Live Demonstration: Pitanga Platform for Virtual FPGA Remote Laboratories

This paper introduces the Pitanga platform and its potential as an alternative for FPGA remote laboratories. The platform consists of a virtual electronic board and a built-in virtual programmable logic device. The interface is innovative in that it utilizes a remote FPGA emulator running on standard x86 processors rather than a physical FPGA board. This software-based approach makes the platform more reliable, scalable, and accessible to low-budget institutions that may not have the resources to acquire traditional FPGA-based educational boards. Our live demonstration at ISCAS 2023 showcases the equivalence of experiments on the Pitanga platform and physical FPGA boards from a user's perspective, making it a viable option as a complement or alternative to traditional FPGA remote labs for digital circuit experimentation.