> the whole process INCLUDING bitstream generation is open How many supporters would a Kickstarter need to design such an FPGA, with all specs open, and ship d

> the whole process INCLUDING bitstream generation is open How many supporters would a Kickstarter need to design such an FPGA, with all specs open, and ship devices to backers in the $200-$500 range? Let's assume you wouldn't need to write the bitmungers [1] and other parts of the toolchain, the open-source community would likely produce one for you pro bono if you're shipping physical hardware to the general public at a reasonable price with open specs. If anyone is actually planning on doing this, don't forget you'll need FCC certification because you'll probably pick up customers who are non-hardware people [2] [3]. [1] Or VHDL compilers, or netlisteners, or place-and-route, or whatever the tools are called. A hardware guru I am certainly not! [2] http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/852 http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/852 [3] http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/978 http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/978