From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,131ac66ded247fcc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!freenix!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is there a translator from SPARK Ada to VHDL? Date: 20 Jan 2005 23:42:50 -0500 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <2e9040a1.0501201544.553ad2ac@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1106282588 83598 212.85.156.195 (21 Jan 2005 04:43:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:43:08 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <2e9040a1.0501201544.553ad2ac@posting.google.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7925 Date: 2005-01-20T23:42:50-05:00 happy_teddys@hotmail.com (Jim) writes: > Hello, > > Does somebody here know, how to translate a hardware description code > of Spark Ada/Ada in VHDL for FPGA/CPLD? Is there automatic tools for > these translation? > Can I program code for FPGA with Spark Ada? VHDL has a similar syntax to Ada, but it is really a different language; the semantics are oriented towards parallel processing of many small gates, as opposed to serial processing of one main processor. You need a VHDL compiler that targets your FPGA. Spark does not; it only targets mainstream computer chips. Perhaps if you explained a little more about what you are doing, we could help more. -- -- Stephe