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latchkey
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It is possible to download and use the Xilinx tools for free. My company sells bare metal access to FPGA's and our customers do it all the time.
I agree with the tooling being a nightmare though. It is a 80gb+ install that fails half the time.
sigsev_251
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You forgot that it crashes in random times and that the text editor refuses to open files because sigasi can't be initialized
latchkey
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I didn't forget, I just didn't get past the install. ;-)
simias
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I admit I'm mostly familiar with the Intel (formerly Altera) side. There are no restrictions at all on the Xilinx side? That's pretty neat.
latchkey
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You sign up on their website and click ok on the long eula nobody reads and then click download. So yea, there are probably restrictions, but they don't have a paywall in front of them. This isn't legal advice at all.
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I agree with the tooling being a nightmare though. It is a 80gb+ install that fails half the time.