Beginning FPGA: Programming Metal

Part I. Getting Started with FPGA

1. What Is an FPGA and What Can It Do?
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2. Our Weapon of Choice
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3. Lock and Load
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4. Hello World!
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Part II. Time Out for Theory

5. FPGA Development Timeline
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6. VHDL 101
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7. Number Theory for FPGAs
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8. Telling the Truth: Boolean Algebra and Truth Tables
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9. Simplifying Boolean Algebra for FPGA
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10. Sequential Logic: IF This, THEN That
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11. Combinatorial Logic: Putting It All Together on the FPGA
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Part III. Let’s Make Something!

12. Light Sensors: Turning a Laser Pointer into a Hi-Tech Tripwire
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13. Temperature Sensors: Is It Hot in Here, or Is It Just Me?
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14. How Fast Can You Run? Ask the Accelerometer!
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Part IV. Taking It Further: Talking to the Raspberry Pi and LED Displays

15. Two-Way Communications with Your Raspberry Pi: SPI
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16. Up in Lights: How to Drive LED Segment Displays
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Keywords: Computer Science, Computer Communication Networks, Computer Science, general