FPGAs have come a long way in recent years,
from basic programmable logic to complex SOC devices,
and they can be found in a variety of applications
from networking and industrial to automotive and aerospace.
The Arduino Maker Vidor 4000, available from Mouser electronics,
is the first Arduino development board to feature an FPGA.
It combines the high performance and flexibility of an FPGA
with the ease-of-use and small form-factor of
the Arduino Maker family of boards.
The development board features 3 processors, a Microchip Sound D-21,
which is accompanied by an Intel Cyclone 10 FPGA,
and an ESP 32 based wireless module
which provides both Wi-Fi and BLE connectivity.
The board also features 8 megabytes SDRAM,
2 megabytes QSPI Flash, Micro HDMI connector,
MIPI camera connector, and a mini PCI Express connector
with up to 25 user-programmable pins.
The FPGA contains 16K logic elements,
504 Kbit of embedded RAM, and
56 18x18 bit Hardware multipliers,
for high speed DSP applications.
The FPGA pins can toggle up to 150MHz
and can also be configured as
common communication ports such as UART, I²C, and SPI,
making it ideal for audio and video processing.
The development board can be programmed using either
the Arduino desktop or web IDE, which is hosted online
and kept up to date with all the latest features and support.
For more information on the Arduino Maker VIDOR 4000 visit Mouser.com
