The FPGA Chronicles: Exploring the Tang Nano 20K
The FPGA Chronicles: Exploring The Tang Nano 20K 5 Comments by: Al Williams September 28, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy FPGAs used to be mysterious, expensive devices, but these days you can buy surprisingly capable boards for very little money. Some years ago, I did an FPGA Bootcamp over on Hackaday.io. Much of that material still applies, but the hardware is dated.
- ▪The FPGA Chronicles: Exploring The Tang Nano 20K 5 Comments by: Al Williams September 28, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy FPGAs used to be mysterious, expensive devices, but these days you can buy surprisingly capable boards for very litt
- ▪Some years ago, I did an FPGA Bootcamp over on Hackaday.io.
- ▪Much of that material still applies, but the hardware is dated.
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The FPGA Chronicles: Exploring The Tang Nano 20K 5 Comments by: Al Williams September 28, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy FPGAs used to be mysterious, expensive devices, but these days you can buy surprisingly capable boards for very little money. Some years ago, I did an FPGA Bootcamp over on Hackaday.io. Much of that material still applies, but the hardware is dated. So I decided it was time to update it, using the inexpensive Tang Nano 20K and its GOWIN GW2AR-18 FPGA as the main platform, with perhaps a few excursions into other FPGAs. History and Motivation Once upon a time, if you wanted to have a custom IC, you went with a wheelbarrow full of money to a semiconductor company.
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