Hey guys...been a while but I thought I would jump back in to learning some CPLD.

I have a few ATF1504/8's and I no longer have a Windows machine. I'm running Fedora 35 and was wondering if there is a way to program these chips with Linux?

I haven't tried Wine (with WinCUPL) yet because I wanted to see if there was a more native way first.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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Sadly nothing fully native at the moment. It's possible to compile compatible Verilog code on Linux using the native Quartus suite, but you still need the DOS/Win tools to convert and program the resulting file. This is the workflow I used for the CLPDs on my JRC-1 build. I was almost able to program it natively using OpenOCD, but it didn't quite work. I think OpenOCD needs a bit of work to properly support the ATF1504.

I have not tried WinCUPL (I prefer writing Verilog). I have heard it runs under Wine but I don't know if it has the ability to actually use the programmer that way. You will have the best luck by setting up a WinXP virtual machine using Virtual Box and doing it from there. I have successfully used the official Atmel USB programmer this way and it works great.

If you want a portable workflow, it might be preferable to skip CPLD and use something like Lattice iCE40 FPGA. This may also save energy because a typical blank CPLD draws 105mA. A programmed CPLD may be 247mA or more.

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Although also somewhat outdated, I am using XILINX CPLDs and FPGAs with a linux only toolchain, using their WebISE toolset.

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