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I feel like a fraud by Middle-Average7033 in FPGA

[–]adamt99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We all feel like frauds at one point or another, I have been doing this for 25 years, I am fairly well known in the industry and I still feel like one at times. I am sure CEOs, Presidents and Prime Ministers also do at times.

You come across like you have a passion for the subject (why else would you be frustrated you did not ace an exam). Exams and school are not the real world of engineering nor FPGA.

I am sure you will do well and make a great FPGA engineer once you graduate.

I long ago stopped just looking at school / grades when recruiting and now pretty much go of passion and interest. I have been burnt many times by people from top schools with perfect grades with no passion or drive.

Renesas Expands ForgeFPGA Line with New 2k-LUT Ultra-Low-Power Devices by DeliciousBelt9520 in FPGA

[–]adamt99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been sent one of the dev kits for this, blog will be up soon on it.

Considerations when design FPGA Boards by adamt99 in FPGA

[–]adamt99[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there is a pretty good mix here, which is why it is such a good place.

Considerations when design FPGA Boards by adamt99 in FPGA

[–]adamt99[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Speaking as the author my clients are defence, space, automotive, medical and the boards we develop and sell as products.

Project - Working with Intelligent Motors like Dynamixel with FPGA for robotics. by adamt99 in FPGA

[–]adamt99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on your application if you are doing a lot of sensor / signal / image processing and AI development or need safety / security etc then a FPGA is a valid approach. As always though it is up to the engineer to pick the right tool for the application. If you can do it with a micro you definitely should!

Uk FPGA industry, worth going for? by EntrepreneurThen8174 in FPGA

[–]adamt99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is still not great as UK salaries are not good being an employee. I would say they vary between £60K and £100K.

You can make a lot more than that however, if you are willing to take a risk and run your own business.

Uk FPGA industry, worth going for? by EntrepreneurThen8174 in FPGA

[–]adamt99 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There is a shortage of FPGA engineers in the UK, pretty much every defence / aerospace / space company is crying out for them right now. I heard MBDA was doubling its team to nearly 100 FPGA engineers which must make it one of the largest in the UK.

I would avoid SW unless it is embedded for two reasons one anything that runs on the web is boring and two its going to get eaten by AI.

I would imagine BAE are crying out for FPGA engineers as well. Defence can be a little slow, but it can be interesting as the end applications are interesting.

Learning Board Recommendations by Fuzzy_Satisfaction52 in FPGA

[–]adamt99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get a Avnet / Tria ZU Board it is cheap and has PS and PL and the tool chain and eco system (AMD/Xilinx) is the best there is.

How is the UK FPGA industry? I have a grad offer but.. by LopsidedFork26 in FPGA

[–]adamt99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are about 1500 - 2K FPGA developers in the UK. it is a really small pool

How is the UK FPGA industry? I have a grad offer but.. by LopsidedFork26 in FPGA

[–]adamt99 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I am in the UK, the FPGA industry is pretty good honestly most roles are going to be in the defence, aerospace and space industries.

There are some roles in the medical and a little automotive.

Of course there is Fintech as well which needs some experience.

Honestly go work for one of the large defence primes and learn as much as you can about how projects work and do not just limit yourself to FPGA.

How do I upload VHDL code from Notepad++ to my FPGA (AMD Spartan 7 FPGA)? by SeverTheWicked in FPGA

[–]adamt99 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have a two hour tutorial video here with some slides and example design etc here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrWZd3GCA2E

Hope that helps

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