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