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		tremon 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Clavier: An FPGA-based mechanical keyboard with US... Curious why they didn't use the LFE5U-12F, I can't imagine this project maxing out even the smallest modern FPGA.

rowanG077 4 months ago [–]

Even better. The LFE5U-12F is just a 25F in terms of resources you can full utilize it with nextpnr. I expect lattice didn't find it economical to have a truly separate production process for it.

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