I made a custom ASIC: World's first of its kind

This amazing project show how simple it can be to make a custom chip.
Ok, it might not be the best example but it's a world first.

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Tools:

0:00 Intro
2:20 Tiny Tapeout
3:00 Caravel full of treasures
4:24 My contribution
6:35 Project PCB
7:53 PCB Manufacturing
9:00 PCB assembly
11:41 3rd attempt
13:18 Hardware test
13:50 Firmware
15:21 Results

Twitter: @bitluni

#ASIC #Verilog #Electronics

[Fluburtur]

I worked at a fab (photolithography specifically, shining angry lights into rocks to make them smart) and knowing what it takes to make chips it blows my mind that this tech is accessible to individuals, thats cool

[MrMaxeemum]

I worked in the PCB industry 30 years ago and was amazed when it became accessible to the general public, and now it the same with ASICs. MIND BLOWN!!!

[andreas]

Gotta love that the QC sticker reads "Accetpable" at 6:35!

[tckyfgo]

When you immediately recognize a 'movement' on 32x32 pixels @ 3 FPS and 4 colors, in 6-8 frames total length, then that movement is really etched into mankind's brain.

[DigBipper]

The fact that photolithography is now accessible enough that a youtuber was capable of making their own chips... blows my mind!

[sharkysharkerson]

There's no better purpose in life than putting so much effort into something so frivolous.

[tommolldev]

That’s such a smart idea! Doing a group buy for silicon is insanely clever! 🤯

[JohnVance]

Rideshare for ASIC, this is fascinating and hilarious and wholesome all at the same time, thanks so much for broadening our horizons.

[johnbrooks]

I’m currently taking an ASIC class in grad school and I honestly will prolly still take this course. It’s amazing how education at university never seems to match up to classes taught by people with such passion

[hstrinzel]

No way ... WAY! FABulous! What a smart and fun project! Brilliant and very inspiring! THANK YOU for keeping to create such fun stuff! Keep right on creating!

[jochen]

This is a great project from many points of view.
Just Great. !!!
I'm Senior electronic Design engineer myself - and love your inspiring projects, openness with misshapes and the story telling.
Just, Thanks.

[greedtheron]

It's so crazy that we can get custom silicon these days(granted, with a 9 month lead time). Wouldn't be surprised if this gets better and better and in twenty years, we'll have places like PCBway giving you custom chips to go with your custom boards.

[radarmusen]

Rick can be proud to the first publication on the new ASIC media.

[PaulBunkey]

This is how advertising should be done. In the context. With interested audience. By example.

[spazoq]

Always check for shorts with an ohm meter before powering on a board. I'm sure you've hear that a million times by now.

[bradmesserle]

It’s not a waste of resources.. you are building up your skills and knowledge. Fantastic job.. so exciting..

[SirRandallDoesStuff]

Man, I would love to be able to make SNES and NES ASIC chips for a custom clone console.

[raymitchell]

This is a COOL idea! And open source... WOW!

[johnjakson]

MOSIS has been doing this since the 1980s which favored US student engineers taking VLSI design courses, I think Europe had a similar project too.

[nertia]

One step closer to open source hardware and I LOVE YOU FOR IT! One step closer to open source touchscreens, e-ink displays, and maybe eventually even cpus/gpus! 😃