This is me starting to get back into microelectronics, or at least a new-to-me aspect of microelectronics, namely chip design using FPGAs. Why? Because I want to and I can.
I'll admit upfront that I'm not 100% new at this, having earned a B.Sc. M.Eng in Microelectronic Systems Engineering from UMIST. But that was, literally, last century.
I always keep a log book for all my projects. This time round I thought I'd have a go at this blogging "lark". Hence this blog, a record of my learning curve in getting to grips with FPGAs, the associated software, and the road to creating my own "chip", quite possibly my own little CPU. My main passion, however, is (for now!) chess, and I might just post a few random thoughts about my chess endeavours on this page.
Thanks to my good friend John M for suggesting Weebly. John knows a heck of a lot about a heck of a lot, but he does think that Firefly is amazing. Ah well, even he can't be right all the time ;-)
I'll admit upfront that I'm not 100% new at this, having earned a B.Sc. M.Eng in Microelectronic Systems Engineering from UMIST. But that was, literally, last century.
I always keep a log book for all my projects. This time round I thought I'd have a go at this blogging "lark". Hence this blog, a record of my learning curve in getting to grips with FPGAs, the associated software, and the road to creating my own "chip", quite possibly my own little CPU. My main passion, however, is (for now!) chess, and I might just post a few random thoughts about my chess endeavours on this page.
Thanks to my good friend John M for suggesting Weebly. John knows a heck of a lot about a heck of a lot, but he does think that Firefly is amazing. Ah well, even he can't be right all the time ;-)