µLab Kiwi
Powerful and easy to use Altera MAX 10 FPGA + ESP32 development platform
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µLab Kiwi and Kiwi Lite are compact, powerful, smart solutions for learning about and developing FPGAs. Both boards are plug and play and feature everything you need to get started with your first project including tutorials and software.
FPGA development can be challenging for beginners, in large part because it’s quite different than microcontroller development. Our Kiwi board provides a clever solution. It integrates an ESP32-S2-WROVER (ESP32), which is now commonly used amongst hobbyists, and is programmable through the well-known Arduino IDE. This provides the unique ability to develop your projects with the familiar ESP32, then move on to the FPGA for the more complicated tasks. For example, creating a logic analyzer on an FPGA alone can be quite hard. The ESP32 makes it much easier to process the data and display it.
The Kiwi boards are designed to help students, hobbyists, makers and professionals develop projects easily, with powerful tools that we believe every hardware developer needs on their desk.
The µLab Kiwi and Kiwi Lite fit a wide range of use-cases. From making an LED blink, to creating a wifi-enabled logic analyzer, a VGA driver, a CPU and more. We have intentionally included of all of the features needed to create complex projects. We also provide tutorials and project samples, which makes it easy to create any project you’d like.
The integration of the ESP32 on the Kiwi makes it possible to program parts of your project using the Arduino IDE (on the ESP32), and the other part on the FPGA. This handy feature is impossible on other FPGA development boards, since you’re limited to programming your entire project on the FPGA, even if it makes more sense to program it on a microcontroller.
For those who don’t want or need the ESP32 feature, and want more I/Os on the board, we are providing a lower cost, equally powerful board with the Kiwi Lite.
Kiwi Lite features more I/Os and is compatible with a wide range of PMOD shields. This makes it easy to interface with sensors, and provides a plug and play solution for testing them.
The µLab Kiwi features everything you need to get started with your first FPGA project!
All of these features are packed into a small but powerful 8x5 cm development board, designed to fit a wide range of projects.
The µLab Kiwi Lite is similar to the Kiwi, and just as useful, without the ESP32 and other peripherals. It features the same FPGA and USB Blaster, and is easy to use with the provided software and tutorials.
A huge problem we encountered when first learning about FPGAs was the lack of information and tutorials on the subject. To counteract that, we will provide detailed tutorials and open source code for anyone to use, along with the Kiwi boards.
No more struggling to define each GPIO pin, or any other other onboard peripherals. Our µLab Project Generator software defines all pins automatically, creates the project files, and provides a sample Verilog file, which makes it fast and simple to start programming.
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µLab Kiwi is part of Altera Innovation Lab
"Both Kiwi boards have been designed to provide a powerful solution for learning more about and programming FPGA board, featuring plug and play support and everything you need to get started..."
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"Learning FPGA development may not be the same anymore. µLab Kiwi and Kiwi Lite are two beginner friendly FPGA development boards created by Omri Raz."
"Designed to offer the best of the FPGA and microcontroller worlds, the Kiwi is heading to crowdfunding site Crowd Supply soon."
