# An Interview with Craig J Bishop

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2019-12-02
- Length: 1h 28m
- Episode: 469
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2019-12-02-an-interview-with-craig-j-bishop
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/469-an-interview-with-craig-j-bishop/

## Summary

Craig J. Bishop of Mango Dynamics discusses his custom FPGA-based handheld console, the Game Slab, which uses a Xilinx Zynq chip sourced from eBay. He details the engineering challenges of designing a 6-layer PCB with JLCPCB to support DDR3 memory and the decision to use Rust for embedded firmware across the STM32, A9 cores, and Linux user space. Bishop also explains his work at Deca Technologies, where he developed software for automated alignment and autorouting in wafer-level chip-scale packaging (WLCSP) to handle placement errors from pick-and-place machines.

## Chapters

- [0:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2019-12-02-an-interview-with-craig-j-bishop#t=30) Introduction: Craig J. Bishop and the Game Slab
- [2:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2019-12-02-an-interview-with-craig-j-bishop#t=169) Sourcing Xilinx Zynq Chips from eBay
- [8:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2019-12-02-an-interview-with-craig-j-bishop#t=535) PCB Design with JLCPCB and DDR3 Routing
- [13:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2019-12-02-an-interview-with-craig-j-bishop#t=799) Embedded Firmware in Rust and Power Management
- [21:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2019-12-02-an-interview-with-craig-j-bishop#t=1299) Using Spinal HDL for FPGA Logic Design
- [44:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2019-12-02-an-interview-with-craig-j-bishop#t=2693) Career at Deca Technologies and WLCSP
- [57:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2019-12-02-an-interview-with-craig-j-bishop#t=3439) Automated Alignment and Autorouting in Packaging
- [1:14:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2019-12-02-an-interview-with-craig-j-bishop#t=4476) The Future of Generative Design and Autorouters

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Mango Dynamics (company)
- Game Slab (product)
- Xilinx Zynq (chip)
- JLCPCB (company)
- KiCad (tool)
- Rust (other)
- STM32 (chip)
- Spinal HDL (other)
- Deca Technologies (company)
- WLCSP (other)
- TI BQ24250 (chip)

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