Field Programmable Gate Arrays - Clifford Heath VK2CLF - Manly-Warringah Radio Society lecture

Field Programmable Gate Arrays - Clifford Heath VK2CLF - Manly-Warringah Radio Society lecture The Manly-Warringah Radio Society (http://www.mwrs.org.au) at Terrey Hills in Sydney, Australia, holds lectures on the third Wednesday of every month, except December. Software Defined Radios rely heavily on digital signal processing. The high data rates require specialised hardware, usually a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Programmed in Verilog or VHDL, these chips run complex computations in parallel synchronous logic, unlike the sequential processing of conventional computer languages. Inexpensive developer boards using the venerable Altera Cyclone IV and the required JTAG dongles are available at AliExpress. In this February 2026 lecture, Clifford VK2CLF demonstrates how to get started using these, with the Quartus software available under a free license. More VK2MB lectures:    • 4W6A DXpedition to Timor-Leste - Bernd Län...   Other VK2MB playlists: https://www.youtube.com/user/VK2MB/pl... Manly-Warringah Radio Society web site: http://www.mwrs.org.au