[oc] C to VHDL parser/converter

[veena_20k@yahoo.com]

Hi,

Does anyone have a C to VHDL translator that can be used?  I need to 
convert my C code  to VHDL as a part of my thesis work. Please let me 
know if you can help.

Thanks.
-veena
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From: "Martin.J Thompson" <Martin.J.Thompson@t... >
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 03:49:58 -0500
Subject: Re: [oc] Handel-C replacement, replacement name first 
methinks!

>Martin,
>
>Windows? YUK, I've finally found a use for MS Windows CDs, they make 
good
>tea coasters. Too many bugs in MS code for my liking.
>
:-)

>My primary thinking is to do a little program that can parse a C program 
and
>translate it straight into VHDL so people could then fine-tune it as
>necessary if they wish. I'm still a VHDL newbie but if I would like to 
code
>a Linux style mini-kernel in an FPGA (CPU+Linux Kernel in a ASIC?),
>ambitious yes but if they can do a TCP/IP stack with the DK1 suite 
then I'm
>sure I can go one better. I've looked at all their manuals and can see 
some
>major areas for improvement in their software (not just the name!). 
What I
>would love to see though is some VHDL code generated by one of their 
example
>C programs to see how they think the VHDL side should be done. I'm 
already
>using a very basic C to VHDL program which seems to be working quite 
well.
>Have a look at my "Sequential processing in FPGAs" post which includes 
a
>sample of its output and let me know what you think. VHDL is still a
>minefield of new learning for me so any help in this area will be much
>appreciated.
>

Sounds very ambitious - I'd start by flashing some lights :-) I have to 
say the Celoxica's video demos are *very* impressive, generating VGA 
real-time from C impresses the pants off most softies, so a demo board 
with a RAMDAC on would be nice...

They generate directly to EDIF normally, although they do have a VHDL 
output flow now. YOu might get some info from some of the papers 
written about Handel-C when it was still an academic thing.

See my other reply on sequential processing...

>Although if Celoxica want to buy the program off me rather than let me 
make
>it shareware then you won't just have my gratitude for helping you'll 
also
>receive a financial reward too. Their website says they have $30 million 
in
>venture capital so I can always dream. rotflmbo
>

You never know... Of course, if you open the source, Celoxica can nick 
your ideas, even without nicking the source-code can't they?

>Paul McFeeters
>
>Handel-C is copyright of Celoxica, Buffy-C hmmm might be copyright of 
me ;-)
>

I've never objected to Handel-C actually :-) You maybe want to find 
something completely different... or not as you like!

Cheers,
Martin


>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-cores@o... [mailto:owner-cores@o... ]On 
>Behalf Of Martin.J Thompson
>Sent: 07 December 2001 11:39
>To: cores@o... 
>Subject: Re: [oc] Has anybody won the lottery?
>
>
>Hi Paul,
>Sounds like a good challenge! I'm interested in this, but don;t have a 
huge
>amount of time at the moment. Let me know how it goes - I'm 
experienced in
>FPGA deisgn via VHDL, and I've written some software in my time also 
(C,
>perl and a bit of python amongst others).
>
>Would you be targetting windoze or some unixy OS? Or aiming for
>portability?
>
>Cheers,
>Martin
>

 
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