The Harsh Truth about FPGAs (You Should Avoid Them?!)

Check out TRMNL here and save $10: https://usetrmnl.com/go/greatscott10 You can get the shown FPGA Board here: (affiliate link) https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_onwYFYf Previous video: https://youtu.be/_R7HFDz1AdU Previous FPGA Video: https://youtu.be/ZNunxg7o8l0 Arduino Logic Gate Video: https://youtu.be/lzXMImK_wyM AliExpress video with FPGA: https://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! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greatscottlab Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreatScottLab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/great.scott.lab/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greatscottlab Discord: https://discord.gg/zuAvkAuhsY Support me for more videos: https://www.patreon.com/GreatScott?ty=h Websites that were shown/used during the video: https://wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/en/tang/Tang-Nano-9K/Nano-9K.html https://github.com/sipeed/TangNano-9K-example https://dl.sipeed.com/shareURL/TANG/Nano%209K/6_Chip_Manual/EN/General%20Guide https://github.com/Martoni/GbHdmi https://github.com/harbaum/Pacman-TangNano9k https://www.arduino.cc/maker https://forum.arduino.cc/ Thanks to TRMNL for sponsoring this video. 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