In some applications, timing and precision are essential. Unfortunately, in those cases, the fact that your code must be processed by the CPU is not desirable. Luckily you can decrease your dependence from the CPU by using *Direct Memory Access* (DMA).
I have recently experienced the so-called FPGA Hell... very, very distressful condition! In this guide, you will learn how to set up the Icestorm toolchain to program the Icestick on macOS. When you are finished, you will be able to understand the basics of the compilation process and you can start to adapt it to your particular workflow.
The Teensy is a development board which is gaining quite a lot of popularity. When using it in your project, it can be useful to assign a certain ID to its USB port, so that you can automatically identify and distinguish the device from other peripherals. In this post I will explain how you can change the Teensy USB peripheral name on Linux.