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Seeed Studio Spartan Edge Accelerator FPGA Board

Seeed Studio Spartan Edge Accelerator FPGA Board

The Spartan Edge Accelerator Board (SEA for short) is an FPGA development board with a standout form factor that we all know well: the Arduino shield. But those familiar with FPGAs might ask โ€œWhy would I want this? Arenโ€™t Arduinos and FPGAs on the opposite sides of both the complexity and ease-of-use spectrums?โ€ The SEA […]

Best Maker Schools: University of Maryland

Best Maker Schools: University of Maryland

Makerspaces are becoming a fixture on college and university campuses. In fact, there are often multiple makerspaces on campus. At the University of Maryland, College Park, the growth of makerspaces followed a pattern I’ve seen elsewhere. Student-driven makerspace were started, often as clubs, and then professors started spaces with departmental funding, but now larger makerspaces […]