Why I am using the Colgne Chip's GateMate FPGA compares the GateMate to other FPGAs.
DocumentationGateMate FPGA | Cologne Chip. Scroll down and click on the documentation tab. The data sheet is very well writen. Installation guide is also there. If you want to understand LUT trees, make sure to read the primitives library.
Project Peppercorn - GateMate FPGA Bitstream Documentation
Architectural Slides Really these slides should be in the data sheet.
Olimex GateMateA1-EVB1 This 50€ board is the popular choice for starting with the GateMate. You will probably want to use at lease one of these extension boards. Here is the list of UEXT Extension boards. At [the bottom of this page](pico-ice: Using Pmods) is a list of lists of pMods.
Cologne Chip's GateMate FPGA Evaluation Board This is the board made by Cologne Chips. $398 at Digikey
Prototyping board for the GateMate Evaluation Board
GMM-7550 2024 Feb FOSDEM Talk Includes a Raspberry Pi hat and a memory module which provides 512Kx8 static RAM (CY7C1049GN30-10ZSXI) with 10 ns access time and 16 MiB QSPI NOR FLASH (S25LP128-JBLE). Trenz Electonics # FPGA module 16 MByte QSPI Flash, 4 x 5 cm]. 82.11 € (69.00 € net)
ULX5M is in development.
LED Matrix A little PCB to adapt 2.5v GateMate signals to 5V for matrix Led.
One user told me that the 21€ Gatemate A1 board compares very roughly, to Lattice ECP5-5G LFE5UM5G-45 53€-83€ at digikey,com, or AMD's Spartan 6 (XC6SLX45T, In Europe Lattice and AMD also face import duties, and a greater risk of supply chain disruptions, particularly if the chips are made in Taiwan.
JTag Programmer Also supports Uart.
GGMM-7550/gmm7550-control-rp2040 Circuit Python control of the GateMate FPGA for the gmm7550 board.
Open Cologne is a project to expand the GateMate ecosystem, funded by the EU. Github
GateMate Integrated Logic Analyzer (ILA) deep dive - CNX Software
NEORV32 on GateMate Issues NEORV has a big enphasis on useability and realiability.
litex now supports both the Olimex and Cologne Chips boards.
DI-FEntwumS (In German) Open source design and visualization environment for dynamically configurable microchips
Playground for various GateMate FPGA SerDes loopback tests
Interface Guide for Peripheral Devices with 3.3 V Signaling
Novel Architecture for European FPGA An introduction to the GateMate architecture.
Accelerating the Game of Life with the GateMate FPGA: Computing 960 Cells in a Single Clock Cycle This is a great example of using the GateMate small adders in an innovateive way.
Using One and Two Bit Adders to solve the above game of life calculations. Not as efficient a solution, but easy to understand.
Cologne Chips GateMate FPGA Offers a Flexible Architecture
Would you buy a $20 GateMate FPGA from Germany’s Cologne Chip?
OLIMEX Gatemate Board Discord Channel
Radiona Gatemate Discord Channel They are making the Olimex Gagemate add on boards, and OpenCologne and the ULX5S.
@[email protected] makers of the leading Gatemate board.
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