hi 👋 I’m an engineer and entrepreneur I already know enough about this world so I’m not happy anymore but sometimes I forget things so I enjoy those moments
Two decades ago, Arduino put a microcontroller in every student’s hand, revolutionizing grassroots education.
Today, as Arduino begins a new chapter in another domain, we’re opening the next chapter in education: putting FPGAs into every student’s hand.
We’re delighted to introduce Shrike-Lite, the world’s most affordable FPGA development board, priced at just ₹349 / $4.
Shrike-Lite combines an MCU (RP2040) with an FPGA (ForgeFPGA – 1K LUT) on a single board, unlocking hands-on learning for thousands of students and makers.
Even with a 1K LUT FPGA, you can build:
– Custom UART / SPI / I²C cores
– LED and PWM drivers
– Simple robotics controllers
– Tiny accelerators and logic blocks
– Many more digital-logic projects
Since Shrike-Lite is a pet project at Vicharak, we’re keeping everything open-source, hardware, software, and toolchains, with complete software support from our team.
We’re opening pre-orders for the first 1,000 units in India, starting now.
Which will be delivered by 15th Nov, 2025.
Technician: Sir, I think the resistor may be under spec’ed.
Engineer: Does it pass QC and Validation?
Tech: Well, yes sir, but…
Engineer: Ship It
The Resistor:
@oprydai I had the same dream when I was your age but for medical devices. This is what I have achieved until now. I’m 31 years… and two things, this is not a solo game and you really need to learn how to process pressure and failures. Keep going man. You will do it.