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I'm working on learning KiCad + FPGAs, I've been making a little PCB, I can plug into my FPGA board (via a PMOD interface), to drive some WS2812B lighting strips via VHDL.

I've sent the PCB off to a fab, who will do the SMD assembly part too for me :) Will be a couple of weeks before it arrives I think.

I need to work on an SPI interface next in VHDL which will need to interface with BRAM which will act as the 'framebuffer'.




I've recently started learning KiCad too. Which fab did you send your PCB to?


I used JLCPCB, it cost around £20 for 5 boards with the assembly (it's definitely cheaper without assembly), my board is pretty simple assembly-wise, a level converter, resistors, capacitors and diodes.

Re. kicad, I played with the push and shove routing feature for my board, which I found really nifty.




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