Primitve 3D Graphics Library

[Derek Simmons]

I was wondering if anybody knew of any 3D graphics libraries (written
in VHDL or Verilog). I came across Manticore but it looks like the
developers are going in a different direction. I also came across a
couple of other small projects but they looked to be very
implementation dependant (one time demo).

I'm looking for something that supports triangles (or some other
primitives) with materials and light sources (would be nice). Or am I
wishing for too much?

Thanks,
Derek Simmons

 

[John Williams]

I'm looking for something that supports triangles (or some other
primitives) with materials and light sources (would be nice). Or am I
wishing for too much?

It's done in Handel-C, not VHDL/Verilog, but the Celoxica folks have a
very pretty real-time 3D rendered demo that they take around to the
various FPGA / reconfigurable computing conferences. Texture maps,
lighting, bump mapping and all that sort of thing.

Might be worth getting in touch with them to find out more. Perhaps if
you get a Handel-C license and/or a Celoxica board they would be willing
to share...

Cheers,

John