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My problem (years ago) was that with Lattice, there just aren't as many tutorials/easy-EDA and they kind of expect you to know what you're doing. So if you've
by katastic 9y ago
My problem (years ago) was that with Lattice, there just aren't as many tutorials/easy-EDA and they kind of expect you to know what you're doing.
So if you've never taken a class on FPGA's and learned how netlists work, et al, Lattice may be a harder time. I ended up buying a cheap Altera afterward just to learn.
- nmz787 9y agoI think that's solved now though, at least for a few ICs and toolchains, via things like MyHDL and/or rhea (tldr; Python wrappers) and websites like fpga4fun.com
- bri3d 9y agoI entirely see where you're coming from, and this has completely changed in the last 2-3 years. SiliconBlue/Lattice used to be a niche-market low-power also ran in the FPGA world. Documentation was sparse and most examples from academia targeted Altera or Xilinx parts. The open-source toolchain flipped this and allowed Lattice FPGAs to become the tool of choice for beginners and small-application hobbyists. There's now a tremendous wealth of resource available around getting started with Lattice FPGAs. And as the cherry on top, you don't have to wrangle the gigantic Vivado/Quartus/ISE suites to do so.