r/FPGA
96k members
r/FPGA is a subreddit with 96k 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, advice / solved, meme friday, and news.
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
: "Why do so many FPGA roles require you to know C/C++?"
16 posts
#2
Xilinx Related
: "How to get a single edge clock from a differencial clock?"
6 posts
#3
Advice / Solved
: "How should I start learning FPGA for DSP and communication systems?"
3 posts
#4
Meme Friday
: "Can it run DOOM? YES. (on an FPGA)"
2 posts
#5
News
: "I built a VS Code extension to view my FPGA’s HDMI output beside the source"
2 posts
#6
Machine Learning/AI
: "I built a tiny TPU from scratch: transformer inference on a $100 FPGA"
2 posts
#7
Interview / Job
: "Looking for an opportunity in FPGA / RTL / Synthesis — Bengaluru"
2 posts
#8
DSP
: "FYP on Kria KV260: RGB + thermal fusion for night-time human detection. How should I split the work between PL and PS?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/FPGA
Yearly
+21k members(28.5%)
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Last updated: September 22, 2026