From: cadnewbie@canada.com (Sam Kaan) Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga Subject: ORCA fpga? Date: 19 Sep 2003 13:32:29 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 6 Message-ID: <47f5d97d.0309191232.492979c6@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.210.223.129 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1064003551 29391 127.0.0.1 (19 Sep 2003 20:32:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Sep 2003 20:32:31 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsfeed.mathworks.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:33139 Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version 1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it? ###### From: Peter Alfke Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga Subject: Re: ORCA fpga? Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:01:55 -0700 Organization: Xilinx,Inc Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3F6B6EC3.F3B569B5@xilinx.com> References: <47f5d97d.0309191232.492979c6@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: peter.xilinx.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en To: Sam Kaan Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!enews.sgi.com!news-out.superfeed.net!propagator2-maxim!feed-maxim.newsfeeds.com!Spring.edu.tw!news.nctu.edu.tw!netnews.eranet.net!news.ttn.net!feeder.seed.net.tw!attdv1!ip.att.net!newsgate.xilinx.com!cliff.xsj.xilinx.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:33122 Go to google.com and enter "ORCA FPGA" ( with the quotation marks) and you will find 740 hits. ATT-Lucent sold the line to Lattice a while ago... Peter Alfke Sam Kaan wrote: > > Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version > 1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no > manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any > softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able > to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the > very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it? ###### Lines: 32 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: mikeandmax@aol.com (Mikeandmax) Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga Date: 19 Sep 2003 21:30:40 GMT References: <47f5d97d.0309191232.492979c6@posting.google.com> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: Re: ORCA fpga? Message-ID: <20030919173040.19513.00000926@mb-m20.aol.com> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m1.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:33135 cadnewbie found a gem - >Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version >1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no >manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any >softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able >to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the >very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it? > Don't have a lot of information on what you have in hand - but Lattice is now the company building the ORCA FPGA products, and developing new devices and families based on this technology. The history lesson is a bit long: ATT and Xilinx were once partnered for early XLX FPGAs, with ATT being a foundry source - at some point the partnership dissolved - and ATT created it's own family called ORCA( for Optimized Reconfigurable Component Array) - ATT spun off LUCENT (with microelectronics along for the ride) Lucent spun off AGERE (with microelectronics along, essentially this is AGERE) AGERE sold off the ORCA technology, along with ASIC technology used for high-end SERDES based FPSC, to Lattice Semiconductor. Lattice now builds and develops device families based on the technology acquired. So, I guess check the lattice website, at least you will find the datasheets for the device on the pcb, and software to design and develop these devices as well. Good luck with your project, I would suggest a call to your Lattice FAE - Michael Thomas Lattice SFAE NY/NJ ###### From: rickman Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga Subject: Re: ORCA fpga? Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 02:58:26 -0400 Organization: Arius, Inc Lines: 53 Message-ID: <3F6E9D92.98206CA3@yahoo.com> References: <47f5d97d.0309191232.492979c6@posting.google.com> <20030919173040.19513.00000926@mb-m20.aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVbYAEChXSZzbuRAqRVzkhQDpVtjG53ddMDSrX+KSxy/EAeMflhHv2k5 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Sep 2003 06:58:21 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:33158 Mikeandmax wrote: > > cadnewbie found a gem - > > >Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version > >1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no > >manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any > >softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able > >to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the > >very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it? > > > Don't have a lot of information on what you have in hand - but Lattice is now > the company building the ORCA FPGA products, and developing new devices and > families based on this technology. > The history lesson is a bit long: > ATT and Xilinx were once partnered for early XLX FPGAs, with ATT being a > foundry source - > at some point the partnership dissolved - and ATT created it's own family > called ORCA( for Optimized Reconfigurable Component Array) - > ATT spun off LUCENT (with microelectronics along for the ride) > Lucent spun off AGERE (with microelectronics along, essentially this is AGERE) > AGERE sold off the ORCA technology, along with ASIC technology used for > high-end SERDES based FPSC, to Lattice Semiconductor. > Lattice now builds and develops device families based on the technology > acquired. > So, I guess check the lattice website, at least you will find the datasheets > for the device on the pcb, and software to design and develop these devices as > well. > Good luck with your project, I would suggest a call to your Lattice FAE - > > Michael Thomas > Lattice SFAE > NY/NJ If you are really interested, I have the old ORCA software for schematic entry using Workview (included). It may use a hardware key, I don't remember. I must have one around, but it may take a bit to find it. The software however, I have handy if you are interested. But my advice is to toss the board and deny ever having found it. :) -- Rick "rickman" Collins rick.collins@XYarius.com Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY removed. Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com 4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX ###### From: banktrade2002@yahoo.com (Emile) Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga Subject: Re: ORCA fpga? Date: 22 Sep 2003 05:56:28 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 59 Message-ID: <952209fb.0309220456.7aae7278@posting.google.com> References: <47f5d97d.0309191232.492979c6@posting.google.com> <20030919173040.19513.00000926@mb-m20.aol.com> <3F6E9D92.98206CA3@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.175.232.195 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1064235390 26854 127.0.0.1 (22 Sep 2003 12:56:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Sep 2003 12:56:30 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:33190 rickman wrote in message news:<3F6E9D92.98206CA3@yahoo.com>... > Mikeandmax wrote: > > > > cadnewbie found a gem - > > > > >Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version > > >1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no > > >manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any > > >softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able > > >to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the > > >very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it? > > > > > Don't have a lot of information on what you have in hand - but Lattice is now > > the company building the ORCA FPGA products, and developing new devices and > > families based on this technology. > > The history lesson is a bit long: > > ATT and Xilinx were once partnered for early XLX FPGAs, with ATT being a > > foundry source - > > at some point the partnership dissolved - and ATT created it's own family > > called ORCA( for Optimized Reconfigurable Component Array) - > > ATT spun off LUCENT (with microelectronics along for the ride) > > Lucent spun off AGERE (with microelectronics along, essentially this is AGERE) > > AGERE sold off the ORCA technology, along with ASIC technology used for > > high-end SERDES based FPSC, to Lattice Semiconductor. > > Lattice now builds and develops device families based on the technology > > acquired. > > So, I guess check the lattice website, at least you will find the datasheets > > for the device on the pcb, and software to design and develop these devices as > > well. > > Good luck with your project, I would suggest a call to your Lattice FAE - > > > > Michael Thomas > > Lattice SFAE > > NY/NJ > > If you are really interested, I have the old ORCA software for schematic > entry using Workview (included). It may use a hardware key, I don't > remember. I must have one around, but it may take a bit to find it. > The software however, I have handy if you are interested. > > But my advice is to toss the board and deny ever having found it. :) > > -- > > Rick "rickman" Collins > > rick.collins@XYarius.com > Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY > removed. > > Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company > Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com > 4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice > Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX Just a note to say we have 500 Lucent ORCA FPGAs on consignment sale, 250 each of the OR2T15 and OR2T40. Any reasonable offer is welcome. -Emile ##### From: cadnewbie@canada.com (Sam Kaan) Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga Subject: Re: ORCA fpga? Date: 24 Sep 2003 11:19:20 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 65 Message-ID: <47f5d97d.0309241019.3318ecec@posting.google.com> References: <47f5d97d.0309191232.492979c6@posting.google.com> <20030919173040.19513.00000926@mb-m20.aol.com> <3F6E9D92.98206CA3@yahoo.com> <952209fb.0309220456.7aae7278@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.210.223.129 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1064427561 26290 127.0.0.1 (24 Sep 2003 18:19:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Sep 2003 18:19:21 GMT Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:33370 banktrade2002@yahoo.com (Emile) wrote in message news:<952209fb.0309220456.7aae7278@posting.google.com>... > rickman wrote in message news:<3F6E9D92.98206CA3@yahoo.com>... > > Mikeandmax wrote: > > > > > > cadnewbie found a gem - > > > > > > >Recently came across an old FPGA circuit board, its an ORCA Version > > > >1.0 evaluation module. It looks quite antiquated and came with no > > > >manuals or softwares whatsoever. I am wondering if there are any > > > >softwares out there on the net that I can find for it. Might be able > > > >to put it to some good use if I can find the darn softwares or at the > > > >very least documents, data sheets. Anyone know anything about it? > > > > > > > Don't have a lot of information on what you have in hand - but Lattice is now > > > the company building the ORCA FPGA products, and developing new devices and > > > families based on this technology. > > > The history lesson is a bit long: > > > ATT and Xilinx were once partnered for early XLX FPGAs, with ATT being a > > > foundry source - > > > at some point the partnership dissolved - and ATT created it's own family > > > called ORCA( for Optimized Reconfigurable Component Array) - > > > ATT spun off LUCENT (with microelectronics along for the ride) > > > Lucent spun off AGERE (with microelectronics along, essentially this is AGERE) > > > AGERE sold off the ORCA technology, along with ASIC technology used for > > > high-end SERDES based FPSC, to Lattice Semiconductor. > > > Lattice now builds and develops device families based on the technology > > > acquired. > > > So, I guess check the lattice website, at least you will find the datasheets > > > for the device on the pcb, and software to design and develop these devices as > > > well. > > > Good luck with your project, I would suggest a call to your Lattice FAE - > > > > > > Michael Thomas > > > Lattice SFAE > > > NY/NJ > > > > If you are really interested, I have the old ORCA software for schematic > > entry using Workview (included). It may use a hardware key, I don't > > remember. I must have one around, but it may take a bit to find it. > > The software however, I have handy if you are interested. > > > > But my advice is to toss the board and deny ever having found it. :) > > > > -- > > > > Rick "rickman" Collins > > > > rick.collins@XYarius.com > > Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY > > removed. > > > > Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company > > Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com > > 4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice > > Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX > > Just a note to say we have 500 Lucent ORCA FPGAs on consignment sale, > 250 each of the OR2T15 and OR2T40. Any reasonable offer is welcome. > > -Emile Are the OR2T15 and OR2T40 fairly new chips or the obsoleted ones? I guess I don't really care as long as the tools that are available can still program them. If I train yourself with it, that's what really matters for me anyway. ###### From: rickman Newsgroups: comp.arch.fpga Subject: Re: ORCA fpga? Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:17:45 -0400 Organization: Arius, Inc Lines: 40 Message-ID: <3F725E59.FA9A313@yahoo.com> References: <47f5d97d.0309191232.492979c6@posting.google.com> <20030919173040.19513.00000926@mb-m20.aol.com> <3F6E9D92.98206CA3@yahoo.com> <952209fb.0309220456.7aae7278@posting.google.com> <47f5d97d.0309241019.3318ecec@posting.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVbItOCc+RJJZ2a1Ez0gsmjLfQT2JCDXrbGTAbz7crR3+kFHkt61KAxc X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Sep 2003 03:17:47 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch comp.arch.fpga:33395 Sam Kaan wrote: > > banktrade2002@yahoo.com (Emile) wrote in message news:<952209fb.0309220456.7aae7278@posting.google.com>... > > rickman wrote in message news:<3F6E9D92.98206CA3@yahoo.com>... > > > If you are really interested, I have the old ORCA software for schematic > > > entry using Workview (included). It may use a hardware key, I don't > > > remember. I must have one around, but it may take a bit to find it. > > > The software however, I have handy if you are interested. > > > > > > But my advice is to toss the board and deny ever having found it. :) > > > > Just a note to say we have 500 Lucent ORCA FPGAs on consignment sale, > > 250 each of the OR2T15 and OR2T40. Any reasonable offer is welcome. > > > > -Emile > > Are the OR2T15 and OR2T40 fairly new chips or the obsoleted ones? I > guess I don't really care as long as the tools that are available can > still program them. If I train yourself with it, that's what really > matters for me anyway. Both of these chips were on our board designed in 1999 and they were not new chips then. But I don't know that they are obsoleted. As to tools, you will need to check with Lattice. Lucent did not provide current tools for these parts. Lattice may cover them under their newer toolset, or may not... -- Rick "rickman" Collins rick.collins@XYarius.com Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY removed. Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com 4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX