FPGA thread

...go on?

>>62241880
I doubt many people here even know what that is, let alone know enough to talk about them. You might want to try /diy/

A professor once told me that these will replace most software. Was he smoking crack?

>>62242501
It's basically still software even if it configures a FPGA.

And at least I myself can't see what FPGA would "replace" on a larger scale, even going forward.

>>62242574
I guess if they advance enough PC's might use them to accelerate various special applications, but configuration would have to be fucking fast to sell at the consumer level.

>>62241880
What is the lowest price for an FPGA board capable of implementing a system that can run a full linux desktop?

>>62242574
verilog is a hardware description language, not the same as regular software programming.

>>62241880
I used to have the Xilinx one. Spartan 3E something or other. I bought it for a class in college. It's been like 3 or 4 years; haven't used it once since then.

>>62242501
yes

>>62242574
it's not really software, it does not use sequential logic which is the building block of all von neumann machines running software

>>62242977
you can get FPGA + ARMv7 core boards for 99/150 or so

>>62241880
guys help, i got a cyclone 3 and figured it would be fun to learn but i downloaded Quartus and i have no fucking idea what is happening, there are no basic tutorials and no example code (aside from specific dev boards) i go the cheapest board possible, its just the chip with a power supply
basically whats the best ide, on linux, to write an led blink program

watch YT videos on quartus, there is no free software for any FPGA aside from like 3 models of FPGA from lattice which have very preliminary toolchains with no ide.

>>62245691
http://papilio.cc/
I'm sure I remember using xilinx shit on linux near a decade ago at school.

>>62241880
Nifty little toys for any electronics freak.
Also great for hardware emulation of old hardware, like microcomputers and consoles.

>>62244588
You need the quartus synthesizer to use the FPGA. To write vhdl I used emacs vhdl mode

>>62243279

were you EE or CE? What do you do for work now?

>>62242501
>A professor once told me that these will replace most software. Was he smoking crack?
Yes. FPGAs are good for prototyping, but not for production. They're not as efficient as normal chips.

It's just as retarded as thinking that 3D printers will be used for mass production.

Is there any $5 fpga board? I need something really cheap to check if programming fpga is something for me.

>>62242263
Field Programmable Gate Arrays?

I mean I hear about them in embedded projects, emulation stuff, demoscene, and sometimes cryptomining so they aren't all that uncommon.

As far as I can understand it, these things are just modifiable to behave like different computing platforms so you don't have to find a different chipset for every sort of calculation or process you'd want to run through for testing processes. If you'd like to elaborate or correct me on any of this, you're more than welcome.

>>62248768
FPGAs can't do analog. gates are digital logic. plenty of ICs operate on analog principles (transistors, mixers, amplifiers, etc)

>>62241880
Is that the new ardiono?

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How is the Mojo? Also are there any benefits to using an fpga over a micro? I want to practice my verilog skills outside of class.