diff --git a/content/blog/yosys4gal/yosys4gal.md b/content/blog/yosys4gal/yosys4gal.md index 0f23a63..9c76c70 100644 --- a/content/blog/yosys4gal/yosys4gal.md +++ b/content/blog/yosys4gal/yosys4gal.md @@ -106,13 +106,18 @@ GAL assembly is still common # Is this useful? -No, not really. +Not particularly. -Well, there's a very very niche use case. These parts are 5-volt tolerant, and come in DIP packages. If you needed some basic glue logic -when working on an older 5 volt system, you might want to have a few of these + a programmer instead of a collection of 74-series logic. -At the very least, these chips can emulate any 74-series chip, and can reduce a multi-chip design to a single chip. -The DIP form factor makes it much easier to breadboard, and the chips have zero start up delay. +Well, there's an extremely niche use case. These parts are 5-volt tolerant, and +come in DIP packages. If you needed some basic glue logic when working on an +older 5 volt system, you might want to have a few of these and a programmer +instead of a collection of 74-series logic. At the very least, these chips can +emulate any 74-series chip, and can reduce a multi-chip design to a single +chip. The DIP form factor makes it much easier to breadboard, and the chips +have zero start up delay. -In that narrow use case, `yosys4gal` is rather crucial. You no longer need WinCUPL or any old software, instead -using Verilog + Yosys. Your designs are automatically optimized, which makes it easier to fit more complex logic. And since it's verilog, -you can integrate it into a larger simulation or move it to an FPGA later if you desire. +In that narrow use case, `yosys4gal` is rather crucial. You no longer need +WinCUPL or any old software, instead using Verilog + Yosys. Your designs are +automatically optimized, which makes it easier to fit more complex logic. And +since it's Verilog, you can integrate it into a larger simulation or move it to +an FPGA later if you desire.