r/FPGA
97k members
r/FPGA is a subreddit with 97k 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, gowin related, and lattice related.
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
: "Looking for a small FPGA board recommendation for cabin vibration monitoring"
14 posts
#2
Xilinx Related
: "Generating RTL using local AI models"
9 posts
#3
Interview / Job
: "Entry-Level RTL / FPGA / VLSI Opportunities"
5 posts
#4
Gowin Related
: "Tsetlin Machine MNIST digit classifier running in Tang Nano 9K"
3 posts
#5
Lattice Related
: "Lattice FPGA decoding a custom low-latency video format for a 720x720 streaming device"
2 posts
#6
Machine Learning/AI
: "Opus 5.5 beats human baseline for the first time on HWE bench"
2 posts
#7
DSP
: "Acoustic modem on an FPGA"
2 posts
#8
Advice / Solved
: "Why can't i get an internship interview or hear back"
1 post
#9
News
: "A standalone Win64 build of openFPGAloader (no mingw/pacman etc)"
1 post
#10
Efinix Related
: "A little bit of fun with a Forgix when bored"
1 post
Member Growth in r/FPGA
Yearly
+21k members(28.3%)
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Last updated: October 1, 2026