P
Philippe
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) have long been the primary
tool for software engineers. Like an airplane cockpit, an IDE is the
control center from which the engineer accesses all of the data and
tools that he needs. IDEs, and especially Eclipse, have proven to be
extensible, open, high quality platforms.
However, until now, IDEs have not been popular in hardware development
circles. This is partly because many of the available IDEs for
hardware development have not lived up to the potential of IDEs that
is typical in the software world. Instead, IDEs tend to be overly
complex, closed, and they lock the customer in.
Today, though, Eclipse is finally gaining traction among EDA
(electronic design automation) and FPGA companies. One such EDA
company, Sigasi, has just released the first commercial VHDL plugin
for Eclipse. Now, at last, hardware design teams can use Eclipse as a
basis for their own customized IDEs, based on the commercial and open-
source plugins that they need in their central cockpit for hardware
design.
I've published a white paper on this subject.
http://www.sigasi.com/content/why-hardware-designers-should-switch-eclipse
I'd be interested to know what you guys think.
kind regards
Philippe Faes
Founding CEO Sigasi
http://www.sigasi.com
tool for software engineers. Like an airplane cockpit, an IDE is the
control center from which the engineer accesses all of the data and
tools that he needs. IDEs, and especially Eclipse, have proven to be
extensible, open, high quality platforms.
However, until now, IDEs have not been popular in hardware development
circles. This is partly because many of the available IDEs for
hardware development have not lived up to the potential of IDEs that
is typical in the software world. Instead, IDEs tend to be overly
complex, closed, and they lock the customer in.
Today, though, Eclipse is finally gaining traction among EDA
(electronic design automation) and FPGA companies. One such EDA
company, Sigasi, has just released the first commercial VHDL plugin
for Eclipse. Now, at last, hardware design teams can use Eclipse as a
basis for their own customized IDEs, based on the commercial and open-
source plugins that they need in their central cockpit for hardware
design.
I've published a white paper on this subject.
http://www.sigasi.com/content/why-hardware-designers-should-switch-eclipse
I'd be interested to know what you guys think.
kind regards
Philippe Faes
Founding CEO Sigasi
http://www.sigasi.com