XLR8: Arduino-compatible FPGA-based Application Accelerator

A project in Eau Claire, WI by Alorium Technology
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XLR8 has both an ATmega328 clone and custom accelerator blocks on an FPGA and uses the standard Arduino IDE for programming
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Backers: 145
Average Pledge Per Backer: $83

Funded: $11,990 of $50,000
Dates: Nov 2nd -> Dec 1st (29 days)
Project By: Alorium Technology
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Latest News

NeoPixel XB, and pics of the board stand

November 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, Mike here again. As promised earlier in the week, I have some more to share about the progress on XLR8. I hinted at the latest XB that we have completed, and now it’s time to share some details. It’s a NeoPixel Xcelerator Block,... (Read More)

News, more news, a teaser, and some great press for XLR8

November 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, Mike here. It’s been an interesting couple weeks for us, and I thought I’d share a bit about what’s been going on at Alorium. First, we have entered into an agreement with Mouser Electronics under which they will be a distributor... (Read More)

XLR8 at ESC Minneapolis

November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Backers! First of all, thank you to everyone for the great questions, and of course for your support of XLR8! Matt Weber and Jason Pecor attended the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Minneapolis last week to give a talk on FPGAs in embedded... (Read More)

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