#gatemate — Public Fediverse posts

Cologne Chip continues to push the FPGA ecosystem forward with support for free and open-source toolchain. By releasing a fully open-source toolchain, YosysHQ establish Cologne Chip as a leading supporter of transparent FPGA development. https://colognechip.com/programmable-logic/gatemate/toolchain/ #FPGA #OpenSource #GateMate #EDA

EDIT: as per @infosecdj note CologneChip did not release the toolchain. It is run by @yosyshq

This is the basic #Silice VGA test, somewhat of a tradition, I always start there when adding a new board. Who's new in this list ? Yes! Working on integrating the GateMate A1 evaluation board! Stay tuned for more info soon. #CologneChips #GateMate

There is now a github repository to compare the performance of FPGAs. The repository contains test cases for adders, counters and muxes. Now we know how much faster GateMate is than ICE40.

https://wiki.pythonlinks.info/comparing-fpgas-performance

#fpga #Lattice #ICE40 #GateMate

There is now a github repository to compare the performance of FPGAs. The repository contains test cases for adders, counters and muxes. Now we know how much faster GateMate is than ICE40.

https://wiki.pythonlinks.info/comparing-fpgas-performance

#fpga #Lattice #ICE40 #GateMate

There is now a github repository to compare the performance of FPGAs. The repository contains test cases for adders, counters and muxes. Now we know how much faster GateMate is than ICE40.

https://wiki.pythonlinks.info/comparing-fpgas-performance

#fpga #Lattice #ICE40 #GateMate

There is now a github repository to compare the performance of FPGAs. The repository contains test cases for adders, counters and muxes. Now we know how much faster GateMate is than ICE40.

https://wiki.pythonlinks.info/comparing-fpgas-performance

#fpga #Lattice #ICE40 #GateMate

Thank you @BalCCon it was again amazing experiences to be part of this super cool conference! This year I have talked about new #ULX5M board that is hosting #EU #CologneChip #GateMate chip, held small talk about #RadionaORG #ZigZag badge and had #Assembly where it was possible to assemble personalized badge!

As I did not post for a long time I will start from an end. We got #ULX5M-GS up and running!!! #CM5 pin compatible #FPGA #SoM with #EU Cologne #GateMate A1 and fully open source toolchain. Still lots of work left, but I am really happy to see DVI out!

The person who is porting #Yosys #NextPrN to #Gatemate on the #olimex board, is discussing his work on this Discord channel. #fpga #digitalmath #addition #multiplication #gaussianlogarithms.

https://discord.gg/gD3tCpbM

How to do addition on #GateMate FPGAs using two bit adders. #Digitalmath #vectors
#twobitadders.
#FPGA #Forth

Complete Intel8080 computer implemented on GateMateA1-EVB Open Source Hardware FPGA board runs Space Invaders Retro Game! Thanks Michael Schroeder for the amazing project https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/space-inavders-retrogame-runs-on-gatematea1-evb/ #intel8080 #colognechip #gatemate #fpga #retrogaming

https://www.reddit.com/r/FPGA/comments/1hvtgn9/fpga_developers_forum_2025_call_for_abstracts/

#fpga #conference #cfp #gatemate #ice40 #ecp5 #xilinx #altera #lattice

A Curated Directory of Awesome Cologne Chips' GateMate FPGA Links.

https://github.com/PythonLinks/awesome-gatemate

#gatemate #ice40 #colognechips #fpga #forth #madeinEU

The 50€ #olimex #Gatemate board is a great value.

https://www.olimex.com/Products/FPGA/GateMate/

The extension boards make it a very viable choice.

https://github.com/intergalaktik/Extension_Boards_for_Olimex_GateMate
@olimex #fpga #ECP5 #pico-ice

Eleven new Open Source Hardware add-on boards designed by Intergalaktik d.o.o. for GateMateA1-EVB add lot of new functionality like: DVI output, USB, I2S audio, Ethernet connectivity, Buttons, Switches, LEDs https://olimex.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/eleven-open-source-hardware-add-on-board-for-gatematea1-evb-are-designed-by-intergalaktik-d-o-o/ #fpga #gatemate #colognechip

Two of the reasons I am not using the @olimex #Gatemate boards are that they do not have usb host nor DVI.

But then the #picoice also does not have them.

Do you have a a web page about your boards?

@goran_mahovlic @olimex @nlnet

Guter Artikel über das #Gatemate #FPGA von #CologneChip bei Golem.de. Ich habe mir das auch schon auf der #MakerFaire schon mal angeschaut, bisher war mir das DevKit aber noch zu teuer. https://www.golem.de/news/cologne-chip-als-kleiner-chiphersteller-in-deutschland-erfolgreich-2410-189660.html

@olimex I think that both your board and the #picoice are fantastic. The combination of an #RP2040 and an #FPGA is both powerful and inexpensive. I think I prefer your #gatemate fpga, but I prefer their sdk. https://github.com/tinyvision-ai-inc/pico-ice-sdk
I like your ps2 and vga ports but I would prefer 2 usb host ports. Which pico-ice also does not have.
I like that they have two flash memories, one for the rp2040, and one for the fpga.

All we can do is to choose between the boards that are available to us.

Beautiful blue plastic box is released for GateMateA1-EVB FPGA development board https://olimex.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/new-box-for-gatemagea1-evb-is-released/ #gatemate #colognechip #fpga