I see, thanks for the detail! The closest I've gotten to work like this was back in college; one of my digital design classes had us cloning CPU on an FPGA. Of

I see, thanks for the detail! The closest I've gotten to work like this was back in college; one of my digital design classes had us cloning CPU on an FPGA. Of course, we had full signal visibility via simulations/test benches and so we had much less trouble debugging our designs, although after synthesis/routing+placement I can see how techniques like these would be helpful.