Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by snvzz 1354 days ago
>Are there any cool hobbyist uses of these things?

Yes, there is, if you're willing to learn.

>Always game to learn a new tech.

Great. A good starting point is NANDLand[0].

Their board is not at all a bad purchase at <$100, particularly to follow their tutorials, but you can do better[1] if you are adventurous. e.g. iCEBreaker or iCESugar.

I'd still recommend to stick to iCE40 and the open source yosys/nextpnr stack, until you become competent enough to actually know what you want/need.

[0] https://nandland.com/

[1] https://www.joelw.id.au/FPGA/CheapFPGADevelopmentBoards