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An fpga has finite resources (block rams, pins, logic blocks (lookup table + flop)). If you have a good understanding of the logic you're designing, it's not th
by mechagodzilla 10y ago
An fpga has finite resources (block rams, pins, logic blocks (lookup table + flop)). If you have a good understanding of the logic you're designing, it's not that hard to estimate resource usage. You just get used to thinking in terms of gates, flops, etc
- vanjoe 10y agoRight, you usually have some idea of how Look up tables an n bit add operation, or an n bit multiplexer etc takes up. You also need to take into account how much memory and multipliers you need since FPGAs have multiplier and ram blocks built in.