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Can someone explain the appeal of this to me? I love playing with fpgas but if you're not working in an hdl then what is the value? Typically you'd use an fpga
by eyegor 7y ago
Can someone explain the appeal of this to me? I love playing with fpgas but if you're not working in an hdl then what is the value? Typically you'd use an fpga as a dev tool to design an asic or maybe even use the fpga outright if it's fast enough at your task to make it worthwhile. By issuing commands via arduino scratch code, you toss all practical value out the window as far as I can tell.
Looking at their example code it just seems so far removed from hardware that I am stuck scratching my head: https://github.com/sea-s7/spartan-edge-ioex/blob/master/examples/03ADC_AND_DAC/03ADC_AND_DAC.ino https://github.com/sea-s7/spartan-edge-ioex/blob/master/exam...
- MisterTea 7y agoThe project isn't finished yet. > Typically you'd use an fpga as a dev tool to design an asic or maybe even use the fpga outright if it's fast enough at your task to make it worthwhile. No way. FPGA's are extremely useful for low volume alternative to asics or tasks where the logic may have to change according to end use cases. They are found everywhere you need a quick bit of complex logic and don't want an asic or need some extreme form of flexibility.
- IshKebab 7y agoI think latency is their killer feature.
- rowanG077 7y agoYeah this seems pretty useless to me. Controlling pins on an FPGA from a microcontroller... Why not just control the pins on the microcontroller directly?