Connecting Your FPGA To the Outside World – UART

Last time we got the simplest of digital circuits working: an LED flasher. Now its time to move on to something more interesting. We’re going to design a serial communication module so that our hardware can communicate with other devices.Communication instantly adds an element of interactivity. We’ll be able to send commands to the hardware […]

Getting Started With Hardware Design, FPGAs, & Cx

By Hans de Ruiter / 2016-06-03 / Hardware Development

Alan Kay once said, “People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.” I’m not sure that I agree, but I’m definitely one of those software engineers who would like to make his own hardware. This tutorial will lay the foundations for designing hardware using relatively low-cost tools.Why design your own hardware? […]