Courses and events

The International Symposium on Applied Reconfigurable Computing, a European academic conference on reconfigurable architectures, compilation, design space exploration and embedded applications. ReConFig, the older Cancun conference, has not run since 2019.

An annual meeting of FPGA developers from physics laboratories, industry and academia, hosted at CERN with a live webcast. There is no registration fee and it is open to anyone. The community also runs online seminars and a Discourse forum. The 2026 meeting was on 27-29 May 2026.

The Design Automation Conference, covering EDA, chip and system design, with a large exhibition. The technical programme is paid. A free exhibit pass gives access to the show floor, keynotes and pavilion talks.

The main European conference on electronic design automation, system design and test. FPGA and reconfigurable computing papers sit alongside EDA, embedded systems and test tracks, with a co-located exhibition.

The Design and Verification Conference, focused on languages, tools and methodology for design and verification, including SystemVerilog, UVM, SystemC and portable stimulus. Exhibit-only passes are free in advance. Sister events run in Europe (Munich, autumn), India and China.

The IEEE symposium on field-programmable custom computing machines, covering architectures, tools and applications of reconfigurable hardware. Workshops and tutorials bracket a two-day main programme.

The main academic symposium on FPGA architecture, CAD and applications, held each year on the Monterey peninsula. Three days of refereed papers with workshops and tutorials, published in the ACM Digital Library.

A practitioner conference for FPGA engineers with vendor talks, hands-on workshops and an exhibition. The London edition runs in October and a US edition at the DCU Center in Worcester runs in spring.

A one-day Swedish conference and exhibition for FPGA researchers, engineers, teachers and hobbyists. Attendance is free and includes lunch. The 2026 edition was held in Stockholm on 8 September 2026.

The longest-running international conference on programmable logic and reconfigurable computing. A three-day main conference with workshops and tutorials, hosted by a different European university each year. The 2026 edition was in Ghent, Belgium. The 2027 host was not announced at the time of writing.

The Asia-Pacific conference on field-programmable technology, covering tools, architectures, applications and education. Selected papers are invited to a special issue of ACM TRETS. The 2025 edition was in Shanghai.

A small international symposium on accelerators and reconfigurable technologies, alternating between European and Asian hosts. Topics span FPGA acceleration, heterogeneous and energy-efficient computing and open-source tools, with open access proceedings. The 2026 edition was in Heidelberg, Germany.

A symposium on high-performance processors and accelerators, with a day of tutorials followed by two conference days. Recent programmes have included FPGA and adaptive SoC sessions alongside CPUs, GPUs and AI accelerators. In-person and virtual registration tiers are offered.

The North American counterpart to ORConf, a weekend conference on free and open source silicon. Pay what you want entry with an optional professional ticket. The 2026 edition was at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and a 2027 edition is promised.

A weekend conference on free and open source silicon, including open FPGA toolchains, soft cores and open hardware. Entry is pay what you want with an optional professional ticket. Talks are published on YouTube afterwards. The 2026 edition was in Ghent, Belgium.

Cornell's graduate FPGA and SoC course, taught on the Terasic DE1-SoC. Labs cover Verilog synthesis, HPS-controlled accelerators, audio synthesis, VGA output and a final project. Years of student projects are archived on the site.

A four-course specialisation covering FPGA basics, VHDL and Verilog, vendor tools and a capstone project. Course content needs a paid enrolment or Coursera Plus, with financial aid available. Confirmed open for enrolment in November 2026.

The archived MIT digital systems lab course, with lecture notes, labs and term projects under a CC BY-NC-SA licence. The live successor, 6.205 Digital Systems Laboratory I, runs each autumn at fpga.mit.edu and uses current AMD boards.

Build a complete computer from Nand gates up through a CPU, assembler, virtual machine and operating system using a hardware simulator. The materials are free on the project site. The Coursera version charges only for the certificate.

Altera's training catalogue offers free eLearning and some free instructor-led classes, plus a paid on-demand subscription with several hundred courses. The old intel.com training address no longer resolves. Note that altera.com refused automated checks, so this listing rests on search results.

AMD's official training for Vivado, Vitis, Zynq and Versal, delivered as instructor-led classes, on-demand bundles and free virtual workshops through the AMD learning catalogue. Note that amd.com refused automated checks, so this listing rests on search results.

Video tutorials on the Efinity IDE, the Debug Wizard, debug core instantiation, Sapphire RISC-V SoC creation and the Interface Designer for GPIO, LVDS, PLL, MIPI and DDR.

Lattice's training portal with learning series on developer tools, Radiant and Diamond, silicon families, boards and solution stacks. Registration is free. An All Access plan unlocks the paid content.

Microchip's free online training platform. FPGA courses include Getting Started with Microchip FPGAs, Hello FPGA, Introduction to PolarFire SoC, a RISC-V hands-on lab in Libero SoC, and PolarFire security and low-power modules.

Lattice's webinar archive, with recordings on post-quantum security, the EU Cyber Resilience Act, FPGAs in automotive, data centre and robotics, DO-254 and edge AI. Entries ran to September 2026 at the time of writing.

YosysHQ's YouTube channel carries talks and tutorials on Yosys, nextpnr and formal verification with SBY. The companion Discourse forum at yosyshq.discourse.group is the place for questions and was active in November 2026.

The FPGA and CPLD section of the EEVblog electronics forum, with threads on tools, boards, soft cores and design questions. Posts dated November 2026 confirm it is active.

Hackaday's FPGA tag collects project write-ups, board reviews and the ongoing FPGA Chronicles series. Posts from October and November 2026 confirm it is current.

The 1BitSquared chat page links to its Discord server, a long-running home for open-source FPGA, iCEBreaker and Yosys and nextpnr discussion. Many of the toolchain developers answer questions there.

The main Reddit community for programmable hardware, covering FPGA, CPLD, Verilog and VHDL, with regular career, beginner and tooling threads. Reddit blocks automated checks, so activity was confirmed through search results only.