FPGA development has been one of those things that I've really wanted to get into, but each time, I spend days trying to get a toolchain set up (using the free

FPGA development has been one of those things that I've really wanted to get into, but each time, I spend days trying to get a toolchain set up (using the free Xilinx tools on Linux and/or Windows), and by then I'm tired, and decide to take a break. By the time I get back to it, the toolchain doesn't work anymore (because of some licensing crap) so I have to start all over. I don't think I've been this excited about hardware in a long time. I'd kickstart this thing in a heartbeat.