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protozone prototyping fpga
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DATE: october 1993
TITLE: PROTOZONE: Prototyping Design Frame for FPGAs

PROTOZONE: Prototyping Design Frame for FPGAs

(Contributed by Kalon Goodrich of Proto Tools)

Many universities would like to provide  students  with  project-
oriented,  hands-on  experience  in  rapidly prototyping advanced
logic and FPGA designs.  The  Protozone  Design  Frame  has  been
developed  for  this  purpose  in collaboration with Dr. Abbas El
Gamal at Stanford University.  It has been  recommended  as  "the
standard  for  educational  use" by the attendees of the National
Science Foundation 1990 Workshop on FPGAs in the University.   It
has  been  in  use at Stanford and other universities for several
years.

The Protozone is a peripheral add-on to an IBM-compatible PC  and
has  the  capability  to  handle parts from any FPGA vendor.  Its
pin-grid-array will accept a 68-pin or 84-pin PLCC socket for  an
FPGA.  It also has sockets for four RAM/EPROM chips which are ac-
cessible by the PC and/or the FPGA.  It includes a digital proto-
typing  area  with  interleaved  power  and ground strips for DIP
packages and a general purpose prototyping area ("Sea of  Holes")
with  a ground plane to accommodate additional VLSI chips or ana-
log designs.

Pricing:

   * Student Kit (external Protozone board,  users  manual) $150.
   * Lab Kit (interface board, ribbon cable, diskette w/PAL &
        test equations) $75.
   * Full Kit (all of the above) $200.

For additional  information,  suggested  applications  and  order
placement, contact:

   Kalon Goodrich
   Proto Tools
   3500 Granada Ave., #156
   Santa  Clara, CA 95051
   TEL: (408)-244-4677
   kalon_goodrich@cup.portal.com

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