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I decided to try my hand at hardware design. Just for fun, not profit. I expected to make modest progress because it has always seemed like some sort of dark ar
by satori99 8y ago
I decided to try my hand at hardware design. Just for fun, not profit. I expected to make modest progress because it has always seemed like some sort of dark art to me.
I spent a small amount of money on some Chinese FPGA boards and I have been having a great time building things and doing experiments with logic gates instead of software.
- aryamaan 8y agoCould you tell more. I get same "dark art" feeling when I think about hardware design. And simultaneously I want to play with them.
- satori99 8y agoHonestly the hardest part I have encountered so far has been learning the lingo. So much of what I was reading early on went over my head because i didn't fully understand the terminology and I don't really have an electronics background. But with enough patience and reading it starts to become clearer. And there is so much material to learn from online. The cheapo Chinese FPGA boards don't have much onboard except an LED or two, so you will need some components and a breadboard or two to start making stuff happen. If you have any experience with micro-controllers like Arduino (IE: knowing how to connect to components on a breadboard), and are already familiar with Boolean Algebra and finite state machines, then you won't find the initial learning stages to be too challenging either.
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