Chris has been dabbling with CPLD’s and FPGA’s.  He wanted to share some helpful resources with anyone else looking to get started with them as well. Difference between CPLDs and FPGAs: http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-fpga-and-cpld/ VHDL Tutorial: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~ese171/vhdl/vhdl_primer.html Xilinx ISE Software (Windows or Linux, 32 & 64 bit available) http://www.xilinx.com/tools/designtools.htm Digilent Xilinx FPGA Board: http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,790&Prod=BASYS2 Digilent Xilinx CPLD […] Read more