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CO๐ฅ Vicharak Shrike-Lite: The $4 FPGA + RP2040 Power Board!
Discover the Vicharak Shrike-Lite, a super-affordable development board pairing a powerful FPGA with a microcontroller โ ideal for makers, embedded developers and hybrid hardware/firmware projects.
Specifications:
FPGA: Renesas ForgeFPGA SLG47910V โ approx. 1,120 five-input LUTs and 1,120 D-Flip-Flops.
FPGA Memory: ~5 KB distributed memory + ~32 KB block RAM (BRAM).
Microcontroller: Raspberry Pi RP2040 โ dual-core Cortex-M0+, 264 KB SRAM, typical 125 MHz (can be over-clocked)
FPGA โ MCU bridge: 6-bit high-speed interface for communication between the two.
I/O / Expansion:
2 ร 18-pin headers mapped to RP2040 & FPGA I/Os.
12-pin PMOD-compatible header.
FPGA exposes ~14 GPIO pins; MCU exposes ~23 GPIO pins.
Connectors & user interface: USB Type-C for power & programming.
Miscellaneous features: QSPI flash for configuration & storage, Boot & Reset buttons, 2 user-LEDs.
Physical size: 60 ร 25 mm (approx).
Weight: ~30 g.
Software/toolchain: Open-source toolchain, support for Verilog/VHDL on the FPGA side and C/C++, MicroPython on MCU side.
Price: ~US $4 (board only) โ ultra-low cost entry into FPGA + microcontroller combo.
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Why it matters:
This board blends an FPGA and MCU in one compact, low-cost package โ you get hardware logic acceleration via FPGA + firmware flexibility via RP2040. Perfect for learning digital logic, custom protocols (SPI, I2C, UART), embedded systems, IoT hacks, and more.
๐ Tag your maker friends, experimenters, embedded dev buddies whoโll love this board.
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