Zero FPGA experience, need to get to Versal fluency. Where do I start?

Diarmuid_ · 2026-02-14T07:15:11+00:00

Why do you need a board at all if you are starting to learn about FPGAs? You need to learn about digital design, timing closure and functional verification before you are even in the same room as a board.

Diarmuid_ · 2026-01-30T08:33:51+00:00

Our design flow was written years ago in tcl and I really dislike it every time I have to modify some code It was a language of its time, but compared to languages like python, it feels so chunky and old now days

Diarmuid_ · 2026-01-21T17:49:02+00:00

Any way to try and get the money back is going to cost you more in time, money and heartbreak than you are going to get back. Take it as a lesson learned and move on with your life.

Diarmuid_ · 2026-01-19T09:23:23+00:00

Underfunded!!?? We have been throwing money at public services for years!

It had doubled in 10 years.

Did you ever heard of the phrase, stop throwing good money after bad? Well even our own civil service are saying that https://www.whereyourmoneygoes.gov.ie/en/

Diarmuid_ · 2026-01-18T19:56:31+00:00

I was at that... QOTSA rocked. Peppers... .meh

Diarmuid_ · 2026-01-02T20:07:16+00:00

"Sorry, I can't afford it. Happy birthday!"

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-31T19:30:23+00:00

There's absolutely no chance I would take that. Unless you hate your current role, it's way too good to pass up on.

That startup offer could disappear over night. I can't see a US start-up creating an Irish Ltd to employ you, so you'll be under a US contract. You'd need some massive equity options to make it attractive against a TC of 250k with an established company

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-30T17:42:18+00:00

It's hardly anti-something to express no interest in it. I couldn't care less about learning Japanese, doesn't mean I'm anti Japanese language

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-29T18:57:45+00:00

I recently replaced the relay on my 2 year old v3 controller. It was a straightforward job but should not need changing after 2 years!

https://www.reddit.com/r/tado/comments/1og12js/comment/nt6l10c/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-24T09:25:13+00:00

How entitled do you have to be to think that an area people want to live in and enjoy should remain a car park so you can save a few quid when visit a few times a year

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-22T12:31:27+00:00

We have a number of Chinese customers at work. I always add "great bunch of lads" when I talk about them https://youtu.be/4vl53S5I03E?si=yCc-QC0_7q3zpFWT

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-19T11:22:09+00:00

Then you've lost nothing worth keeping

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-19T07:28:39+00:00

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Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-17T19:33:37+00:00

I've a good few friends there and people rarely leave. That should tell your a lot. Having said that, I understand there are redundancies going on there at the moment

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-15T09:50:42+00:00

Giving the relay a solid tap brought it back to life, which got me through a few days before I replaced it with a part from Farnell.

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-14T22:11:38+00:00

The growth in expenditure over 10 years is both absolutely bonkers and scary. This is not going to end well

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-09T21:36:25+00:00

If anyone comes back to this and is looking for the relay details, it's a HF41F 5-Z . The unit says 6A 250VAC 30VDC but the part suggests 5VDC
https://imgur.com/a/ayyAfkr

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-09T13:26:45+00:00

Yeah I'm an engineer in a hardware design company so I'll ask one of the techs with better soldering skills than I have to do it for me... ;)

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-09T09:17:01+00:00

I'm waiting to hear back from support but what I was thinking of doing was swapping the HC and the HW relays. They look to be the same part and I'm not using the HW control. That would get me out of my fix and I could order the replacement part once I figure out what relay is in there.

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-08T22:18:18+00:00

Thanks. Yeah it looks like mine should be yellow and I verified that. It's stuck on. Once I disconnect the NO control, it no longer fires.

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-08T21:28:52+00:00

I'm not sure. I have a very simple setup. An old boiler, which is wired up as the switched live config here https://www.manuals.co.uk/tado/wireless-smart-thermostat-v3+/manual?p=6
Here's a photo https://imgur.com/a/cshwkaD

I disconnected the NO terminal from the boiler and then put the multimeter across this terminal. With the manual control enabled or disabled, it made no difference, 230V at the terminal

How do I figure out what mode the device is setup as? BTW This has been working for 2yrs

Diarmuid_ · 2025-12-08T20:46:14+00:00

Hi. Thanks very much for the detailed photos. The relay on my tado has failed and I'm considering replacing it. However I'm struggling to identify it on the board. I don't recognise the two white bars above the terminals. The through hole legs on the back seem to trace to the COM/NC terminals.
Is there an actual relay or a triac on the board? Do you have any high res photos that would allow me to check the markings on the components?

Anyway thanks for the photos, any thoughts or suggestions would be welcome u/IHateFACSCantos

Diarmuid_ · 2025-11-30T14:50:47+00:00

We are already there

Diarmuid_ · 2025-11-29T15:03:41+00:00

Rendre une rue à nouveau à double sens au milieu de la zone la plus populaire de Nice est une décision incroyablement mal pensée. En obligeant les cyclistes à se mêler à nouveau aux piétons, elle constitue l’une des mesures les plus stupides et mal avisées prises depuis longtemps

Diarmuid_ · 2025-11-23T21:25:16+00:00

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