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Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA's) are highly versatile processing units with many applications in industrial settings. Lately they also find their way to the makers/hackers community due to decreasing prices. An FPGA consists of thousands of switchable transistors in a user-configurable layout. This makes for a controller that is real-time, but faster than a microcontroller, has the processing power that can compete with a cpu, provides parallelism that is more flexible and cheaper than a gpu. | Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA's) are highly versatile processing units with many applications in industrial settings. Lately they also find their way to the makers/hackers community due to decreasing prices. An FPGA consists of thousands of switchable transistors in a user-configurable layout. This makes for a controller that is real-time, but faster than a microcontroller, has the processing power that can compete with a cpu, provides parallelism that is more flexible and cheaper than a gpu. | ||
The workshop will start with a general introduction and lots of hands-on tinkering after that so bring a laptop. I have prepared a number of examples/challenges to work on that emphasize the capabilities of fpga's. | The workshop will start with a general introduction and lots of hands-on tinkering after that so '''bring a laptop'''. I have prepared a number of examples/challenges to work on that emphasize the capabilities of fpga's. | ||
The cost of the workshop is 23 euros and includes one lattice icestick fpga development board: | The '''cost of the workshop is 23 euros''' and includes one lattice icestick fpga development board: | ||
https://nl.mouser.com/ProductDetail/842-ICE40HX1KSTICKEV | https://nl.mouser.com/ProductDetail/842-ICE40HX1KSTICKEV | ||
Besides that a donation to the Hackerspace is recommended if you are not already a monthly contributor. | Besides that a donation to the Hackerspace is recommended if you are not already a monthly contributor. | ||
See the website of the hackerspace for payment options. | See the website of the hackerspace for payment options. | ||
If you already own an FPGA (lattice, xylinx or altera) you are invited to bring that. | If you already own an FPGA (lattice, xylinx or altera) you are invited to bring that. | ||
It is not mandatory to buy the icestick but it will be difficult to learn without any hardware to test on. | It is not mandatory to buy the icestick but it will be difficult to learn without any hardware to test on. | ||
Also, if you bring your own FPGA, install and activate the proprietary software distributed by the manufacturer. | |||
The lattice icestick is one of the few fpga's that has a fully open source toolchain (yosys/icestorm). | |||
Please install platformio before the workshop. Either the CLI or the IDE will suffice. | |||
The workshop will only happen if at least 3 people sign up for the shared buy. | The workshop will only happen if at least 3 people sign up for the shared buy. |
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