Matt Venn

Hands-on experience is key in learning analog design - but waiting months for a tapeout slows everything down.

Peter Kinget built MOSbius, an “analog FPGA” that lets students experiment with real circuits in real time.

Full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abu3u6UX6wE

MOSbius - A field programmable transistor array for chip designers - interview with Peter Kinget

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Jun 25, 2025 at 12:41pmWeb
Show threadAlanna 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Jun 25, 2025
@matthewvenn I thought FPAAs had been a thing for quite a while?
Show threadMatt VennJun 25, 2025
@kelpana This is more orientated to chip designers, so the building blocks are things like current mirrors and differential pairs
Show threadAlanna 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Jun 25, 2025
@matthewvenn ah cool, those are very useful things to have handy in configurable silicon. I seem to recall from books I read even the ancient Ferranti mask ULAs could be coaxed into analog workings (with probably horrible SNR).