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utopcell ◴[] No.42178947[source]
Though it is cool to see a minute FPGA dev board, I don't see the value proposition here. At $45, it is too expensive to use in a product. What is the killer app for this board?

One can get a significantly more powerful Tang Nano 20K [1] kit on Amazon right now for $31 [2].

[1] wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/en/tang/tang-nano-20k/nano-20k.html

[2] https://www.amazon.com/youyeetoo-Sipeed-Development-RISC-V-E...

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fhfjfk ◴[] No.42179147[source]
I think it's to add logic to an existing COTS device.

Say you have a widget that both writes log files to an SD and reads a command script from that SD. With this FPGA card, you could implement logic that changes the command script based on the content of the logs.

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1. utopcell ◴[] No.42179741[source]
No you can't, there's no meaningful storage on this pcb. Besides, you could do the same with a dirt-cheap rp2040 or similar cpu. What's the FPGA added value?