Beginning FPGA: Programming Metal

Description

This book is for those who have tinkered a bit with Arduino or Raspberry Pi, and want to get more hands-on with hardware, or for those new to electronics and you just want to dive in.You don't need an electronics engineering degree or even any programming experience to get the most out of Beginning FPGA: Programming Metal. Just bring your curiosity and your Field-Programmable Gate Array. In this book, you'll be using the BeMicro MAX10, a very affordable and breadboard-friendly FPGA development board to create a light sensor, an temperature sensor, a motion sensor, and just for fun, the KITT car display from Knight Rider.Along the way, you'll learn the theory behind FPGAs and electronics, including the math and logic you need to understand what's happening - all explained in a fun, friendly, and accessible way. It also doesn't hurt that you'll be learning VHDL, a hardware description languae that is also an extremely marketable skill. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 What Is an FPGA and What Can It Do?....Pages 3-12 Our Weapon of Choice....Pages 13-21 Lock and Load....Pages 23-45 Hello World!....Pages 47-103 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 FPGA Development Timeline....Pages 107-115 VHDL 101....Pages 117-123 Number Theory for FPGAs....Pages 125-135 Telling the Truth: Boolean Algebra and Truth Tables....Pages 137-158 Simplifying Boolean Algebra for FPGA....Pages 159-170 Sequential Logic: IF This, THEN That....Pages 171-190 Combinatorial Logic: Putting It All Together on the FPGA....Pages 191-217 Front Matter....Pages 219-219 Light Sensors: Turning a Laser Pointer into a Hi-Tech Tripwire....Pages 221-265 Temperature Sensors: Is It Hot in Here, or Is It Just Me?....Pages 267-311 How Fast Can You Run? Ask the Accelerometer!....Pages 313-343 Front Matter....Pages 345-345 Two-Way Communications with Your Raspberry Pi: SPI....Pages 347-366 Up in Lights: How to Drive LED Segment Displays....Pages 367-380 Back Matter....Pages 381-387