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Mai :v_trans:<p>After getting a basic ALU design done yesterday &amp; starting a **very** rough start at a microcodeish thing, today the first design of the controlunit &amp; overall cpu design comes together, so it can actually calculate an addition from two arbitary registers and store the result back into a register of choice! :3</p><p>Still a lot to go but excited it works already somewhat! <a href="https://soc.saiyajin.space/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://soc.saiyajin.space/tags/fantasyconsole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasyconsole</span></a> <a href="https://soc.saiyajin.space/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://soc.saiyajin.space/tags/verilog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>verilog</span></a> <a href="https://soc.saiyajin.space/tags/systemverilog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systemverilog</span></a> <a href="https://soc.saiyajin.space/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://soc.saiyajin.space/tags/cpudesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cpudesign</span></a> <a href="https://soc.saiyajin.space/tags/hardwaredesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardwaredesign</span></a> <a href="https://soc.saiyajin.space/tags/fpga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fpga</span></a> <a href="https://soc.saiyajin.space/tags/fpgadev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fpgadev</span></a></p>
jbz<p>💸 Intel Sells Altera Business | Phoronix</p><p>「 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.</p><p>Intel announced today that Silver Lake will acquire 51% of the Altera business 」</p><p><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Sells-51p-Altera" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/Intel-Sells-</span><span class="invisible">51p-Altera</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intel</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/altera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>altera</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/fpga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fpga</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Homemade VNA Delivers High-Frequency Performance on a Budget - With vector network analyzers, the commercial offerings seem to come in two flavor... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/16/homemade-vna-delivers-high-frequency-performance-on-a-budget/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/04/16/homema</span><span class="invisible">de-vna-delivers-high-frequency-performance-on-a-budget/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vectornetworkanalyzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vectornetworkanalyzer</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/testequipment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testequipment</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/toolhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toolhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fpga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fpga</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/adc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adc</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rf</span></a></p>
c't Magazin<p>heise+ | Vom Messfühler zum smarten Sensor: Umfassende Studie zur Sensorentwicklung</p><p>70 Experten schildern den aktuellen Stand und die Zukunft der Sensortechnik: eine Fundgrube für Technikfreaks.</p><p><a href="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&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/hintergrund/Vom-Messf</span><span class="invisible">uehler-zum-smarten-Sensor-Umfassende-Studie-zur-Sensorentwicklung-10347645.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Mikrocontroller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mikrocontroller</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Sensortechnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sensortechnik</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Wirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wirtschaft</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Wissen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wissen</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Hacker News 50<p>W65C832 in an FPGA</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.mikekohn.net/micro/w65c832_fpga.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mikekohn.net/micro/w65c832_fpg</span><span class="invisible">a.php</span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43658417" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3658417</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/fpga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fpga</span></a></p>
mole99<p>I'm super happy that my latest chip Greyhound has been accepted for production! 🥳<br>It was designed with open source EDA tools and the IHP Open Source PDK.</p><p>Find out more here: <a href="https://github.com/mole99/greyhound-ihp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mole99/greyhound-ih</span><span class="invisible">p</span></a></p><p>And down below ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
IT News<p>The Spade Hardware Description Language - Spade is an open-source hardware description language (HDL) developed at Linköping... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/13/the-spade-hardware-description-language/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/04/13/the-sp</span><span class="invisible">ade-hardware-description-language/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hardwaredescriptionlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardwaredescriptionlanguage</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spadelanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spadelanguage</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/verilog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>verilog</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fpga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fpga</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/asic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asic</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vhdl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vhdl</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hdl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hdl</span></a></p>
Yann Sionneau<p>Pro tips when using Migen's SyncFIFO() module in your pipeline design...</p><p>I went from 70 MHz max frequency to 100+ MHz by just adding this parameter: `buffered=True`</p><p>It helped a lot for timing closure of the design :)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ECP5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ECP5</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LiteX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Migen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Migen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sucr%C3%A9LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SucréLA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HydraSucr%C3%A9LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydraSucréLA</span></a></p>
Kernel Bob<p>This isn't a new project, but it's new to me and very interesting. tiny-gpu, a Verilog implementation of a toy GPU.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/adam-maj/tiny-gpu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/adam-maj/tiny-gpu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TinyGPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TinyGPU</span></a></p>
Yann Sionneau<p>New PCB rework!</p><p>This time instead of soldering on the track I used a short coil wire so the job is cleaner!</p><p>Applying the rework-fix on board #2 proved that board #1 io expander was burnt!</p><p>All (SPI+io expander) is good now on board #2 :)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HydraSucr%C3%A9LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydraSucréLA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sucr%C3%A9LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SucréLA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a></p>
poleguy<p>BREAKING: Shure Axient Digital PSM has just won an NAB Best of Show Award in the MIX category!</p><p>(I did the FPGA design.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/axient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>axient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nabshow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nabshow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proaudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proaudio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fpga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fpga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a></p>
Flux<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/riscv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscv</span></a> CPU loops over the chessboard, generating the instructions to draw each square, then starts the 2D graphics engine. The CPU can prepare drawings then continue with other things while the graphics engine renders. Here running in Verilator/SDL simulation. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a></p>
Guido Lehwalder<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RC2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RC2014</span></a> Emulation for<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MiST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiST</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SiDi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiDi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a> <br>available at<br><a href="https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=44842" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?</span><span class="invisible">t=44842</span></a></p>
Niels Moseley<p>Ordered an FPGA board with PCIe as I want to get some experience with that interface. Most are really expensive but I found an affordable Dragon board from KNJN. Let’s find out if it’s any good when it gets here.. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fpga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fpga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a></p>
Yann Sionneau<p>The PCB rework of this sunday afternoon :)</p><p>It went well!</p><p>FYI I don't have binocular nor a good soldering iron.</p><p>Had to scratch the track, unsolder the very small resistor, re-solder it on the track (from parallel to series).</p><p>It's a bit dirty I agree but it's done and it works!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HydraSucr%C3%A9LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydraSucréLA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sucr%C3%A9LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SucréLA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
MiST Board FPGA News<p>Amstrad PCW is available for MiST too! 😀</p><p><a href="https://github.com/tdelage26/mist-binaries/tree/master/cores/AmstradPCW" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/tdelage26/mist-bina</span><span class="invisible">ries/tree/master/cores/AmstradPCW</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiSTBoard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiSTBoard</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Amstrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amstrad</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PCW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCW</span></a></p>
MiST Board FPGA News<p>Audio input fix for Maxduino virtual tape player on several cores on Sidi :ablobcatmusic: </p><p>-ABC80<br>-Apple IIe<br>-BBC Micro<br>-C16<br>-C64<br>-CoCo2<br>-eg2000<br>-Oric (core has been updated with latest commits too as previous one was from 2021)<br>-Sorcerer<br>-ZX48 (kyp069)<br>-ZX Spectrum</p><p><a href="https://github.com/tdelage26/SiDi-FPGA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/tdelage26/SiDi-FPGA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Sidi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sidi</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a></p>
Flux<p>Triangle rasterisation is surprisingly complex. There are multiple approaches and decisions to make on which pixels to include. As part of testing my Earthrise <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a> graphics engine, I've created visual tests to complement more automated testing.</p>
George Constantinides<p>The latest super-impressive results from Marta Andronic on LUT-based <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FPGA</span></a> neural networks, now available in preprint form here: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00592" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2504.00592</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Flux<p>While working on my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a> projects I've collected quotes and ideas I've found throught-provoking or inspiring. 🤔 (1/n)</p><p>"A simple system, designed from scratch, sometimes works... A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked." — John Gall</p>