Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_onwYFYf

Previous video: youtu.be/_R7HFDz1AdU
Previous FPGA Video: youtu.be/ZNunxg7o8l0
Arduino Logic Gate Video: youtu.be/lzXMImK_wyM
AliExpress video with FPGA: youtu.be/BcUzuwP-WPI

In this video we will be having a closer look at a budget friendly FPGA board. Now FPGAs are super fast and can do pretty much anything when it comes to digital electronics. So way better than microcontrollers, right? Well, I will show you how easy you can use them and why I would often times avoid them. Let's get started!

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Websites that were shown/used during the video:
wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/en/tang/Tang-Nano-9K/Nano-9K.html
github.com/sipeed/TangNano-9K-example
dl.sipeed.com/shareURL/TANG/Nano%209K/6_Chip_Manual/EN/General%20Guide
github.com/Martoni/GbHdmi
github.com/harbaum/Pacman-TangNano9k
arduino.cc/maker
forum.arduino.cc

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0:00 FPGAs are AWESOME?
1:29 Intro
2:40 FPGA First Steps
3:16 Microcontroller LED Example
4:21 Inside an FPGA
5:31 FPGA LED Example
7:48 I2C and PWM Example
9:38 Verdict