Hey all, I just ran across this site, and hoped someone might be able to answer a question of mine, or if not point me in the right direction.
I recently picked up an altera cyclone ii FPGA dev board FPGA Board, FPGA Development Kit
after using it in a class and realizing it's potential for rapid prototyping.
Since an FPGA can mimic any electronic circuit, I was wondering how difficult it would be to use this dev board as a programmer for a microcontroller? I'm decently competent at Verilog, so if no one knows if the code's been written before, I'm all for giving it a shot, but I'm just not too clear on what is NECESSARY for programming a microcontroller.
The microcontroller I have on hand is a PIC16f877.
Right now I'm reading through Nigel's PIC tutorial page
Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
-Adam Kistler
Elec. Eng. UCDavis class of 2011 (hopefully)
I recently picked up an altera cyclone ii FPGA dev board FPGA Board, FPGA Development Kit
after using it in a class and realizing it's potential for rapid prototyping.
Since an FPGA can mimic any electronic circuit, I was wondering how difficult it would be to use this dev board as a programmer for a microcontroller? I'm decently competent at Verilog, so if no one knows if the code's been written before, I'm all for giving it a shot, but I'm just not too clear on what is NECESSARY for programming a microcontroller.
The microcontroller I have on hand is a PIC16f877.
Right now I'm reading through Nigel's PIC tutorial page
Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
-Adam Kistler
Elec. Eng. UCDavis class of 2011 (hopefully)