Embedded.com - Building an FPGA-based CAN-like network interface

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"Max" Maxfield's announcement of an Altium Innovation Station Design Contest came at a very opportune moment. I desperately wanted to get proficient with this tool. With the 2008 and the 2009 Winter release it has become the 800 pound gorilla of EDA tools: schematic capture, PCB layout, SPICE simulation, signal integrity analysis, microprocessor IDEs (Integrated Development Environment), FPGA support (one might say "FPGAs first and foremost"), VHDL compile and simulation, nice collection of free IP cores, 3D viewing of populated PCB models, C-into-Hardware This is the designer's dream. It doesn't cost a fortune (less than a car, more than a TV). You can order it from DigiKey.

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