I agree. The learning curve for doing projects with the Zybo is pretty steep, and especially since it was my first foray into FPGAs, the first few days could be

I agree. The learning curve for doing projects with the Zybo is pretty steep, and especially since it was my first foray into FPGAs, the first few days could be very frustrating at times. I got over it eventually, but I think me having some experience with very low level kernel programming and digital electronics in general probably helped a lot. Since then, it's been great fun. Overall, I don't think I'm a big fan of Vivado (though it's hard to say without any experience with any competitor's environment), but the Zybo itself it so packed full of fun components, and the Zynq itself such an apparently versatile and well documented chip (though again, not much personal reference in that) that I still recommend it.