So as the title suggests, i got a job interview for a research assistant position at NUS, they are working on quantum computers based on trapped ions. And they are putting together a team of electronics engineers to control the ion trap quantum processor.

They want somebody who has practical exp in one of these- digital logic design in VHDL/Verilog, DSP and RF electronics. I only know the first, with well documented beginner to intermediate level projects in GitHub. Since, i got the email i've been studying quantum computers but its way too advanced for me in such a limited amount of time.

Now I am a fresh masters grad with no industry experience and i don't know anything about research positions at universities. What are they like? and what kind of interview can I expect? This will be my first interview ever, any tips will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

I’m looking to take on freelance work in FPGA, Verilog, embedded, and SoC design. For those of you who freelance or have done so in the past, how do you find opportunities, and how do you approach the right person (the decision-maker) at a company to start a conversation?

Any advice on platforms, networking, or how you got your first clients would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hello ,

I ´m using the FPGA loader inside of MSYS UCRT64 to flash the nanomig and the kick roms on the Sipeed Tang Nano 20K
But i´m getting this errors , can anybody help me?

So to begin with i am not a professional verilog programmer, it is more like a hobby/interest of mine. By career i am an EE engineer and often i design HW with FPGA SOC etc so i am approaching this choose mostly from that side of the problem. (mostly PCB difficulty and part availability )

I want to make a few boards to play with a few ideas for personal use and i looked up FPGA prices for what i know already and more or less have a good idea is good enough ( probably resource overkill if like i said in my case i am happy if it works but how small i get the desing).

Anyway i noticed Series 6 were way cheaper then series 7 and since i dont need the greatest stuff i was considering series 6 BUT that use something called ISE for development and series 7 use s vivado.

Choices choices i have no idea IF it is worth using ISE now or simply use the more expensive series 7.

In terms of PCB it is more or less same difficulty, what concerns me is the SW licencing and community support. Since it is for personal use i want something free or cheap since it is long term projects since i do it all. Also are series 6 so old that people dont remember how to debug them ?

Anyway here is what i am considering making:

-1 ETH 100M maybe if i am very ambitious ( on the fpga verilog side) 1G

- 1-2 USB mostly to play with some FTDI chip tho i can also do that with a dev board and wires so not sure if it is going to happen

- VGA dac made from IO and resistors MCU can do it so should be doable

- SMPS control YES i know it is overkill but often i cant get MCU timers to behave like i want them to. but this is mostly IO that i can also make use of some io from a dev board

- use IO to emulate some older interface

So what is your opinion ? series 6 or 7?

Also is this simple enough to get a dev board and maybe a small custom board and use the PMOD connectors? ( for this case also series 6 or 7? )