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Originally Posted by Adam Y.
I was doing research on FPGAs and found that other people were amazed at the length of time for a simple VHDL example to compile.
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The first product I worked on at Motorola took 4 hours for a full build, and 20-30 minutes to recompile if you changed one line of code. It's really not uncommon for lengthy build times in the industry. It makes you a much better programmer because you really need to take the time to understand the changes you're making before you recompile.
A lot of people get spoiled on simple projects in college or for hobby purposes and get themselves into a "change code, compile, test, repeat" loop that just isn't possible on more complex software.
It's quite possible the more complex software that will likely accompany this new controller will come with longer build times than you're used to now with the IFI hardware.