Show HN: FPGA soft-core of the Saab Viggen's 1963 airborne computer

Re:Show HN: FPGA soft-core of the Saab Viggen's 1963 airborn... by FormerLabFred on Friday March 20, 2026 @07:02PM (#47461950)

Some background reading:

PDF:

Now we got it on a %50-100 FPGA board.

Half the size of a credit card. I guess the original computer onboard was 12-15 kgs

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Re:Show HN: FPGA soft-core of the Saab Viggen's 1963 airborn... by FormerLabFred on Friday March 20, 2026 @07:40PM (#47462355)

Late in Sweden, back tomorrow (CET)

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Re:Show HN: FPGA soft-core of the Saab Viggen's 1963 airborn... by djmips on Saturday March 21, 2026 @06:51AM (#47465896)

Maybe this video. (I haven't watched the entire video yet) https://youtu.be/zf6bZBV7EWo

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