night's drunken paranoia!

Article: 148751
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: Symon <symon_brewer@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:36:13 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
On 8/18/2010 5:11 PM, Fredxx wrote:
> I have a small electronic unit which needs some CE compliance testing.
>
> Cost is a major issue and was wondering if anyone here can offer advice on
> an affordable solution.
>
>
Hi Fred,
I have no idea if this is appropriate to your situation, but you might 
avoid a lot of the CE compliance issues by using a wall-wart or somesuch 
which is already CE marked. Then all the mains powered stuff is 
pre-certified by someone else. Get one with a ferrite thingy near the DC 
jack!
HTH., Syms.

Article: 148752
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: "Morten Leikvoll" <mleikvol@yahoo.nospam>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:42:03 +0200
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
"Fredxx" <fredxx@spam.com> wrote in message 
news:i4jb3m$5nq$2@news.eternal-september.org...

> I am aware that you can self certify, but I wanted to collate some 
> evidence that it would actually pass the EMC requirements, especially for 
> radiated emissions.  I'm very confident about the rest.

There is a few hands-on test that I always do to get an idea if my design 
has weaknesses:
-Does it work when I call someone with my cellphone and put the phone over 
my electronics (remember to make noise to get max radiation).
-Does it block my cellphone? You may try a FM radio closeby to see how bad 
it is.. Compare with similar products.

> I can see the cost of a spectrum analyser is a fraction of the cost of any 
> assessment or testing by an EMC lab.  Many thanks for the pointer and am 
> looking on eBay for suitable equipment.

If your project cant afford a test, then its unlikely that you will ever get 
sued for not being within specs. You are just "noise" in the marked.


On the other hand, be sure that nobody can get killed by touching your 
product. And that it doesnt burn down the building if something fails.
Then you can put the CE mark on it and sleep well at nights.




Article: 148753
Subject: Altera blasters missing ESD protection
From: "Morten Leikvoll" <mleikvol@yahoo.nospam>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:45:14 +0200
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Ive seen some different blasters now and they are all missing ESD protection 
on the jtag pins. A colleague has blown quite a few now. The jtag signals 
only have a small L and then goes direct into level translators that has ESD 
warning in their datasheets. Does anyone know of a protected or opto 
isolated device within a reasonable price?



Article: 148754
Subject: Re: Altera blasters missing ESD protection
From: Symon <symon_brewer@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:24:13 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
On 8/19/2010 2:45 PM, Morten Leikvoll wrote:
> Ive seen some different blasters now and they are all missing ESD protection
> on the jtag pins. A colleague has blown quite a few now. The jtag signals
> only have a small L and then goes direct into level translators that has ESD
> warning in their datasheets. Does anyone know of a protected or opto
> isolated device within a reasonable price?
>
>
Maybe solder these on?
http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/PESD5V0X1BQ_PESD5V0X1BT.pdf
HTH., Syms.

Article: 148755
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: "Fredxx" <fredxx@spam.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:54:10 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>

"Symon" <symon_brewer@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:i4jc0c$e1a$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 8/18/2010 5:11 PM, Fredxx wrote:
>> I have a small electronic unit which needs some CE compliance testing.
>>
>> Cost is a major issue and was wondering if anyone here can offer advice 
>> on
>> an affordable solution.
>>
>>
> Hi Fred,
> I have no idea if this is appropriate to your situation, but you might 
> avoid a lot of the CE compliance issues by using a wall-wart or somesuch 
> which is already CE marked. Then all the mains powered stuff is 
> pre-certified by someone else. Get one with a ferrite thingy near the DC 
> jack!

Many thanks.  I was already intending to use an external wall-wart.  As you 
say this circumvents much testing.  The total power dissipation is likely to 
be around 3W in any case.



Article: 148756
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: "Fredxx" <fredxx@spam.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:00:56 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>

"Morten Leikvoll" <mleikvol@yahoo.nospam> wrote in message 
news:dPqdnSoZacs3qfDRnZ2dnUVZ8iSdnZ2d@lyse.net...
> "Fredxx" <fredxx@spam.com> wrote in message 
> news:i4jb3m$5nq$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>
>> I am aware that you can self certify, but I wanted to collate some 
>> evidence that it would actually pass the EMC requirements, especially for 
>> radiated emissions.  I'm very confident about the rest.
>
> There is a few hands-on test that I always do to get an idea if my design 
> has weaknesses:
> -Does it work when I call someone with my cellphone and put the phone over 
> my electronics (remember to make noise to get max radiation).
> -Does it block my cellphone? You may try a FM radio closeby to see how bad 
> it is.. Compare with similar products.
>
>> I can see the cost of a spectrum analyser is a fraction of the cost of 
>> any assessment or testing by an EMC lab.  Many thanks for the pointer and 
>> am looking on eBay for suitable equipment.
>
> If your project cant afford a test, then its unlikely that you will ever 
> get sued for not being within specs. You are just "noise" in the marked.
>

This is for a niche market, though any market has competitors who can play 
informer to the authorities.

It's difficult to justify a cost of several £000s on a relatively small unit 
where the maket may be just 100 per year.

>
> On the other hand, be sure that nobody can get killed by touching your 
> product. And that it doesnt burn down the building if something fails.
> Then you can put the CE mark on it and sleep well at nights.
>

I would put my hand up and say that good safe working practices have been 
followed.  Also the power supply will be a wall-wart, which will have its 
own certification.



Article: 148757
Subject: Re: Altera blasters missing ESD protection
From: Thomas Entner <thomas.entner@entner-electronics.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:56:59 -0700 (PDT)
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
On 19 Aug., 15:45, "Morten Leikvoll" <mleik...@yahoo.nospam> wrote:
> Ive seen some different blasters now and they are all missing ESD protect=
ion
> on the jtag pins. A colleague has blown quite a few now. The jtag signals
> only have a small L and then goes direct into level translators that has =
ESD
> warning in their datasheets. Does anyone know of a protected or opto
> isolated device within a reasonable price?

Maybe you want to try our EEBlaster:
http://www.entner-electronics.com/tl/index.php/eeblaster.html

Our level-translator have following specifications:
ESD Protection Exceeds JESD 22
=96 8000-V Human-Body Model
=96 150-V Machine Model
=96 1000-V Charged-Device Model
(Because of series-resistors on the PCB, it will be even higher in
real life...) We have heard of no field-failure of any EEBlaster up to
now.

Regards,

Thomas

Article: 148758
Subject: Re: FPGA PCI BOARD .. Few Questions
From: Frank Buss <fb@frank-buss.de>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:07:18 +0200
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Sink0 wrote:

> Thank you very much for the information. I am going to talk with my other
> team members to discuss that. Can you answer me if you can write down on
> the bill a lower price than the board cost? Thats becouse i live in Brazil
> and here i would have to pay 88% of taxes to goverment..

Do you really think he wants to help you with tax fraud? And do you expect
a public commitment to underhand dealings in this newsgroup?

-- 
Frank Buss, fb@frank-buss.de
http://www.frank-buss.de, http://www.it4-systems.de

Article: 148759
Subject: Re: FPGA PCI BOARD .. Few Questions
From: "Sink0" <sink00@n_o_s_p_a_m.n_o_s_p_a_m.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:32:48 -0500
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>

>Do you really think he wants to help you with tax fraud? And do you
expect
>a public commitment to underhand dealings in this newsgroup?
>
>-- 
>Frank Buss, fb@frank-buss.de
>http://www.frank-buss.de, http://www.it4-systems.de
>

Yea thats true, i am sorry.. i did a great mistake on that post, even if it
was not about this subject, this newsgroup is not suposed to be used for
comercial transactions or commitments. Sorry. Is there any way to delet
taht post?

Back to FPGA design... I am using a cyclone II for my design with 208
Pins.. but just Bank 1 and Bank 3 have PCI clamp diodes.. Am i going to
have any problem to use Banks that are placed physicaly at the oposit side
of each other to run a PCI bus? As i am using quickswitchs approach, do i
really need PCI clamp diodes? And is it really recomended to place all the
PCI data IOs (32 bit bus) at the same bank?

Thank you, sorry about my other post again! 	   
					
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Article: 148760
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: nico@puntnl.niks (Nico Coesel)
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:13:55 GMT
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
"Fredxx" <fredxx@spam.com> wrote:

>
>"Nico Coesel" <nico@puntnl.niks> wrote in message 
>news:4c6c3aef.2204064734@news.planet.nl...
>> <fredxx@spam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I have a small electronic unit which needs some CE compliance testing.
>>>
>>>Cost is a major issue and was wondering if anyone here can offer advice on
>>>an affordable solution.
>>
>> If you are located within Europe CE conformation is just a matter of
>> putting a CE sticker on your product. It really is simple as that. The
>> sticker says you take responsibility for the product.
>>
>> If you really want compliance testing then it is advisable to find a
>> company with an EMC test setup to do some pre-compliance testing. This
>> will tell you where the problem areas are. Next you'll need a spectrum
>> analyzer to find the problem areas in your product.
>>
>> This is a very cheap one but it does the job:
>> http://www.door2doorshop.com/wholesale/Atten-Spectrum-Analyzer-AT6011-213.html
>>
>> If you shop on Ebay you can get these for half the price (new
>> ofcourse).
>>
>> The last step is shopping around for a cheap EMC lab.
>>
>
>I am aware that you can self certify, but I wanted to collate some evidence 
>that it would actually pass the EMC requirements, especially for radiated 
>emissions.  I'm very confident about the rest.
>
>I can see the cost of a spectrum analyser is a fraction of the cost of any 
>assessment or testing by an EMC lab.  Many thanks for the pointer and am 
>looking on eBay for suitable equipment.
>
>One thing that does bother me still, is sourcing wideband aerials suitable 
>for measure field strength.

Don't bother. They will be more expensive than renting a lab to do
pre-compliance testing. Without a properly shielded cage (which is
difficult to construct anyway) it is difficult to test. For bench
testing a small pick-up loop is much more usefull to identify the
exact source of the excess radiation.

-- 
Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply
indicates you are not using the right tools...
nico@nctdevpuntnl (punt=.)
--------------------------------------------------------------

Article: 148761
Subject: Re: FPGA PCI BOARD .. Few Questions
From: John Adair <g1@enterpoint.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:55:44 -0700 (PDT)
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Price modification for duty and taxation is something we can't do for
obvious reasons. We have met the issue of very high taxes in Brazil
before and it's a very big barrier to get getting modern technology
into your country. One thing you didn't say was if this for a
commercial or academic project. We do have academic discounts for
students and universities that pass validation criteria.

On programming cables our USB Prog3 cable is an option with this
board. It operates seemlessly with Xilinx software tools and doesn't
need any other software or drivers other than come with Xilinx
software. It's a similar price to the Chinese option.

John Adair
Enterpoint Ltd.

On 19 Aug, 13:24, "Sink0" <sink00@n_o_s_p_a_m.n_o_s_p_a_m.gmail.com>
wrote:
> >I asked the office to check as the website stock levels are not
> >totally live and accurate and we have had a run of sales on these
> >lately. We have 2 Hollybush1 HB1-400C and 1 HB1-1500C and we can make
> >more on our assembly line fairly quickly as we have stock for all of
> >the parts for them.
>
> Thank you very much for the information. I am going to talk with my other
> team members to discuss that. Can you answer me if you can write down on
> the bill a lower price than the board cost? Thats becouse i live in Brazi=
l
> and here i would have to pay 88% of taxes to goverment.. My second proble=
m
> would be that i still need a Xilinx USB download cable (we do not have an=
y
> paralel potr available). A clone would cost me $80 with my usual chinese
> eletronic supplier.. thats something i must take in consideration becouse
> we already have an Altera one.
>
> Thank you very much for all the answers!! =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
>
> --------------------------------------- =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
> Posted throughhttp://www.FPGARelated.com


Article: 148762
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: Mike Harrison <mike@whitewing.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:36:51 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:21:41 +0100, "Michael Kellett" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>
>"Nico Coesel" <nico@puntnl.niks> wrote in message 
>news:4c6c3aef.2204064734@news.planet.nl...
>> <fredxx@spam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I have a small electronic unit which needs some CE compliance testing.
>>>
>>>Cost is a major issue and was wondering if anyone here can offer advice on
>>>an affordable solution.
>>
>> If you are located within Europe CE conformation is just a matter of
>> putting a CE sticker on your product. It really is simple as that. The
>> sticker says you take responsibility for the product.
>>
>> If you really want compliance testing then it is advisable to find a
>> company with an EMC test setup to do some pre-compliance testing. This
>> will tell you where the problem areas are. Next you'll need a spectrum
>> analyzer to find the problem areas in your product.
>>
>> This is a very cheap one but it does the job:
>> http://www.door2doorshop.com/wholesale/Atten-Spectrum-Analyzer-AT6011-213.html
>>
>> If you shop on Ebay you can get these for half the price (new
>> ofcourse).
>>
>> The last step is shopping around for a cheap EMC lab.
>>
>> -- 
>> Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply
>> indicates you are not using the right tools...
>> nico@nctdevpuntnl (punt=.)
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>The two replies above do not accurately reflect the practical and legal 
>situation in the UK with regard to CE marking.
>You can just put a sticker on your product and a declaration (mandatory) in 
>the manual and you may get away with it. If your product is investigated and 
>does not comply with the regulations then when they discover that you have 
>done no testing at all Trading Standards (the UK authority which enforces CE 
>marking of electrical and electronic devices) will throw the book at you.

However this is extremely unlikely - it is a complaint-driven system, and Trading Standards have
better things to do. 
Germany can be a bit riskier as I believe they do random test purchases, but in a niche market this
is unlikely. 

>You need to test for radiated RF emmissions, susceptibility, electrostatic 
>discharge susceptibility (8kV sparks to any exposed part), power surges from 
>anins or power supply.

Has anybody ever been done for non-safety critical products failing immunity?
In practice it's a product quality issue. Waving a cellphone near it is as much of a test as needed
to cover 99% of what it will see in the field. 
Immunity testing on something that presents no hazard is a ridiculous and unnceessary expense.

> If you are connected to the mains you must also test 
>for mains pollution as well.

Be aware that most approved PSUs are tested with resistive loads. 
In practice it is easy to make a supposedly compliant PSU kick out noise above limits with a
moderately noisy load.
And of course many cheap supposedly approved PSUs aren't. 


Article: 148763
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: Mike Harrison <mike@whitewing.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:38:31 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
On 18 Aug 2010 18:19:58 GMT, General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:11:21 +0100, Fredxx wrote:
>
>> I have a small electronic unit which needs some CE compliance testing.
>> 
>> Cost is a major issue and was wondering if anyone here can offer advice
>> on an affordable solution.
>
>You should contact a certification lab in your area. CE and UL are mostly 
>a lot of paperwork with a small amount of actual testing. They are 
>designed to be fee generators, and in CEs case trade barriers, do there 
>isn't going to be a cheap way to do it. FCC is easier because it's based 
>on physics not on the whims of bureaucrats, you can do FCC certification 
>in a few hours because it's just a matter of measuring the emissions of 
>the system, you are either within bounds or not.

CE is no different. Once you've figured out what standards apply. 

Article: 148764
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: Mike Harrison <mike@whitewing.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:40:54 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:11:58 +0100, "Fredxx" <fredxx@spam.com> wrote:

>
>"General Schvantzkoph" <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
>news:8d2mieFco2U4@mid.individual.net...
>> On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:11:21 +0100, Fredxx wrote:
>>
>>> I have a small electronic unit which needs some CE compliance testing.
>>>
>>> Cost is a major issue and was wondering if anyone here can offer advice
>>> on an affordable solution.
>>
>> You should contact a certification lab in your area. CE and UL are mostly
>> a lot of paperwork with a small amount of actual testing. They are
>> designed to be fee generators, and in CEs case trade barriers, do there
>> isn't going to be a cheap way to do it. FCC is easier because it's based
>> on physics not on the whims of bureaucrats, you can do FCC certification
>> in a few hours because it's just a matter of measuring the emissions of
>> the system, you are either within bounds or not.
>>
>
>I have, and we're talking about £1,500 just for a pre-test, and £3,000 for 
>final testing and documents. 

the only difference between 'pre-test' and 'final test' is the test house's libility,
A pragmatic approach is to book a day or half-day at a test house, test as much as you can & use the
plots from that to self-certify. 
 

Article: 148765
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: Mike Harrison <mike@whitewing.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:42:18 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>

>ROHS is easy to comply with if sourcing known components from reputable 
>companies.

but nobody is ever going to find the odd bit of lead. 

Article: 148766
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: Mike Harrison <mike@whitewing.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:44:41 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>

>> If your project cant afford a test, then its unlikely that you will ever 
>> get sued for not being within specs. You are just "noise" in the marked.
>>
>
>This is for a niche market, though any market has competitors who can play 
>informer to the authorities.

Who are probably running exactly the same risk as you.

>It's difficult to justify a cost of several £000s on a relatively small unit 
>where the maket may be just 100 per year.
>
>>
>> On the other hand, be sure that nobody can get killed by touching your 
>> product. And that it doesnt burn down the building if something fails.
>> Then you can put the CE mark on it and sleep well at nights.
>>
>
>I would put my hand up and say that good safe working practices have been 
>followed.  Also the power supply will be a wall-wart, which will have its 
>own certification.

Don't believe everything you read on PSU labels. Take one apart to check build quality. 

Article: 148767
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: Mike Harrison <mike@whitewing.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:46:00 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:13:55 GMT, nico@puntnl.niks (Nico Coesel) wrote:

>"Fredxx" <fredxx@spam.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Nico Coesel" <nico@puntnl.niks> wrote in message 
>>news:4c6c3aef.2204064734@news.planet.nl...
>>> <fredxx@spam.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have a small electronic unit which needs some CE compliance testing.
>>>>
>>>>Cost is a major issue and was wondering if anyone here can offer advice on
>>>>an affordable solution.
>>>
>>> If you are located within Europe CE conformation is just a matter of
>>> putting a CE sticker on your product. It really is simple as that. The
>>> sticker says you take responsibility for the product.
>>>
>>> If you really want compliance testing then it is advisable to find a
>>> company with an EMC test setup to do some pre-compliance testing. This
>>> will tell you where the problem areas are. Next you'll need a spectrum
>>> analyzer to find the problem areas in your product.
>>>
>>> This is a very cheap one but it does the job:
>>> http://www.door2doorshop.com/wholesale/Atten-Spectrum-Analyzer-AT6011-213.html
>>>
>>> If you shop on Ebay you can get these for half the price (new
>>> ofcourse).
>>>
>>> The last step is shopping around for a cheap EMC lab.
>>>
>>
>>I am aware that you can self certify, but I wanted to collate some evidence 
>>that it would actually pass the EMC requirements, especially for radiated 
>>emissions.  I'm very confident about the rest.
>>
>>I can see the cost of a spectrum analyser is a fraction of the cost of any 
>>assessment or testing by an EMC lab.  Many thanks for the pointer and am 
>>looking on eBay for suitable equipment.
>>
>>One thing that does bother me still, is sourcing wideband aerials suitable 
>>for measure field strength.
>
>Don't bother. They will be more expensive than renting a lab to do
>pre-compliance testing. Without a properly shielded cage (which is
>difficult to construct anyway) it is difficult to test. For bench
>testing a small pick-up loop is much more usefull to identify the
>exact source of the excess radiation.

Yes - unless you live in the middle of the arctic, or down a mine,  there is so much ambient that
it's impossible to get any meaningful measurements outside of a shielded anechoic room. 

Article: 148768
Subject: Re: FPGA PCI BOARD .. Few Questions
From: "Sink0" <sink00@n_o_s_p_a_m.n_o_s_p_a_m.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:04:48 -0500
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
>Price modification for duty and taxation is something we can't do for
>obvious reasons. We have met the issue of very high taxes in Brazil
>before and it's a very big barrier to get getting modern technology
>into your country. One thing you didn't say was if this for a
>commercial or academic project. We do have academic discounts for
>students and universities that pass validation criteria.
>
>On programming cables our USB Prog3 cable is an option with this
>board. It operates seemlessly with Xilinx software tools and doesn't
>need any other software or drivers other than come with Xilinx
>software. It's a similar price to the Chinese option.
>

Its for Academic Purposes on Universidade de São Paulo here in Brazil. Can
you give me your e-mail for further questions? I just found out that i wont
have the Quickswiths ICs on my hand fast enough becouse i am going to Spain
at September 19 but would be very good to have the board on my hands 2
weeks before i go and it takes 3 weeks to arrive.  

Thank you!	   
					
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Article: 148769
Subject: Re: FPGA PCI BOARD .. Few Questions
From: "Sink0" <sink00@n_o_s_p_a_m.n_o_s_p_a_m.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:24:52 -0500
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
>>Price modification for duty and taxation is something we can't do for
>>obvious reasons. We have met the issue of very high taxes in Brazil
>>before and it's a very big barrier to get getting modern technology
>>into your country. One thing you didn't say was if this for a
>>commercial or academic project. We do have academic discounts for
>>students and universities that pass validation criteria.
>>
>>On programming cables our USB Prog3 cable is an option with this
>>board. It operates seemlessly with Xilinx software tools and doesn't
>>need any other software or drivers other than come with Xilinx
>>software. It's a similar price to the Chinese option.
>>
>
>Its for Academic Purposes on Universidade de São Paulo here in Brazil.
Can
>you give me your e-mail for further questions? I just found out that i
wont
>have the Quickswiths ICs on my hand fast enough becouse i am going to
Spain
>at September 19 but would be very good to have the board on my hands 2
>weeks before i go and it takes 3 weeks to arrive.  
>
>Thank you!	   
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Just to complement my last post, i think a CPLD board that could work as a
PCI o local bus bridge would be a nice one too. With a very low price.. I
could find one at Altera for 150 USD but i still have to solve tax problems
over here.

Cya!	   
					
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Article: 148770
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: "Morten Leikvoll" <mleikvol@yahoo.nospam>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:09:58 +0200
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
"Fredxx" <fredxx@spam.com> wrote in message 
news:i4jh01$ukp$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> This is for a niche market, though any market has competitors who can play 
> informer to the authorities.

I would not worry (I used to worry too). The authorities has a lot more 
important work to do than chasing low qty products that has a tiny bit more 
radiation than the papers allow.



Article: 148771
Subject: Re: CE compliance testing
From: Stef <stef33d@yahooI-N-V-A-L-I-D.com.invalid>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:43:43 +0200
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
In comp.arch.fpga,
Morten Leikvoll <mleikvol@yahoo.nospam> wrote:
> "Fredxx" <fredxx@spam.com> wrote in message 
> news:i4jh01$ukp$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> This is for a niche market, though any market has competitors who can play 
>> informer to the authorities.
>
> I would not worry (I used to worry too). The authorities has a lot more 
> important work to do than chasing low qty products that has a tiny bit more 
> radiation than the papers allow.

They may not actively chase for such products, but when a complaint is
made (by, for example, that competitor) they will have to follow that up.
And although it may not happen very often, I have seen it happen, twice.

And how do you know you're only 'a tiny bit' over the limits without
actually measuring your device? Take a simple oscillator chip and 
connect it to the 'wrong' trace, emissions will go through the roof.

There is no requirement to actually do measurements, you just have to be
under the limits. How you make sure you are, is up to you. If you can
calculate and simulate everything, that may be enough proof you honestly
believe that your device is under the limits. I have not seen that happen,
just measuring is usually simpler.

And even good measurements are not a complete guarantee your device is
always under the limits. These measurements are just scans through the
required frequency range. And if your device produces short burst, they
may be missed in those scans. But at least you have evidence that you
did all you could to make sure your device is under the limits.

-- 
Stef    (remove caps, dashes and .invalid from e-mail address to reply by mail)

The world needs more people like us and fewer like them.

Article: 148772
Subject: Analog Video Processing module
From: maverick <sheikh.m.farhan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:04:39 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi,
I am looking for a low cost, small form factor video processing
module. It should have single or dual analog inputs and analog
output(s). A DSP (DaVinci, DM355, Sharc etc) will be required to do
the video processing. Presence of an FPGA is not a must.  Any
suggestions........


Thanks

Article: 148773
Subject: Re: SDK example from Xilinx do not compile
From: "Rice" <albertopv@n_o_s_p_a_m.n_o_s_p_a_m.hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:47:25 -0500
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One workmate of mine has given me a small clue of how the problem can be
solved.

The failing line is at the makefile. The following:

	mb-gcc
-L"C:\Xilinx\12.1\ISE_DS\EDK\gnu\microblaze\nt\microblaze-xilinx-elf\include"
-Wl,-T -Wl,../src/lscqagipt.ld
-L../../empty_application_bsp_0/microblaze_0/lib -mxl-pattern-compare
-mcpu=v7.30.a -mno-xl-soft-mul -o"LEDs.elf" $(OBJS) $(USER_OBJS) $(LIBS)


Here the error is:

/cygdrive/c/Xilinx/12.1/ISE_DS/EDK/gnu/microblaze/nt/bin/../lib/gcc/microblaze-xilinx-elf/4.1.2/../../../../microblaze-xilinx-elf/bin/ld:
cannot find -lstdio.h

which mainly tells that it can not find libstdio.a in the library folder.

I have introduced in windows' environment variables the following path:

C:\Xilinx\12.1\ISE_DS\EDK\gnu\microblaze\nt\microblaze-xilinx-elf\include

but the error remains the same. In that folder there is no libstdio.a as
well as in the rest of the EDK folders...

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Article: 148774
Subject: Re: FPGA PCI BOARD .. Few Questions
From: John Adair <g1@enterpoint.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:34:47 -0700 (PDT)
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Best thing to do is contact through the general email boardsales AT
enterpoint DOT co DOT uk. Either myself or one of my team can answer
questions there.

John Adair
Enterpoint Ltd.

On 20 Aug, 02:04, "Sink0" <sink00@n_o_s_p_a_m.n_o_s_p_a_m.gmail.com>
wrote:
> >Price modification for duty and taxation is something we can't do for
> >obvious reasons. We have met the issue of very high taxes in Brazil
> >before and it's a very big barrier to get getting modern technology
> >into your country. One thing you didn't say was if this for a
> >commercial or academic project. We do have academic discounts for
> >students and universities that pass validation criteria.
>
> >On programming cables our USB Prog3 cable is an option with this
> >board. It operates seemlessly with Xilinx software tools and doesn't
> >need any other software or drivers other than come with Xilinx
> >software. It's a similar price to the Chinese option.
>
> Its for Academic Purposes on Universidade de S=E3o Paulo here in Brazil. =
Can
> you give me your e-mail for further questions? I just found out that i wo=
nt
> have the Quickswiths ICs on my hand fast enough becouse i am going to Spa=
in
> at September 19 but would be very good to have the board on my hands 2
> weeks before i go and it takes 3 weeks to arrive. =A0
>
> Thank you! =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
>
> --------------------------------------- =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
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