r/FPGA
98k members
r/FPGA is a subreddit with 98k members. The community frequently discusses fpga, vivado, design, struggling, and interview, and they frequently recommend/review text editor, laptops, and textbooks, and the most common flair used is advice / help, xilinx related, interview / job, news, and advice / solved.
A subreddit for programmable hardware, including topics such as:
* FPGA
* CPLD
* Verilog
* VHDL
Popular Topics in r/FPGA
#1
Fpga
208 posts
#2
Vivado
43 posts
#3
Design
33 posts
#4
Struggling
32 posts
#5
Interview
29 posts
#6
Verilog
14 posts
#7
Hdl
12 posts
#8
Simulation
11 posts
#9
Xilinx
11 posts
#10
Help
11 posts
Products Discussed in r/FPGA
Text Editor
10 reviews
#1
Visual Studio Code
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
Sublime Text
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Emacs
4.0★ from 1 review
Laptops
6 reviews
#1
Lenovo
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Dell
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
LG
4.0★ from 1 review
Textbooks
6 reviews
#1
Harris
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Uwe Meyer-Baese
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
James E. Moran
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/FPGA
#1
Advice / Help
: "Is Claude Code becoming this capable?"
19 posts
#2
Xilinx Related
: "SU200P, AES GCM Dual encryption - PL and PMC interesting results."
5 posts
#3
Interview / Job
: "Offering a Raytheon FPGA Engineer II Referral"
3 posts
#4
News
: "SGBC Is An Independently Made FPGA GAME BOY Console Coming Soon"
2 posts
#5
Advice / Solved
: "5 YOE in FPGA testing, stalled and burnt out - where do I aim next?"
1 post
#6
Altera Related
: "Having some problems with ModelSim"
1 post
#7
Lattice Related
: "A tiny ECP5 classifier: 50 cycles / 2 DSPs versus 13 cycles / 8 DSPs"
1 post
#8
Machine Learning/AI
: "J'ai fait un jeu Megadrive qui tourne sur FPGA"
1 post
Member Growth in r/FPGA
Yearly
+21k members(27.8%)
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Last updated: November 5, 2026