We made an update of the pin assignments for the board configuration described in the article “A new platform for FPGA seminars based on Gowin Tang Nano 9K: adding sound, graphics and microarchitecture labs”. Specifically, we swapped the locations of three user GPIO pins and I2S interface pins used for […]
Verilog Meetup on Open Sauce 2025: Learn Chip Design by Making Games on FPGA
Verilog Meetup on Open Sauce 2025: Learn Chip Design by Making Games on FPGA Ever wondered how a chip designer does their job? During the coming Open Sauce 2025, on July 18-20, 2025 – you can learn the basics of SystemVerilog hardware description language in a fun way by creating […]
В клубе “Синергия” в Сакраменто: Игры на платах ПЛИС как введение в работы в микроэлектронике
В субботу 7 июня, с 14.00 до 17.00, в клубе “Синергия” в Сакраменто, Калифорния, пройдет встреча для интересующихся технологиями, как старших школьников, так и взрослых, которые хотят расширить кругозор. Входной билет $30. Адрес клуба “Синергия”: Synergy Social Club. 5510 Birdcage Street, Citrus Heights, CA 95610 Регистрация обязательна у @aleksandra_usa, количество […]
How to Fail Those Students Who Rely on ChatGPT
We at Verilog Meetup constructed an exam/interview problem that has an interesting property: if a student tries to figure out a solution by thinking by himself, he usually succeeds; however if he dumps the problem on ChatGPT, the solution fails (does not pass the automated test), and the student goes into a death spiral […]
The Armenia Opportunity: EDA, ASIC, FPGA + connections with USA, China and Russia
The winners and organizers of the FPGA Hackathon on EDA Connect conference in Yerevan, Armenia Armenia is a lucky country. Back in the 1990s somebody lobbied Synopsys, the #1 leader in the Electronic Design Automation market, to create a division there. It was joined by Mentor Graphics / Siemens EDA, […]
Students in Tijuana, Mexico went through a 1 1/2 day marathon in doing Verilog exercises on Gowin FPGA boards
Some highlights from the Verilog Meetup workshop we did at Universidad autónoma de Baja California in Tijuana last week: The participating students were familiar with the logic gates and flip-flops but had no prior experience with the hardware description languages. After 1 1/2 days they were able to code combinational […]
Instructions for Verilog Meetup examples are now available in 5 languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian
Instructions for Verilog Meetup examples are now available in 5 languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian. English GOWIN EDA Quick Start Guide V6 TangNano9KBoardSetupV3 Tang Nano 9K Synthesis and Configuration V6 Spanish GOWIN EDA Quick Start Guide Spanish V1 Tang Nano 9K Board Setup Spanish V1 Tang Nano 9K […]
A new edition of SystemVerilog-Homework adds exercises that use FPU of an open-source CPU
The industry needs interns trained in pipelined microarchitecture and timing, with solid coding skills Every year, electronic companies get new interns from the universities. Some interns become very useful, contributing pieces of design that eventually become silicon inside mass-market commercial devices. To accomplish this, an RTL or DV intern should […]
Credit-Based Flow Control
Flow control is a crucial synchronization technique for data transmission. It ensures the efficient flow of data between the transmitter and receiver by maintaining a balance between the data production rate of the sender and the data consumption rate of the receiver. The data that is being transmitted is buffered […]
Verilog Meetup events in Mexico and Armenia
The dates for the Verilog Meetup events in Mexico and Armenia are set: Friday and Saturday, February 21-22, 2025 in Mexico, Universidad autónoma de baja California in Tijuana. Thursday and Friday, March 13-14, 2025 in Armenia, Russian-Armenian University in Yerevan, in cooperation with the Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems, […]
The State of Caravel: the First Look
The State of Caravel: the First Look Yuri Panchul, 2025.01.22 This text is a mix of my thoughts on using Caravel and Open Lane together with a report on my first attempt to do the following: Setup on 5 platforms: three Linux distributions, Windows and MacOS. Running RTL-to-GDSII flow for […]