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!