hi all,
we are trying to implement a QAM 64 system using the altera stratix gx for a project. all of us are new to fpga's, so pardon our ignorance. i had a couple of questions about the device capabilities.
1) we are looking at purchasing a low cost evaluation board
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that does not come w/ any design software. can we just use the free web edition of quartus and/or dspbuilder for programming the device, or do we need to buy a license for the full version.2) does the quartus software/dspbuilder have capabilites to implement serial-parallel. i know i can just use a shift register for a 1-2 serial parallel. but does it have any functions for 1-3 serial-parallel(splitting an input stream into 3 parts)
3) is it possible to work w/ multilevel signals and assign specific voltages (something betn output swing of the device) to each level. for instance, -1.2V to 000, -0.9V to 001 and so on. we are trying to use this setup to implement a simple 3 bit DAC.
thanks in advance, kaalia