Nice that FPGAs are becoming commodity parts, but personally I don't want to touch this. And not just because they were (amazingly) unable to list the flash size anywhere. ForgeFPGA announced Nov 2021:
https://www.renesas.com/en/about/newsro ... igh-volume
Still one product in the family as of 2025. Not in stock at Renesas:
https://www.renesas.com/en/products/pro ... t-selector
Both DigiKey and Mouser quotes a 5,000 reel and 8 weeks. A $4 board? They expect you to get samples from Renesas, design your product, buy a reel, build the product, OTP the logic in the chip. Also not listed at Farnell -- they really don't want low volume hobbyists to get at it. Per unit pricing for the reel does not match talk of it being an ultra-cheap FPGA either, so better talk to a Renesas rep directly and I expect then you'll get the real story. Then (below) Renesas talking of IP for aerospace in 2025 (shifting to a new strategy?) and I haven't found even a hint of a new part for the family:
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/renesas ... fpga-tech/
What looks like a board project that petered out, see the discussion:
https://hackaday.io/project/184088-gofo ... fpga-board
So they were working with sample chips. Four years and it didn't really capture anyone's attention. At this point I would rather try some of those Chinese FPGAs who are hobbyist-friendly.![:P]( "Razz")
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https://www.renesas.com/en/about/newsro ... igh-volume
Still one product in the family as of 2025. Not in stock at Renesas:
https://www.renesas.com/en/products/pro ... t-selector
Both DigiKey and Mouser quotes a 5,000 reel and 8 weeks. A $4 board? They expect you to get samples from Renesas, design your product, buy a reel, build the product, OTP the logic in the chip. Also not listed at Farnell -- they really don't want low volume hobbyists to get at it. Per unit pricing for the reel does not match talk of it being an ultra-cheap FPGA either, so better talk to a Renesas rep directly and I expect then you'll get the real story. Then (below) Renesas talking of IP for aerospace in 2025 (shifting to a new strategy?) and I haven't found even a hint of a new part for the family:
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/renesas ... fpga-tech/
What looks like a board project that petered out, see the discussion:
https://hackaday.io/project/184088-gofo ... fpga-board
So they were working with sample chips. Four years and it didn't really capture anyone's attention. At this point I would rather try some of those Chinese FPGAs who are hobbyist-friendly.
Statistics: Posted by katak255 — Sun Oct 19, 2025 1:00 am