Programming FPGAs

Name: Programming FPGAs
ISBN: 9781259643767

Simon Monk · 2017

"This fun guide shows how to get started with FPGA technology using the popular Mojo, Papilio One, and Elbert 2 boards. Written by electronics guru Simon Monk, Programming FPGAs: Getting Started with Verilog features clear explanations, easy-to-follow examples, and downloadable sample programs. You'll get start-to-finish assembly and programming instructions for numerous projects, including an LED decoder, a timer, a tone generator - even a memory-mapped video display! The book serves both as a hobbyists' guide and as an introduction for professional developers"--Publisher's description.

Electronics & Hardware Programming

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nickpsecurityJul 2023
These projects are really fun. On the other hand, you might want to learn in a way that lets you build hardware (esp for FPGA's). For that, I suggest a few types of books with examples:
- Computer architecture or CPU design book covering modern designs with their tradeoffs
https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Architecture-Quantitative-Ap...
- Introduction to Verilog or VHDL (languages for hardware) maybe on FPGA's or well-known boards
https://www.amazon.com/Programming-FPGAs-Getting-Started-Ver...
- High Speed Digital Design (many recommended it)
https://www.amazon.com/High-Speed-Digital-Design-Handbook/dp...
- Cookbook with many examples for FPGA's
I don't have one. Most with these titles are expensive. One that looked promising had bad reviews. I'll leave it to HN to fill in the blanks.
- High-level synthesis
Most exciting one I remember when I stopped researching this stuff was Synflow. I don't know if they're still around.
https://www.synflow.com/
Before that, I had saved Baranov's work which showed how to turn Abstract, State Machines into actual hardware. It was like a how-to on high-level synthesis that he used commercially at Synthezza. I still share them periodically in case someone wants to build an OSS version. I also saw ASM's used in verifying compilers and hardware in separate work. There's a good chance someone can turn many things into a unified, field theory of sorts using ASM's.
https://www.amazon.com/Finite-State-Machines-Algorithmic-Com...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/second-ebook-samary-baranov-h...
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josephmosbyOct 2018
Programming FPGAs by Simon Monk and the Mojo v3 have been what I've been getting started with. It might be a little basic if you've been working in-depth with GPUs already, but the Mojo v3 is a great board to learn on - connects directly to your laptop via USB. It takes a lot of the magic out and makes it more like you're just programming an Arduino.
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