{"id":13128,"date":"2016-03-23T09:22:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T16:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=13128"},"modified":"2016-04-01T11:48:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T18:48:04","slug":"pro-makers-creating-a-business-from-low-cost-fpgas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/pro-makers-creating-a-business-from-low-cost-fpgas\/","title":{"rendered":"“Pro Makers”: Creating a Business from Low Cost FPGAs"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0The\u00a0emergence of crowd source funding and low-cost FPGAs has created a subset in the maker crowd, says Mark\u00a0Jensen, Corporate Software Strategy and Marketing Director at Xilinx<\/a>. They call themselves\u00a0“Pro makers”.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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Low-cost FPGA development boards with big-time potential.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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This highly skilled section\u00a0of the maker movement have began to build programmable creations from automated robotics to specialized drones, like this one<\/a>\u00a0from ONAGOfly.<\/div>\n
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These new creations are often times the heart-throb of crowd funding groups, and eventually become full-fledged, marketable products.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Many of these pro makers see the rise of easier to use, low-cost products, like the new $99 Arty<\/a>, as a means to a simpler and lucrative end. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Add the increasing availability of 3D printers, senors like Pmods<\/a>, and you have the ideal recipe for inexpensive prototypes with a bevvy of programmable possibilities! \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Pro makers (and makers alike) are migrating to FPGA for their flexibility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

In the article,\u00a0Ray Hsu, from our parent company, National Instruments, adds:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cSome of these projects use really complex non-linear control algorithms, so the developers have to use FPGAs to get the performance they need.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Read the full article<\/a> from\u00a0sleibso, at the Xilinx Xcell Daily Blog<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Do you know any Pro makers? \u00a0Are you one? \u00a0Please leave your comments, and share this post on social media. LinkedIN<\/a> – \u00a0Facebook<\/a> – Twitter<\/a><\/div>\n
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Our breadboard wall at last year’s MakerFaire. Inspiring engineers & makers and pro makers, one circuit at a time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Happy making!<\/div>\n
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