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I corresponded with Fabrizio Tappero yesterday and he tells me that hardcopy versions of Free Range VHDL will be available in a couple of weeks. As I wrote previously, this introductory VHDL book is open-source and freely available on the net. Naturally, the authors received a lot of feedback from readers which they used to spiff-up the text before rolling the printing presses. <<more...>>

I always wondered why things take so long. Now I know. <<more...>>

Well, I published chapter 6 of "FPGAs?! Now What?" back on Aug 30, 2011. And today I'm finally delivering chapter 7 with all the personal anticipation usually associated with the end to a bout of constipation. <<more...>>

By now, everyone else has given their New Year's greetings. But the first workday is the beginning of the real New Year. And my resolution is to shut up and solve problems. <<more...>>

My sister is big into creating Christmas traditions. Last year she decided that we should each make a Christmas ornament for the tree each year. So this year I decided to make an electronic ornament. Here's the PCB: <<more...>>