@schizanon FPGA is not emulation of hardware, it is an implementation of compatible hardware. Emulation means it is implemented in software running on a CPU. FPGA does not run on a CPU it is hardware, with programmable wiring.
@schizanon I agree that it is fascinating, but speaking as somebody who works with FPGAs, I would definitely not go so far as to describe any work with them as "extraterrestrtial". :)
If you have an interest in them and you wish to pursue that interest, I am confident you will find them understandable. :)
@schizanon I've used both Verilog and VHDL. I don't have a board suggestion. It will depend on budget and what you'd like to do. For instance, if you'd like to mess around with video generation, you might want to make sure your board supports that out of the box or can maybe support PMOD.
If you'd like to utilize open source tools, Lattice parts are a good place to look:
@schizanon Oh weird. That is odd. Sorry 'bout that. But now that you mention it, I think that might've happened to me too when I originally spotted the URL. I assumed I made a mistake, and I navigated back to the article through their "Blog" link. That's just bizarre, but I'm glad you were finally able to see what I originally intended. 😆
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