We love the Alorium Technology Sno Development Board！ Alorium have done a really great job in integrating an ATmega328-compatible core into the FPGA, which you can then program from the Arduino IDE and access the features of a Verilog Xcelerator Block（XB）from normal Arduino code. You can even include your favourite SparkFun libraries and use them as if you were running the code on a RedBoard！
One of our engineers loves the Sno so much, he took one on holiday with him and remixed Sameer Puri's HDL Util Verilog so it would run on the Sno as a VGA HDMI Xcelerator Block. The XB allows you to display VGA text and graphics on any monitor that supports 640x480 pixels.
You can of course use an HDMI breakout board or cable to connect the Sno's pins to your monitor. But why not do the job properly and equip your Sno with a Sno Shoe?！ The Sno Shoe will make life easy for you. It provides：A full-size HDMI socket connected to four pairs of（differential）FPGA pins
A Qwiic I2C connector so you can easily attach your favourite SparkFun Qwiic boards
A USB-C socket for power, configuration and Serial communication
A CH340E USB interface, so you don't need to use a separate FTDI breakout to configure the Sno
You can use standard Break Away Header Pins to connect your Sno to the Shoe.（Soldering is required！ If you haven't soldered before, you will want to follow our tutorial and practise for a while before soldering your Sno.）If you want the Sno to be removable afterwards, you could use break away pins on the Sno and female headers on the Shoe. The Sno Shoe has been designed so you can mount the Sno on the top of the Shoe, or underneath, depending on your preference. A reset button and I2C split pads are accessible in both configurations. Long Break Away Headers should allow you to connect some of the breakout pins to standard breadboard.
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Features
USB-C Connector for power and Serial connectivity
Qwiic I2C Connector
Full-size HDMI Connector
Provides access to the TMDS Data and Clock pins only
