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People should make their software faster before they turn to FPGAs. Unless you already did that! But FPGA is a lot of fun to learn and play with even if you don
by djmips 4y ago
People should make their software faster before they turn to FPGAs. Unless you already did that! But FPGA is a lot of fun to learn and play with even if you don't have a ready application.
- yummypaint 4y agoOn the other hand, there are fpga boards priced comparably to microcontrollers now. It can be very refreshing and useful to escape the "programming" paradigm. Hobbyists are already contributing the value of their time which is generally much larger than the cost difference between device types, so in a sense the fpga barrier to entry may actually be higher for companies than individuals at the moment.