Getting started with the Tang Nano 9K FPGA board on Ubuntu 22.04 Linux

This video shows how to get started with FPGA programming using the inexpensive Tang Nano 9K board and the Gowin EDA tool set running on Ubuntu 22.04 Linux.
Later, I will post a video showing a more complicated project.
It's easy to find videos on TH-cam that describe what FPGAs are and how they work, so I do not go into that.
Chapters
0:00 About the Tang Nano 9K.
1:08 Download and install the Gowin IDE on Ubuntu 22.04 Linux
2:36 Run IDE for the 1st time.
3:51 Install openfpgaloader by building it from source.
6:01 Create 1st FPGA design.
8:16 Create constraint file to assign pins.
10:14 Run place and route.
10:37 Load bitfile onto FPGA
11:41 It works!
Here are some links to information on the Tang Nano 9K:
Gowin Semiconductor (get EDA tools here): www.gowinsemi.com/en/
Wiki with much information on the Tang Nano 9K: wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/en/t...
You can find documents (see also Gowin site), examples, and the board pinout and schematics here.
The board I bought: a.co/d/b7bsFoY

[@spillagonner]

Don't you also have to turn around three times and sacrifice a goat on the fpga board?

[@electronics.tinker]

I see you have experience with these things! There are indeed some things that don't work with the Gowin EDA (at least on Linux), and things that require incantations!

[@DavidTLutz]

I have had no luck posting a comment to this video and do not understand why.

[@electronics.tinker]

Hi, I see your comment about "no luck posting" but do not see any sign of a previous comment. It does not look like it was somehow held for review by me. I have had a similar experience where I try to comment on some other persons channel and never see the comment. My comment that failed to appear contained a web link. Could TH-cam silently reject those? I don't know. I was not able to figure it out. Sorry you are having trouble. I appreciate it when people take the time to comment.

[@uis246]

Not apicula(

[@electronics.tinker]

I have not tried apicula. Maybe I will someday. I have found the Gowin educational tools edition to be imperfect but easy enough to get started with.