Jack Gassett (@gadgetfactory) is the creator of the open source FPGA Papilio development board. He joins Chris and Elecia to answer the age-old question of how to get started with FPGAs.

Jack's company is Gadget Factory.

Chris got the Papilio Pro and Arcade MegaWing.

Recommended reading:

Mike Field's book Introducing the Spartan 3E FPGA and VHDL (FREE! With code!)
Mealy and Tappero's Free Range VHDL (FREE!)
Sundar Rajan's Essential VHDL : RTL Synthesis Done Right
Roger Tokheim Digital Electronics: Principles and Applications
Thomas Floyds Digital Logic Fundamentals (also see the latest edition)

Chris and Elecia will be recording live at Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, CA on Monday, September 8, 2014 at 7 P.M. RSVP!