Spartan7 Getting Started Learning FPGA Edge Acceleration Xilinx Development Board WiFi bluetooth ESP32

Introduction When we talk about Arduino very few people associate it with FPGAs Because the two have little in common to be frank they are exactly the opposite Arduino cheap to buy easy to learn simple to use but can t deal with complex calculations and large projects FPGA flexible and powerful easily handle complex calculations like audio and video processing but hard to learn and very expensive What if combine the two Will there be a monster that is expensive cumbersome and difficult to understand Of cause not it will be magic It will be a game changer that combines the advantages of Arduino and FPGA and eliminates the shortcomings of both We present to you the Spartan Edge Accelerator Board Spartan Edge Accelerator Board is a Xilinx Spartan FPGA development board in the Arduino UNO shield form factor It can work with Arduino as an FPGA shield and as a stand alone FPGA development board With the onboard ESP32 chip the Spartan Edge Accelerator Board also features 2 4GHz WiFi and Bluetooth 4 1 Moreover this development board has a wealth of peripherals and interfaces which are extremely playable Such as an 8 bit ADC a 6 axis accelerometer two RGB LEDs a MINI HDMI interface a CSI camera interface two Grove interfaces etc All in all it will be a perfect FPGA board for Makers and Hobbyists FPGA The Spartan Edge Accelerator Board is built around Xilinx Spartan 7 XC7S15 FPGA which is a cost effect but powerful FPGA chip When it comes to Ardunio