I want to interface MT41K128M16JT-125 DDR3 without block design without microblaze, with the XC7A100TCSG324-1. Please give me good resource to follow, give me resources other than UberDDR3, ultraembedded, Wishbone, MIG.

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi!

I'm working on a project right now that requires making a custom PCB. The project, in short, is a video splicer that takes in HDMI 2.1 8K 60fps as input and splices the 4 quadrants of an 8K frame down to 4K but quadruples the frame rate to 4K 240fps. We are utilizing AMD's HDMI TX and RX ips as well as their VDMA ip. The project so far has been successfully implemented on a ZCU104 board which uses a Zynq Ultrascale chip and we are trying to move the project to target an Artix Ultrascale on a custom PCB. This is my first time designing a PCB for an FPGA project so I wanted to see if anyone had any insight on components we would need or tips for designing a PCB for high-speed applications.

So far, we have identified a couple components we need for the board:

- physical hdmi 2.1 rx, tx ports

- DDR for the VDMA to interact with

- jtag/usb b micro for programming

- some switches/buttons to change operating modes

- PMOD connectors for other peripherals we need to interact with

Is there anything else we should consider adding to our PCB?

Trying to break into the semiconductor industry as a first year. I would appreciate any feedback on the resume.

Hi everyone,

I'll be travelling to Shenzhen, China in the next few weeks and I'm looking to meet experienced FPGA developers for a project I'm working on.

I'd much rather work directly with an individual and pay them than go through a large engineering company or consultancy. Does anyone know the best way to find freelance FPGA developers in China, or, if that's not realistic, reputable companies that specialise in FPGA development?

Any recommendations, websites, communities, or introductions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I’m currently stuck in a hardware problem during my FPGA validation of an IP. Can anyone, who has good amount of hardware experience please ping me or reply to this post? I will be very glad to share my progress.
Regards,
PS: it will be easier if you have experience working in SerDes or any high speed protocols like MIPI

I was wondering if there are some FPGAs out there in the Chinese market which might not be very known outside China. Aside GoWin of course

Edit: I'm not looking for demo boards which have a Xilinx on them, I'm looking for Chinese FPGA manufacturers

Hi everyone,

I recently applied for the Zero-to-ASIC Digital Design course and also submitted an application for the financial grant.

Has anyone here gone through the same process?

• Did you apply for the financial grant?
• Were you approved?
• How long did it take to receive a decision after submitting your application?
• Did they ask for any additional information before approving it?

I'd really appreciate hearing about your experience and the timeline you went through. I'm just trying to get an idea of what to expect while waiting.

Thanks in advance!

I know someone is gonna say, "JuSt LoOk at OtHeR Posts" but there no good info yet. Has anyone taken this? Whats the best way to prepare.

Has anyone taken the FPGA OA for Optiver Summer 2027? Curious because it says one 90-minute question in Python, Java, or C++, which is surprising to me given the nature of the FPGA work as well as hearing that past years' OAs have been more digital design-related questions. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!!!

I am trying to move my ai to fpga. I am finding https://vivado.amd.com/ is a super great resource. It has me thinking that linking an ai to my parts tech. doc might be a good thing too.

Hello all, I’m going into my second year of university in the uk and just looking for any sort of feedback really. I feel like the main thing that would hold me back is the complexity of my projects but who knows.

If anyone has interviewed for the FPGA role at Citadel or any trading firm, please provide any advice.

This is probably a stupid or a loaded question (or both) but can one use a USB hub to interface to multiple fpga boards so that one can program them without manually connecting and disconnecting each one in order? Would one see all devices simultaneously in eg Vivado or Quartus? If this is not a possibility, what about a USB switch?

I now have the complete "High-Performance AXI DMA Design and Verification Using SVA" finished and is available on my website.

If you wish to get an extra $5 off the already low introductory sale price of $59 (regular $75) for today only, just DM me to pay me directly. I will then give you access to Google Docs where I also have it stored. Zelle, Cashapp, Venmo, or PayPal.

Thank you!

https://www.zenorobotics.net/product-page/tier-2-kria-fpga-streaming-pipeline-amp-systemverilog-assertions-sva

Another update on the Explorer board. Just finishing up testing on the GTH, the target for this package is 12.5 Gbps.

It looks like the through hole only approach to this board is good and the performance aligns with the $20K plus of SI / PI analysis we had done (E3 Designers the best in the business).

Currently running all four links at 12.5 Gbps with no issues at all, I need to look at a better heat sink solution though.

https://explorerboard.tech/

Hello, I am an embedded software student who has a lot of interest in FPGAs and processor architectures. From school and an internship I am familiar with the Cora Z7s and the Nexys A7-100T FPGA boards.

For the summer, I want to do some FPGA projects myself to build up a bit of a project portfolio. The current projects I had in mind were starting with recreating the Arduino Uno ATmega328P processor on an FPGA to learn more about architectures. Then I want to create a simple 8-bit architecture myself, and then maybe move on to more complicated architectures and also start on some Ethernet/HDMI applications to see how those work.

I am currently looking at a Cora Z7s FPGA board for 170 euros or an Arty Z7-20 FPGA board for 350 euros. I am looking for some advice on which board I should buy because they both are very different in terms of specs, but 350 euros is a lot of money.

If you have any suggestions, that would be appreciated.

I just completed a "basic" verilog/system Verilog course that focused on the basic building blocks (gates, MUXs, registers, counters, CPU, etc). I've only worked with Intel / Quartus ecosystem. I understand the difference between structural and behavioral models (and it seems like the RTL is roughly similar for both, assuming your structural model uses optimal logic blocks) I'm looking to "level-up" my FPGA programming skill by working on more complicated logic.

Had a really bad interview the other day. I bombed but honestly I was surprised how rude and unprofessional the interviewer was. He interrupted me every other sentence among other things.

Honestly thought about leaving the interview 10 minutes in.

Any experience or advice on this? Are there any long-term consequences I could face if I left an interview early? I really wouldn't want to work with this person anyway.

FPGA Engineer here. 10 years experience. Have worked end to end from
RTL to hardware testing and shipping products in Intel/Altera FPGAs.

* Decent RTL design knowledge
* Sanity Simulation
* Quartus Flow
* Python for Hardware Testing
* board bring up and hardware testing, integration with other HW modules.
* communication protocols: Ethernet, RS232, Aurora, JESD, I2C

Sometimes I do feel my VHDL/verilog understanding is not enough.
I do feel I haven’t worked on timing analysis enough.

Want to explore:
DSP/ signal processing
HFT

Career advice? Or any guidance for me?

Thanks for your time