Altera/Quartus was hell on earth back when I learned it in school. Glad to see thousands of internet viewers about to have the same struggle

Felixes enthusiasm cannot be beaten.

Brilliant. I think Ben Heck is the one able to explain things in a unique way. Easy and complete

Always happy to see new FPGA related episodes.

OMG Thank you TBHS, you listened to us :D You're finally doing the Gamboy Console (The GameMan). RE: Bonus content

@10:17 Karen: ... this episode has bonus content! 😍 Felix: that's freakin' awesome 😐

My Digital Systems I class used the DE0-Nano Cyclone IV as does the Digital Systems II class I'm taking now, so I was very excited to see him choose this one in particular! The dip-switches are actually really easy to switch despite being so tiny, we generally use an oscilloscope probe to push them into position.

I tried to start with FPGA programming, but didn't really get my head around it. I found the VHDPlus IDE and with the simple language, embedded libraries and other features it helped me a lot to make some cool projects :) Just in case someone has the same problem

Interesting video! FPGAs are really great for those interesting in retro-computing or learning how a CPU works. I am implementing Ben Eater's 8-bit computer in an FPGA in a series of videos on my channel for anyone interested.

Field programmable Gatorade? :D :D

I used to use that same software in Collage, I'm still in Collage but I passed that course, Also I used the last DE0 board that you showed, it is a great board and I had a lot of fun with it! FPGA are cool AF!

Awesome Ben Heck! Pretty good FPGA tutorial! Congratulations! See you in next time!

The bonus content is worth the watch.

what's with the blue lip sign of imminent death thingie?

I just got a DE0 Nano ! I'm really excited to learn the software for it, I'ma breadboard with it first and then mess with a gameboy advance and hopefully do something cool w/ it

If someone like to learn basics in FPGA. I would recommend EDGE Spartan 6 FPGA board.

"I am the internet troll." "BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES!!!!1!!" I miss these.

Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

Mate, you look how I feel, and I have flu. You've just made me realise that even KZfaq fellas have to go into work ill sometimes too.

I am at the 4min mark at the moment but I want to note: Most softcores are royalty free, Altera and Xilinx which covers 90% of the market which has their software cores; NIOS2 and Microblaze are both royalty free. the hard processors (Most likely ARM) which is embedded into the newer families are also paid for by Altera and Xilinx themselves, once you buy the chip, you done need to spend anymore on it. what I think you meant is the IP cores pertaining to each vendor, now those may have licensing fees involved, softcore is a subset of IP cores. The other power supply rail that you missed is 1.2v, but also note that there are FPGAs now which offer single supply rail, the MAX10 which is by definition FPGA from Altera by has many features of a traditional CPLD has an option for supplying either 2.5v or 3.3v. Other company like Lattice has a special type of FPGA also has options for single supply rail to ease up on the complexity of power management. I will add as i go along.

DE-10 Nano can be had for $150 with a Cyclone V (LOTS of gates) and a Arm SoC running Linux. You can write custom drivers in Linux for specialized hardware designs on the FPGA and interact with them in user code.

I was literally looking for this the other day.

Ben don't die on us alright? We love your show.

That is a magnificent dome. The information here is also great.

Where's the Field Programmable Gatorade?

I tried to watch the bonus content, but the player is terrible. Audio quality is bad, and at least on mobile there is no fullscreen option as far as I can tell. Meh. Never mind then.

Have you made a behind the scenes video lately? I'd like to know what kind of equipment, programs and techniques you use from lighting, editing and shooting.

FPGAs for the WIN!!!

Nice tutorial. However, can't you just start with a new program and make a simple blinking LED?

Awesome! Bonus content is great!

I have a question? Do you always have to connect your body through the probe to the earth, handling such circuit boards? Or it’s ok not to do so in some cases?

Do you have a blue blocker on your new glasses?

it would be interesting to see a fpga drive smd rgb leds for a high res POV display. great videos btw!

With all of his vast knowledge, logical thinking and nigh on god-like inventive abilities I can only pay Ben the highest compliment that one geek can present to another: Ben a cross between StarTrek's 'Data' and 'Station' off of Bill and Ted's excellent adventure. very cool (and simultaneously disturbing) stuff is all the fpga malarkey :)

Very nice content. Good work. Excellent explanations.

ben... you are my hero.

Thanks for the great vid. I am working on a project of my own that can use this.

I love Felix, at the end especially.. :D

Element14 video player is horrible. Keep changing video resolution without my request and cannot set it to a stable resolution. I can't read anything from video. It's unwatchable. Please upload that video here.

Also, a CPLD is an instant on device. There is no EEPROM that programs it on power up.

You need Adobe Flash to watch the bonus content, but it's 2016 so i don't have that :(

Felix is always so unimpressed lmao

Thanks Ben, I never understood FPGA.

when you program the configuration device, are you actually transforming your FPGA into a programming device on Ram and then, using it to program the eeprom?

FPGAs also are very useful in electrically dangerous environments due to their durability, and they can also resist physical damage to the chip itself.

Random! I got a eurorack synthesizer module yesterday (Intellijel Cyclonix Shapeshifter) that has a cyclone of these on the back. of it.

How much sensors can it handle? (Sensors i am including now are are such as flow, level, humidity sensor, temperature sensor). Is it appropriate to use as edge device for edge computing?

It would be awesome if you could put your bonus content videos on KZfaq also. Streaming from the Element14 servers on my slow Australian internet connection is super flaky and doesn't work well.

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Great video. Subscribed!

1:15 Last chance to look at me Hector

Wow this might be worth using to create a SDR don't you think.

why did u guys do an episode on the women's professional golf?

I'm making a custom low response time keyboard with extra hotkeys. would you say that an adruino would be fast enough to get the lowest latency also are there different voltages or resistances that need to be accounted for in a cherry mx vs a sanwa arecade button? - - - I just started prototyping the chassis so i want to get a hold on the internals before i get too far.

Hi Ben, Could you talk about this board "PICPLC16 v6 PLC System" how is it use and what the pos and cons ?

Hey Ben, what kind of FPGA can I use/program on a Mac OSX system? And wy do I need to use ADOBE Flash for the bonus content?

I have seen FPGAs on everyones favourite overseas supplier website *cough* starting at ~16US$ - you would have to replace a LOT and I mean a metric LOT of discrete logic to actually justify building your product with an FPGA instead of discrete logic. Is it really meant to replace discrete logic to cut costs or is it for applications where volume/weight reduction outweighs costs to a certain degree like aero- or astronautics?

While the bonus content is a good idea it sadly seems your site is just not up to the task, constantly adjusting video quality due to lack of bandwidth and frequent stuttering, might I suggest uploading them to youtube instead, perhaps as unlisted.

Hi Ben, this question might be a bit at the wrong place but do you like the delta 3d printer more then the standard x y z 3d printer ? Or do you think they are both good?

I always thought that element14 is an electronics shop. They say it is a community 🤔

Let's substitute "The Ben Heck Show" with "Ben's Element14 Commercial Show"... That would be a better fit...

How is (Z80-CPU) in PI ???!!

Bonus content button not working... :-)

clicked on bonus content and the element14 website and it is requesting flash to view the video....are you serious!!!!!!!!

"the juice of sapho gives my thoughts speed"

what can you Arduino with built FPGA; MKR vidor 4000

What's the benefit of using an FPGA vs a Pi 2?

i can't see the bonus content on the smartphone, it won't ler me click on the link :(

Lips are Blue ? for goodness sake , is that ALL you got from this vid ? - BTW Blue was enhanced to show the components against the blue of the board imho !! - Thanks for the education Ben - love your work

I hate when volume is cranked up to the max possible without clipping, and min volume is too high on mobile

What happend to the guy who replaced Alison.

please anyone help me with the FPGA UART interface using vhdl...

We started using the Altera DE2-155 in school and it's pretty insane. Anyone who has experience with them and what did you make with it?

Can it do hardcore?

Hey Ben, can you try to make a wii u pro controller a xbox one controller?

Are there also some non intel FPGA's as there ide suc…

isn't a 8 bit output 255 to 0 not 7 to 0?. correct me if i am wrong?

Is this board programmed using VHDL?

Ben two words "Chap Stick".

Hopefully Intel will enable the multi core compilation on the free version of Quartus II and make FPGA programming fun.

what is a fpga

You missed the main gigantic downside of FPGAs, the thing that pretty much wipes out their use whenever avoidable: they use the most horrifying packages, like BGA, and they have a ridiculous pin count.

PLD = basically a and-or construction with up to 10 outputs. CPLD = multiple PLDs on a chip (early) or several (32 to 100k) 16:1 muxes that can build any 4-input functions. FPGA = even larger CPLDs, generally based on Programmable muxes, but with common functions hardware included, like sram, multipliers, hard-core processors or fast communication cores (pcie, lvds).

how does a program set changes in hardware

Felix at the end made me laugh ☺

11:00 song ? pls

need a flash chip also.

You can get soft core IP from Altera for free as long as you buy there chips.

thanks.

Zero errors and 147 warnings.... But it compiled!

CMOS next?

The bonus content takes way tooo long to load and I'd like to see it. It's constantly stuttering and buffering forever. Can you just put it on youtube please?

Make an apple watch and google glasses into one phone or the goole glasses into the applr watch

tonight on the haunting of meetloaf

Three voltages are required: 3.3, 1.8, and ... I forgot... Ooops!

next time Ben makes homemade Valtrex

Heck of a lot of effort to make an LED blink ;).

7:05 WOW only $810 USD that's about $1,126 Canadian. I think I'll stick to Micro-Controllers until I need to sell a $10,000 product.

HOLYBALLS batman! Ben you are my god when it come to learn about new things fpgs in this case, but WTF did you guys do to your recordings... either the camera is foooked or the rendering software is....purple lips and light blue people anyone ?

chapstick is much more effective then human spit at dealing with chapped lips Ben! I was going to count the times you licked your lips but.. after the first 20 I got tired. Not hating, can tell you're not feeling well.. but its soooooo hard to not notice every time you lick your lips, just a heads up i suppose.