Episode description
Jack Gassett (@gadgetfactory) is the creator of the open source FPGA Papiliodevelopment board. He joins Chris and Elecia to answer the age-old question of how to get started with FPGAs.
Jack's company is Gadget Factory.
Chris got the Papilio Pro and Arcade MegaWing.
Recommended reading:
- Mike Field's book Introducing the Spartan 3E FPGA and VHDL (FREE! With code!)
- Mealy and Tappero's Free Range VHDL (FREE!)
- Sundar Rajan's Essential VHDL : RTL Synthesis Done Right
- Roger Tokheim Digital Electronics: Principles and Applications
- Thomas Floyds Digital Logic Fundamentals (also see the latest edition)
Chris and Elecia will be recording live at Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, CA on Monday, September 8, 2014 at 7 P.M. RSVP!