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What is an FPGA, and how does it compare to a microcontroller?
A basic introduction to what Field Programmable Gate Arrays are and how they work, and the advantages and disadvantages.
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@peterfriedman2830 10 жыл бұрын

The sheer energy and enthusiasm in this video is just exemplary beyond measure. I think there's something to be said for claiming that 'if you imagine that a proportion of viewers might find it overwhelmingly intense, that'a not necessarily a bad thing for certain kinds of material'. There is an unmistakable impression of a wealth of in-depth and up to date knowledge and extensive valuable experience which sits behind the talk, combined with a serious commitment to helpfulness (evident in the on screen corrections and tips) that makes this video something that I intend to use as an instructive example of how to tackle an introduction to a difficult technical subject. Thanks and bravo Dave.

@falxonPSN 9 жыл бұрын

Agreed, 100%.

@kefsound 6 жыл бұрын

calm down!!

@mayorsnorkum4005 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, amazing. I'm going to be watching his other videos, for sure. He needs to make a video about Root Canals, or mowing the lawn. I bet he could make them sound like good things :) Good on you, mate.

@bjtaudio 5 жыл бұрын

It very frustrating, programming this stuff, that's why he is carrying on...that are complicated...I hate programming anyway.

@BillAnt 5 жыл бұрын

FPGAs are usually used in circuits which need extremely high processing speeds often in parallel and independent of the main controller, like IP transceivers, data buffers, and even bitcoin miners (which go even further using ASICs). It's also used in vintage computer and console emulators (i.e. Jeri Ellsworth's C64 Direct-to-TV), usually for its high processing speed of graphics and sound data to minimize lag. They are also great for breadboarding/experimenting before committing to production ASICs. It's incredible flexible, but also fairly complex to develop it, therefore it's best used for niche applications.

@JennyEverywhere 8 жыл бұрын

Field Programmable Gatorade? That sounds delicious!

@Ozziepeck11 7 жыл бұрын

gate array.

@AspectOfTheStorm 7 жыл бұрын

Gatorade

@asj3419 7 жыл бұрын

Dammit, I had hoped that being a sociopath gave you the power to write coherent datasheets.

@JennyEverywhere 7 жыл бұрын

Sod Alfredsod No, that just requires you to have delusions of grandeur. A nihilist outlook on life helps.

@mikethelma 6 жыл бұрын

I saw a video by Jeri Ellsworth (amazing woman) and she slurred her words in the same way. It took me about four hearings to decode that she was indeed not talking about a sports drink. LOL :)

@stomachcontentz 4 жыл бұрын

7 years later, still an awesome, informative video. Nice one mate!

@ZainAhmed 3 жыл бұрын

Dave I just wanna say thank you for doing this stuff. I’m in my final year of a computer engineering degree and can confidently say that 2 days of me mucking around with a dev board + your videos has always taught me more than the related class at my school. I’m finally in a place where I can start donating back to you and will set that up soon. Just wanna thanks from college kids everywhere. If it were up to me I’d split my tuition between you and a couple others

@sky44david Жыл бұрын

This is the clearest and best general introduction to the FPGA that I have found. I am using it to educate persons who work for an investor of my small company so that they understand the importance of why we are spending so much on XILINX as the core of our I.P. I started with Microchip's PIC in 1993 and on to XILINX's simple CLPD types and am still growing learning and adapting to vast progressive expansion that XILINX has made in decades of FPGA advancement. Thanks for making this educational reference.

@eveneevee27 4 жыл бұрын

The best intro to FPGA I have heard of. Easy to understand and pretty thorough :)

@drteeth7054 8 жыл бұрын

This stuff is pure magic, especially when things are explained as well as they are in this video.

@poopytowncat 10 жыл бұрын

I've worked in electronics over 35 years as an engineer. I learn something new and valuable in every one of Dave's videos (including FF's). From my knothole, the info is about 100% practical and right on. Entertainment 100%. Thanks Dave!

@MatrixOfDynamism 10 жыл бұрын

I have worked as Applications Engineer for Altera FPGAs and have the opportunity to see them inside out. In many cases it is possible to use MCUs, but the flexibility that FPGAs provide in the present generation devices is just mind blowing.

@paulolivares8352 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm going to get started on learning fpga's! It's really awesome when you have an great person teaching! You're doing the world a great service!

@TimmayLaw 10 жыл бұрын

Just want to say thank you for these videos.. I've been working as an EE in the automotive field for 5 years now and a lot of these videos really touch on exactly what we have to work with while doing R&D! You have a great way of taking more complex subjects and making them a lot simpler, thank you!

@antonnym214 8 жыл бұрын

I love these introductions. Your presentation, knowledge, and enthusiasm is engaging. Videos like this make KZfaq worthwhile. Thank you!

@hadireg 2 жыл бұрын

much better than I've seen at school 👍 Always great to go back to your videos Dave! Thanks for what you're bringing to the Electronics Community!

@MrDoneboy 2 жыл бұрын

Dave is really a natural teacher at heart!

@marenol9587 4 жыл бұрын

Was on someone elses video watching an explanation, I am so glad you were in the "up next" because I got tired of them and jumped straight to this video instead. Dave's a legend!

@Growrena 6 жыл бұрын

You have crazy energy. Appreciate the breakdown of why take an advantage using the FPGA's. Pros and Cons Thanks EEVblog

@lemuffinity 7 жыл бұрын

I'm a complete newbie when it comes to microprocessors and stuff, and I understood those concepts very well. Great video. Cheers

@pepe6666 9 жыл бұрын

that was an incredibly educational video. fpgas were confusing for me but you've explained it & now I understand the ins and outs. thanks heaps for putting in the time to do this.

@tmdrake 9 жыл бұрын

I love this....Finally someone that explains stuff the way i understand.

@pedroguilherme4170 7 жыл бұрын

Sir, you're just a genius...! you inspired me with this video. Actually, I'm an electronic engineering student and have been having too many problems understanding some digital electronic lessons but thanks to your videos and to some others out there I now understand better. I will no longer sleep!

@djruido1 5 жыл бұрын

I just gotta say, after watching a bit of videos about fpga’s, this is the best video by far. Thank you very much

@respun01 10 жыл бұрын

I've got to say thank you for making these videos. I'm a big fan of your unique approach to explaining everything. Keep up the great videos!

@TrippleBoing 10 жыл бұрын

This is a great video. You really got talent to talk about compley stuff without being boring one minute. Way to go.

@ocayaro 10 жыл бұрын

I am just starting out with FPGAs. I've just got a Spartan-6 LX9 microboard. Your tutorial has put a lot into perspective. Thanks.

@lassuncao 8 жыл бұрын

The best explanation I found about FPGA's. Very good stuff!

@erikjohnson2976 10 жыл бұрын

Great lecture, Dave. This answered many questions I've had about FPGAs for years. Thank you!

@rallokkcaz 2 жыл бұрын

I watched this video 7 years ago when I started trying to cram EE knowledge into my dumb head. I just wrote my first FGPA program the other day and realized this video helped me so much! And I haven't even seen it again in years, best content for EE on YT.

@EEVblog 10 жыл бұрын

Hard silicon CPU's are generally much faster and low power than "soft" CPU's. That is why a lot of FPGA's now have hard silicon CPU's built in them. In terms of older CPU like say a 6502, an FPGA soft core can be much faster than the old chip.

@sauronbadeye 8 ай бұрын

Many Years ago I designed a board that was based on an Altrra Fpga. It integrated a Z80 core ( that I downloaded from Opencores!) 2 Darts, 2 Ctc, a PCI slave logic and other stuff... the Z80 was able to run at the speed of PCI bus at even higher!! But in general it is not a good idea to integrate a CPU into a Fpga, especially if it has to run at high speed!! Moreovrr FPGA are power hungry.....

@rfrayo_ 3 жыл бұрын

I wish you taught my embedded systems class. I attended 40+ lectures and have still only scratched the surface of FPGAs. We did do some cool projects with them though. Your methods of explanation were far better than my professor's. The best lesson you can learn from applied computer science is "computers are stupid...that's why you have to be smart to figure them out."

@joshuantw 4 жыл бұрын

love your energy and the lilt in your voice man! great explanation so far I'm on the 7 minute mark, excited to learn more!

@lialus 10 жыл бұрын

I have been watching this blog for the last week , I am totally addicted to this one and jerielliswoth

@kdaviesyadu1977 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave. The best explanation of FPGA I've come across.

@TheRopez94 10 жыл бұрын

Love the topic Dave, as a computer science major my focus is in software but I love hardware just as much and your videos always help renew my desire to study EE. Thanks a bunch

@cny02253 10 жыл бұрын

Really great overview of FPGA basics. You have to know which country you are in before you can efficiently know which specific street to drive down. Many people seem to want to skip the fundamentals, but especially with FBGA's -you do that to your great disadvantage. Its easy to get lost in the trees in the FPGA forest.

@hassaankhi 7 жыл бұрын

At 11:17 I like the way you stressing. "Anything" :-) Thanks for the lecture.

@GRAYgoose124 10 жыл бұрын

I bought an FPGA dev board a few months ago and designed a 16-bit processor, these are really great.

@preben01 10 жыл бұрын

This was one of your best videos so far. Mostly because this was something i never could get my head around, prior to your video. Thanks!

@PetrZdarsky 7 жыл бұрын

Your videos are great, I wish that we had so enthusiastic teacher at our university. Thank you!

@BillAnt 5 жыл бұрын

Dave could sell ice-cubes to Eskimos, and they would gladly buy it. His enthusiasm is legendary. :)

@arunramachandran6362 3 жыл бұрын

I just wish they had thought about FPGA at my college the same way you did sir. Thanks for this wonderful and informative treasure trove.

@FPGABeginner 3 жыл бұрын

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

@obiwanjacobi 10 жыл бұрын

Thanx very much. I knew a little bit about FPGA's but this was really tying it all together. I wouldn't mind a couple more of these at all! Excellent stuff.

@rapte100 6 жыл бұрын

Good explanation Dave....wish you could make vidoes on all possible topics in electronics...boy you explain so well...so happy to have you share your knowledge on youtube.

@dankmheems290 6 жыл бұрын

What a great speaker. I watched the whole thing and wasn't even bored. I've wanted an FPGA for awhile for mining but the high power is a bad thing. More vids!

@bartloeters7567 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave! This video makes sense to me. Like the way you explain things, keep it coming! Bart

@TorrentialFire 10 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, I wish I had hundreds of hours to spend working through your back catalog on this blog.

@eni4ever 10 жыл бұрын

Keep'em comming, Dave! Really enjoyed this one ...

@verybad746 6 жыл бұрын

I like the way they configured you Dave.

@KrystinDix 10 жыл бұрын

Just started watching your Videos Dave I am loving it. Keep up the great work!

@IsitPatentable 10 жыл бұрын

This guy is like watching Steve Irwin: in the accent and the excitement. Great speaker. Thanks for making it, really helpful.

@conorstewart2214 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta be one of the best KZfaq channels, with covid-19 meaning I have to watch my university lectures at home I usually speed them up because they talk too slow! Not with this guy though, great enthusiasm and packs a lot of information in a small period of time as well as being some of the best information on a subject you can find on KZfaq. There are very few videos on KZfaq I’ll watch for over 30 minutes but this was exceptional.

@tixgy 10 жыл бұрын

Very informative and very well explained. I was curious about the FPGA the other day. I found this video very educational. Thanks Dave! :)

@MrDoneboy Жыл бұрын

Dave is a professor, way more than an electrical engineer!

@keshabapatel8322 10 жыл бұрын

Great work Dave. I had been waiting for FPGAs from you.

@EnergyFabricator 10 жыл бұрын

Dave, you are an electronics-powerhouse-of-knowledge!

@shanesrandoms 7 жыл бұрын

When seeing the Data sheets for the Cyclone IV series I've been playing with lately, one realises that in the modern day, no engineer can really understand everything without still having decent reference material :)

@djruido1 5 жыл бұрын

Shane Van Ingen is it that bad? I’m just an enthusiast and you just made me feel better on my level of understanding of this chips lol

@monelfunkawitz3966 5 жыл бұрын

@@djruido1 Yes. With power comes complexity. Imagine making a cpu out of transistors. The assembler DOES do alot of the grunt work, but it will push the limits of your understanding. They are TRULY intended to be engineered for a mass production project. If as a hobbyist you want it to do what an Arduino or PI can do, save yourself alot of headache and go that route.

@bitsurfer0101 9 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, I find your tutorials useful and always helpful. Could you do a little bit on how to map sequential logic and how to implement this on a fpga? Some state diagrams would be helpful.

@pranitoza3966 2 жыл бұрын

The only video on the internet which gives a proper explanation of FPGA (trust me I am saying this after watching a lot of crapy videos on FPGA introduction).

@fliptrontube 10 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation Dave!!!!!

@k3ith1 10 жыл бұрын

I agree. A very good intro to FPGAs for someone who never used them or fully understood what they were. Like myself. Thanks Dave! Now I want one. New toy!

@trinanjanbanerjee9682 8 жыл бұрын

thank you sir for this video, you just relieved me from a great head ache!! I will be grateful to you!! thank you again :)

@DamaKubu 5 жыл бұрын

By de wae I watched over popular fpga explanations this is by far the best.

@SeanDuffyProductions 10 жыл бұрын

Great video, I really enjoyed the in-depth explanation!

@MrStarwarp2000 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dave for a most informative Video! What's next in the series? A nice video on the DE0-Nano would be nice :)

@liammk96 10 жыл бұрын

This was an amazing video. Exactly what I have been wanting you to do for some time :)

@veddie007 10 жыл бұрын

Dave, you are truly a gift to the world... Thank your Mother for me and get a job!

@agstechnicalsupport Жыл бұрын

Another great instructive video from Dave !

@JonBlanton 7 жыл бұрын

Loved the video, great introduction to FPGAs.

@gateway8833 10 жыл бұрын

Dave, I looked up FPGA's on dig i key the most expensive one was $39,452.40 (USD) It has 152700 CLBs. I am going to have some fun this weekend. Thanks for making these videos, they really help.

@0LoneTech 10 жыл бұрын

Like Dave said in this video, these blocks contain more than just buffers. Typical capabilities include differential pairs, bus keepers, pull up/down resistors, and doubled up flipflops for DDR functionality. The simplest ones are just a buffer, though; typically on dedicated pins like clock inputs. Those still get special treatment in their connections to clock nets, PLL blocks and such.

@Eugene_EADG 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very interesting FPGA overview!

@AbdullahKahramanPhD 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement. :)

@BulletMagnet83 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You might well have mentioned it... I should try re-watching when I'm having slightly less network trouble. :-)

@abutaymiyyahlectures 2 жыл бұрын

at first the video length turned me off, but boi oh boi, this is the best video to know what a fpga is.

@angusbradley797 10 жыл бұрын

Dave, you did a really good job. Thank you. I have some things to Google now.

@MikyLBoy 10 жыл бұрын

fantastic video on FPGA!! so emotional and so powerful! go on making video guys!! you rock!!

@Ian_Shelly 10 жыл бұрын

Iv'e always wondered how FPGAs worked. Thanks for the great tutorial

@michaelpiotrowicz6100 6 жыл бұрын

Marvellous. Thanks. I watched this because I have become interested in FPGA implementations of vintage CPUs. The Amiga Vampire for example. My new Siglent scope has one too :)

@soroushlink 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating

@shanesrandoms 10 жыл бұрын

Keeping up the good work Dave. FPGA's are still the best direction IMHO for flexibility/speed/cost

@ISmellBurning 10 жыл бұрын

I qualified as an electronics repairman over 20 years ago. I left EE for software, but have recently returned as a hobbyist. FPGA's are a complete mystery to me but now I have at least a vague understanding of what they are & I'm also able to look into the 2 main players programming languages so I can choose one to learn. So in short, this video is actually generating sales (I'm buying a dev board!) while also filling in some of the 20+ years gaps in my knowledge! You can't really knock that!

@robertparenton7470 6 жыл бұрын

Thank You for such a great video on FPGA.

@FUTUREAHEAD12345 9 жыл бұрын

The lecture is very interesting. Thank you very much!

@AmeliaLindberg 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much sir, you give me the courage to study the FPGA. I'm really grateful. By the way I love the funny end of the video blog ahahah

@zeilja 9 жыл бұрын

I liked how enthusiastic Your talk is, now checking other Your videos. Thumbs up, mate! ;)

@TimStafford01 6 жыл бұрын

Liking this before I even watch it.. Love it when I search a topic and you've covered it! Grabbing a cup of coffee, a pen, and paper... Time to get my head straight :P

@mattstelmach1982 10 жыл бұрын

Excellent video Dave. Thank you very much.

@SergiuM 6 жыл бұрын

will share this with my students, thanks!

@AlexSchendel 3 жыл бұрын

Behavioral abstraction levels in modern HDLs really help to make them much more approachable and intuitive. It is still definitely a different animal altogether insofar as inputs and outputs are predefined and can be things like wires or registers and such, but behavioral abstraction at least affords you syntax that is more akin to a normal PL such as C.

@tiagojorge5701 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Great great introduction video.

@ELJORGE1 10 жыл бұрын

I think its a good introductory video, especially for beginners who doesn't know what an FPGA is.

@EEVblog 10 жыл бұрын

Yes, I thought I mentioned that in the video, the tools still do old-school schematic capture if you want.

@bnguy619 6 жыл бұрын

HAHA I like his statement "They often come in real pain in the ass packages to use like BGA" 17:24

@benkasper4035 2 жыл бұрын

The only channel i dont watch on double speed, the only one

@darksteel78 10 жыл бұрын

I remember when I first programmed an FPGA...oh high school Project Lead the Way...amazing experience. Designed in Multisim, downloaded and BOOM...worked without all the hassle