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BurchED FPGA News, October 2008

Hi and welcome to this edition of BurchED FPGA News.

A short newsletter this month. My fellow FPGA enthusiast and author Clive (Max) Maxfield has been active, putting out some great resources and and a new book for those starting with with FPGAs. Please have a look at his free online FPGA Fundamentals course and his new book "FPGAs: Instant Access".

 (1) New free FPGA Fundamentals course by Clive Maxfield
 (2) Check out Clive Maxfield's new book
 (3) New Links page - please email me your links!
 (4) Ending hardware sale - thank you to all

As always, please feel free to email me at any time with questions or for discussion.
Kind regards,
Anthony Burch

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 (1) Here's a great free resource for those starting with FPGAs, and even for those of us that would like a brush up on topics a little bit beyoned beginner. It is a new free FPGA Fundamentals course by Clive Maxfield. Click on the Lauch Course link & do the free registration - it's definitely worth having a look. A great course that is easy to navigate. Check it out here http://www.techonline.com/learning/course/210605004

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 (2) Since we are on the topic of Clive Maxfield, I wanted to let you know about his new book. Here is the description:
FPGAs: Instant Access (Paperback)
by Clive Maxfield (Author)
...This book provides an introduction to FPGAs as well as succinct overviews of fundamental concepts and basic programming. FPGAs are a customizable chip flexible enough to be deployed in a wide range of products and applications. There are several basic design flows detailed including ones based in C/C++, DSP, and HDL. This book is filled with images, figures, tables, and easy to find tips and tricks for the engineer that needs material fast to complete projects to deadline.
Check it out at Amazon.com here http://www.burched.com/fpgasinstant

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 (3) New links page on the BurchED site. A work in progress - email me your links! Check out the links here http://www.burched.com/links.ag.php (Only a few so far)

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 (4) Ending hardware sale - thank you to all.
We will be ending the hardware sale in a couple of days. The response has been overwhelming - thank you. We have met our objective of clearing the hardware out of the lab & getting it into the hands of our fellow enthusiasts. For those who have purchased already, thanks again. We are working through packing and shipping the orders. Remaining orders should be sent this week. There are a few items left if you want to grab something before the page closes http://www.burched.com/liquidation/

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BurchED FPGA News, March 2008

Hi and welcome to this edition of BurchED FPGA News.

In this newsletter:

 (1) Download FPGA Single Top Tips version 1.1
 (2) Clive (Max) Maxfield blog about the videos
 (3) Feedback from customers about the videos and request for testimonials
 (4) Universities
 (5) Affiliate program

As always, please feel free to email me at any time with questions or for discussion.
Kind regards,
Anthony Burch

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 (1) I have revised the "FPGA Single Top Tips". Only small changes since version 1.0. Download version 1.1 here http://www.burched.com/fpgatoptips11.pdf

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 (2) The highly esteemed Clive (Max) Maxfield has done a great blog about the BurchED FPGA videos at http://www.pldesignline.com/blogs/206905099
Max says, ""I just watched these little beauties and I think they are GREAT..."
Thank you Max!

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 (3) Wow, I have received some great feedback from customers who have used the videos. Here are just a few user comments...

"Hope you'll keep making videos so folks like me can keep learning stuff."

"Thanks for the rapid response."

"Keep making more videos and I'll keep buying."

"I got it all working thanks ...I got the simple AND circuit working then I re-did it with several other simple gates and it works great!

"At 27 dollars, its very low cost.  Suggest you raise the price by a factor of between 5 to 10."
...(...guys I don't intend to raise the price that much, but thank you).

I very much appreciate all the emails and feedback. Thank you!

I have a request - if you would like to send me a brief testimonial that I can put on my website, I would be very grateful for that too. Maybe just one or two lines, or whatever you feel like writing. Please include your Country and optionally your company name. Thank you!

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 (4) Universities
We now have a University Site License program for the Getting Started With Xilinx FPGAs Video Guide. Allow  your students to do the video course at home. Students can learn FPGA basics by using the video guide. Your valuable lecture and laboratory time is more free to spend on teaching more advanced topics in FPGA design.
http://www.burched.com/universities.ag.php

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 (5) Affiliate program
If you get a chance, please have a look at the Refer_To_Friends link in your login area. Every member has an "affiliate referral link". If you refer to friends, I pay you 50% of any product sales made. That includes sales of University Site Licenses, so don't forget to refer your University Professors!

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