Source: https://youtu.be/lLg1AgA2Xoo

You are familiar with software development. You also plugged together a number of circuits on breadboards. You might even have built your own 8-bit CPU or a complete 8-bit computer like Ben Eaters’. But you never really touched FPGAs? Verilog and VHDL never caught your attention?

Then it’s time to change that. FPGAs are awesome. Not only can you create your very own custom circuits using a descriptive language, you can build whole systems, your own CPU, a full RISC-V architecture.

There are plenty of good learning resources available on YouTube. But Shawn Hymel sticks out. His high quality videos are worth watching every minute. A few days ago Shawn startet a new series about FPGA development. Currently there’s just one video. But more are on the way already. 

Thinking about a new topic to learn in 2022? FPGA development is definitely worth it, and this video helps you to find out, whether this is something for you.