Using Perl to map FPGA pins from a board design to UCF pin constraints

One of the things I try to avoid as an FPGA engineer, is to manually configure the pin constraints (in the UCF file) in order to tell the tools which FPGA pin is connected to what. Not only is this extremely boring, but I also think that getting it done right (at the first go) [...]

Posted Under: FPGA,perl
This post was written by eli on March 27, 2009 Comments (2)

Why MySQL’s (SQL) DATETIME can and should be avoided

I warmly recommend reading the comments at the bottom of this page, many of which go against my point. While I still stand behind every word I said, in particular for web applications (which I believe is the vast majority of MySQL use), the comments below make some valid points, and single out cases where [...]

Posted Under: MySQL,Software
This post was written by eli on March 15, 2009 Comments (92)