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  FPGA Guide




#### A guide covering FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Arrays) devices such as the PolarFire®, Artix 7 , Spartan 6  and Zynq-7000. Along with the tools, applications and libraries that will make you a better and more efficient developer with FPGA devices. Also, learn about cool projects that you can build with your FPGA device.



**Note: You can easily convert this markdown file to a PDF in [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/) using this handy extension [Markdown PDF](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=yzane.markdown-pdf).**



# Table of Contents



1. [FPGA Development Boards](https://github.com/mikeroyal/FPGA-Guide#fpga-development-boards)



2. [FPGA Learning Resources](https://github.com/mikeroyal/FPGA-Guide#fpga-learning-resources)



3. [FPGA Tools](https://github.com/mikeroyal/FPGA-Guide#fpga-tools)

 

 


 

  





Testing a LabVIEW FPGA Design. Source: [NI](https://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/electronic-test-instrumentation/add-ons-for-electronic-test-and-instrumentation/what-is-labview-fpga-module.html)



# FPGA Development Boards

[Back to the Top](https://github.com/mikeroyal/FPGA-Guide#table-of-contents)



[Checkout the PolarFire® FPGA Development Kits](https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/dev-kits-solutions/3864-polarfire-kits)






[Checkout the Artix 7 FPGA Development board](https://store.digilentinc.com/basys-3-artix-7-fpga-trainer-board-recommended-for-introductory-users/)






[Checkout the Spartan 6 FPGA Development board](https://store.digilentinc.com/anvyl-spartan-6-fpga-trainer-board/)






[Checkout the Zynq-7000 for ARM/FPGA SoC Development board](https://store.digilentinc.com/cora-z7-zynq-7000-single-core-and-dual-core-options-for-arm-fpga-soc-development/)






## FPGA Learning Resources

[Back to the Top](https://github.com/mikeroyal/FPGA-Guide#table-of-contents)

 

[FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Arrays)](https://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/fpga/what-is-an-fpga.html) are semiconductor devices that are based around a matrix of configurable logic blocks (CLBs) connected via programmable interconnects. FPGAs can be reprogrammed to desired application or functionality requirements after manufacturing.



[TinyFPGA](https://tinyfpga.com) is a new series of boards that are low-cost, [open source FPGA boards](https://github.com/tinyfpga) in a tiny form factor.



[SiFive FPGA shells](https://github.com/sifive/fpga-shells)



[FPGA & SoC Design Tools from Microsemi](https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/fpga-soc/1637-design-resources)



[QuickLogic Embedded FPGA (eFPGA) Intellectual Property (IP) and Software](https://www.quicklogic.com/products/efpga/efpga-ip-software/)



[FPGA for Beginners with Development Boards from Digilent®](https://store.digilentinc.com/fpga-for-beginners/)



[Hundreds of FPGA Projects on Instructables](https://www.instructables.com/circuits/howto/FPGA/)

 

[FPGA Fundamentals from NI(National Instruments)](https://www.ni.com/en-us/innovations/white-papers/08/fpga-fundamentals.html)



[Getting Started With LabVIEW FPGA from NI(National Instruments)](https://www.ni.com/tutorial/14532/en/)

 

[Programming and FPGA Basics - INTEL® FPGAS](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/programmable/fpga/new-to-fpgas/resource-center/overview.html)

 

[Intel FPGA Training Program](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/training/overview.html)

 

[FPGA Courses on Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=fpga)

 

[FPGA Courses on Udemy](https://www.udemy.com/topic/fpga/)

 

[FPGA Online Training Courses on LinkedIn Learning](https://www.linkedin.com/learning/topics/fpga)



[UMass Lowell's Graduate Certificate in Field Programmable Gate Arrays(FPGA)](https://gps.uml.edu/certificates/grad/online-field-programmable-gate-arrays-bae-graduate-certificate.cfm)



[FPGA Design Fundamentals Course (UC San Diego Extension)](https://extension.ucsd.edu/courses-and-programs/fpga-design-fundamentals)



[FPGA II Course (UC San Diego Extension)](https://extension.ucsd.edu/courses-and-programs/fpga-embedded-design)



[FPGAs & SoCs Training from Microsemi](https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/training/4244-fpgas-socs-training)

 

[DSP fundamentals for FPGAs course from MATLAB and Simulink Training](https://www.mathworks.com/training-schedule/dsp-for-fpgas.html)

 

[Verilog Courses on Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=verilog)



## FPGA Tools

[Back to the Top](https://github.com/mikeroyal/FPGA-Guide#table-of-contents)



[LabVIEW FPGA](https://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/software/products/labview-fpga-module.html) is a software add-on for LabVIEW that you can use to more efficiently and effectively design FPGA-based systems through a highly integrated development environment, IP libraries, a high-fidelity simulator, and debugging features.



[Apio](https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio) is a multiplatform toolbox, with static pre-built packages, project configuration tools and easy command interface to verify, synthesize, simulate and upload your verilog designs.



[IceStorm](https://github.com/YosysHQ/icestorm) is a project that aims at documenting the bitstream format of Lattice iCE40 FPGAs and providing simple tools for analyzing and creating bitstream files.



[Icestudio](https://icestudio.io/) is a visual editor for open FPGA boards. Built on top of the Icestorm project using Apio.



[FuseSoC](https://github.com/olofk/fusesoc) is an award-winning package manager and a set of build tools for HDL (Hardware Description Language) code and FPGA/ASIC development.

 

[OpenWiFi](https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi) is an open-source IEEE802.11/Wi-Fi baseband chip/FPGA design.

 

[PipeCNN](https://github.com/doonny/PipeCNN) is an OpenCL-based FPGA Accelerator for Large-Scale Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). Currently, there is a growing trend among developers in the FPGA community to utilize High Level Synthesis (HLS) tools to design and implement customized circuits on FPGAs.



[Verilator](https://verilator.org/) is an open-source SystemVerilog simulator and lint system.



[Verilog to Routing(VTR)](https://verilogtorouting.org/) is a collaborative project to provide a open-source framework for conducting FPGA architecture and CAD Research & Development. The VTR design flow takes as input a Verilog description of a digital circuit, and a description of the target FPGA architecture.



[PlatformIO](https://platformio.org/) is a professional collaborative platform for embedded development with no vendor lock-in. It provides support for multiplatforms and frameworks such as IoT, Arduino, CMSIS, ESP-IDF, FreeRTOS, libOpenCM3, mbed OS, Pulp OS, SPL, STM32Cube, Zephyr RTOS, ARM, AVR, Espressif (ESP8266/ESP32), FPGA, MCS-51 (8051), MSP430, Nordic (nRF51/nRF52), NXP i.MX RT, PIC32, RISC-V.



[PlatformIO for VSCode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=platformio.platformio-ide) is a plugin that provides support for the PlatformIO IDE on VSCode.

 

[Tock](https://www.tockos.org/) is an embedded operating system designed for running multiple concurrent, mutually distrustful applications on Cortex-M and RISC-V based embedded platforms. Tock's design centers around protection, both from potentially malicious applications and from device drivers. 



[OpenTimer](https://github.com/OpenTimer/OpenTimer) is a High-Performance Timing Analysis Tool for VLSI Systems.



[LLVM](https://github.com/llvm/) is a library that has collection of modular/reusable compiler and toolchain  components (assemblers, compilers, debuggers, etc.). With these components LLVM can be used as a compiler framework, providing a front-end(parser and lexer) and a back-end (code that converts LLVM's representation to actual machine code).



[TinyGo](https://tinygo.org/) is a Go compiler(based on LLVM) intended for use in small places such as microcontrollers, WebAssembly (Wasm), and command-line tools.



[Chipyard](https://chipyard.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) is an open source framework for agile development of Chisel-based systems-on-chip. It will allow you to leverage the Chisel HDL, Rocket Chip SoC generator, and other [Berkeley](https://berkeley.edu/) projects to produce a RISC-V SoC with everything from MMIO-mapped peripherals to custom accelerators.



[The Eclipse Embedded CDT](https://github.com/eclipse-embed-cdt/eclipse-plugins) is a collection of plug-ins for Arm & RISC-V C/C++ developers.

[Unicorn](https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn) is a lightweight, multi-platform, multi-architecture CPU emulator framework(ARM, AArch64, M68K, Mips, Sparc, X86) based on [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/).



[Keystone](https://github.com/keystone-engine/keystone) is a lightweight multi-platform, multi-architecture(Arm, Arm64, Hexagon, Mips, PowerPC, Sparc, SystemZ & X86) assembler framework.



[Reko](https://github.com/uxmal/reko) is a decompiler for machine code binaries.



[Renode](https://renode.io/) is [Antmicro's](https://antmicro.com) virtual development framework for multinode embedded networks (both wired and wireless) and is intended to enable a scalable workflow for creating effective, tested and secure IoT systems.



[Diosix](https://diosix.org/) is a lightweight, secure, multiprocessor bare-metal hypervisor written in Rust for RISC-V.



## Contribute



- [x] If would you like to contribute to this guide simply make a [Pull Request](https://github.com/mikeroyal/FPGA-Guide/pulls).



## License



[Back to the Top](https://github.com/mikeroyal/FPGA-Guide#table-of-contents)



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