CPLD / ABEL versus FPGA / Verilog

brad_h

Liked the Monday show on FPGAs. Thought listeners might want to know that hardware programming isn't as daunting as suggested. Best way to start is with CPLDs / ABEL. Andre Lamothe has a good primer (with a video signal generator project) at: http://www.xgamestation.com/view_product.php?id=40

Also, check out this episode of the "Programming Throwdown" podcast: http://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2013/11/episode-30-fpgas.html

lalanl

I used an Altera FPGA & VHDL in my second year of college. I was fascinated and really wanted one.. until the Arduino came out.