I'm back?

It has been quite some time since I've posted here. School always seems to catch up with me when I least expect it, and then one thing leads to another and suddenly I'm completely off the blogging track, and once you're off getting back on can be quite the task.

I've considered just starting up a new blog to try and make myself blog more (because somehow that works out in my head), but I figure I'll just stick with this one for now, I may move in the future and if I do I'll be sure to make a post here (assuming anyone reads this still). There are definitely some very nice looking blogging platforms out now, with less of the crap that things like this and wordpress bring along which is tempting, but at the same time I do like to be able to take in comments, etc.

Aside from all that, quite a bit has changed since I last made a post here! I've since moved from using microcontrollers as often to making use of FPGAs more and more, I think I'm rather addicted to them. That means a lot more posts (assuming there will be any) will be focused more on FPGAs, FPGA software, and different ways of using both for various projects.

I do have a few posts planned out in my head right now, in particular a series on how to automate the build process for FPGA bitfiles. The goal for this is to have my server host the git repository, then whenever I make a push to it of my updated code, it will pull from itself, synthesize and build the bitfile, then make that available for me to download easily. Perhaps down the line I will also have it send me any errors or warnings that were encountered during the process. Having an automated server like this allows me to use any kind of PC, tablet, or phone to write vhdl code, independent of that systems CPU architecture, operating system, etc. All it will require is a text editor, git, and internet access.

That's about all for now though. I'll be writing up some more posts tonight and over the next few days probably, but I'm going to try setting them up to release on a schedule, so that my random bursts of content will appear to be more evenly spread out.

Thanks for reading!