A new #Mega65 #FPGA Core released today. The 10th Anniversary Edition.

Installed it together with the new rom as my new default and it works great. Lots of bug fixes and improvements.

And a new intro disk to go with the new system software. It's a bundle of new software, demos and games.

#FPGA dorks. I'm running into an issue where #vivado says: multiple drivers on MMCM pins when I use a known good block (LVDS deserializer from appnote xapp523) in the vivado block diagram for a 7 series #xilinx #zynq part (snickerdoodle black). I get the error even if I pin out directly to top level pins. I hate using the gui because it hides too much magic. Has anyone hit this madness before?

I'm trying to deserialize a 1.024 Mbps 8b10b lvds to get it on the linux side for storage on disk.

It's #retro game time! Kevin's checking out the classic #discworld adventure game on the #MiSTERPi #fpga #owncast #peertube

https://owncast.pixelsandpuppets.com
https://puppet.zone/c/pixelsandpuppets/videos

Designing a font using only a few rects and triangles per glyph is satisfying if a little tedious. Another test for my #FPGA graphics engine and assets for future demos.

maybe someone with #fpga know-how here can help me out:

I have a couple of iCE40UP5K boards lying around. Any chance I can put them to use as a composite video digitizer (ideally USB video class)? It only has 1024Kb of SRAM, which is not enough for a full PAL or NTSC frame, but maybe MJPEG can compress it enough on the fly? Or can I send partial frames by UVC?

(where) can I find verilog/vhdl sources for the composite video decoding part?

FPGA, Spectrum Next Development, Retro 90s PCs & More… – Game & Gadget Podcast #41

@tonywarriner & I explore FPGA retro gaming, Tony’s upcoming game UrbX Warriors and my adventures with Windows 98 PCs and CRT monitors.

https://www.pixelrefresh.com/fpga-spectrum-next-development-retro-90s-pcs-more-game-gadget-podcast-41/

I've got myself a new toy

This is the GateMateA1-EVB from Olimex, an FPGA dev board containing the GateMate CCGM1A1 with 20480 CPEs.

Now that initial nextpnr support for the chip has been merged, it is possible to program it with a fully open source toolchain
Synthesis with Yosys, place and route with nextpnr, bitstream packing with gmpack and finally upload to the board with openFPGALoader!

That meant I just had to get one, and two days later it arrived!

I made myself an Amiga 1200 with only new parts. FPGA based with the help of the mistress 1200 and the brand new keyboard from amigastore.

https://youtu.be/rtPwj9BnNG0?si=qF_-ir87W1zltTeq

Catching up on some PCB assembly in the shop today. Collected a little bit of a backlog. #fpga #opensource #manufacturing #electronics

Et voici quelques nouveaux jouets qui viennent de chez @olimex : une carte #FPGA ice40 , une carte avec des connecteurs VGA et PS/2, et un clone d'Arduino (qui va servir pour programmer le FPGA).
Et le plus beau c'est que la suite de développement est 100% open source !

Building a Custom Zynq-7000 SoC Development Board from the Ground Up - In this series of 23 YouTube videos [Rich] puts the AMD Zynq-7000 SoC through its ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/20/building-a-custom-zynq-7000-soc-development-board-from-the-ground-up/ #amdzynq-7000soc #fpgaboard #hardware #pcbhacks #fpga #arm

Do people just not use PLD or CPLDs anymore? I'm working on a project that they'd be kinda perfect for, but it seems like it's kind of a backwater. And, if people are still using them, what are the best (if there are any at all) open source toolchains?

Thanks!
(Boosts welcome)

Intel Sells Altera Business | Phoronix

｢ A decade after Intel acquired FPGA maker Altera for $16.7 billion and recently working to make Altera an independent company, Intel announced today it has sold 51% of its Altera business in a deal that values that business at $8.75 billion.

Intel announced today that Silver Lake will acquire 51% of the Altera business ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Sells-51p-Altera

Homemade VNA Delivers High-Frequency Performance on a Budget - With vector network analyzers, the commercial offerings seem to come in two flavor... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/16/homemade-vna-delivers-high-frequency-performance-on-a-budget/ #vectornetworkanalyzer #testequipment #toolhacks #fpga #adc #vna #rf

heise+ | Vom Messfühler zum smarten Sensor: Umfassende Studie zur Sensorentwicklung

70 Experten schildern den aktuellen Stand und die Zukunft der Sensortechnik: eine Fundgrube für Technikfreaks.

https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Vom-Messfuehler-zum-smarten-Sensor-Umfassende-Studie-zur-Sensorentwicklung-10347645.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Soon™ im Stream. Nach langer Wartezeit hat Gideon die ersten Ultimate 64 Elite-II Boards fertig. Mit Mail Nummer #10 war ich glücklicherweise ganz vorne mit dabei. Heute Abend gibts nochmal das "alte" FPGA Board #fpga #ultimate64 #c64 #commodore

W65C832 in an FPGA

Link: https://www.mikekohn.net/micro/w65c832_fpga.php
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43658417