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What FPGA content would you like to see?

e14phil

FPGA and element14

 

I am very happy to say we have lots of big, exciting things in the pipeline for FPGA and the extended element14 family, but I want to take this time to ask the community what FPGA content interests you?

 

Do you want some reviews of FPGA kit?

Do you want Tutorials, if so on what?

What would help you to work with FPGA?

 

We have some things in the works but we always want to add quality content to our community.

 

If you have something you want to share in the FPGA space but want help, kit or just to run it past us, we will always try help!

 

- Your Friendly Neighborhood

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  • Writing and simulating VHDL/Verilog Program using Test bench is all different compared to porting and testing the same on actual FPGA.. So its more interesting to see some content on availability and use of very low cost FPGA kits (At price around Arduino Uno) so people can get started with FPGA as quickly as possible..

     

    Thanks,

    RAVI

  • in reply to ravi_butani

    Ravi,

     

    The cheapest FPGAs cost the multitude of the ATmega on the Arduino, (e14 shop, ICE40HX1K-TQ144ICE40HX1K-TQ144, more than 4 € in bulk purchase).

    You'll very likely need a more expensive PCB too, even to route this simplest one, also adding to the cost.

    Then there's external flash needed to persist your design (a component not on the Arduino), and a PSU that can deliver the different required voltage levels (also not on the Arduino, they don't need several voltage rails).

     

    The exercise is orders of magnitude more difficult than an Arduino board, and the market may be less than 1% of the number of Arduinos sold. The only way someone can achieve what you're suggesting is by loosing money?

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  • in reply to ravi_butani

    Ravi,

     

    The cheapest FPGAs cost the multitude of the ATmega on the Arduino, (e14 shop, ICE40HX1K-TQ144ICE40HX1K-TQ144, more than 4 € in bulk purchase).

    You'll very likely need a more expensive PCB too, even to route this simplest one, also adding to the cost.

    Then there's external flash needed to persist your design (a component not on the Arduino), and a PSU that can deliver the different required voltage levels (also not on the Arduino, they don't need several voltage rails).

     

    The exercise is orders of magnitude more difficult than an Arduino board, and the market may be less than 1% of the number of Arduinos sold. The only way someone can achieve what you're suggesting is by loosing money?

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