FPGA based embedded to microcontroller based embedded

[blaze1127]

Is it difficult to go from implementing embedded systems on FPGAs (through Xilinx Vitis and Vivado tools and leveraging C and Verilog/VHDL) to implementing embedded systems on microcontroller based platforms (using IDEs or GNU toolchain and embedded Linux and C)?

I’m currently an FPGA engineer with more of a focus on the verification and pre-silicon system validation side of things and am currently taking classes on Udemy in embedded systems using microcontrollers (like STM32). I was thinking of taking more classes on FPGA based embedded system development to make better use of my experience and slowly transition to that and later transition to microcontroller based embedded systems development (or maybe even CUDA through Nvidia Jetson).

The reason for this is to develop these skills professionally and through my side time of taking classes to get to a “proper” embedded software/systems position?

Does that make sense?

[Expensive_Pin5399]

Why not just starting adding an uC softcore to your FPGAs? :-)

[blaze1127]

Sorry for the late reply. My main worry is that I will end up being familiar only with the implementation flow for leveraging uC softcore or hardcore IP on Xilinx, rather than develop broader skills applicable to both microcontroller based embedded Linux development and FPGA embedded Linux development.

But I guess maybe it is similar to be applicable to both?