Increase your FPGA design skills for free

I recently received a jolly friendly email from the folks at Altera inviting us to partake of their free online technical training courses. The message in full read as follows:

Ready to enhance your design skills and complete your projects faster? Take Altera's free online technical training courses and you'll see how much faster you can complete your designs. Altera's free online training courses, developed by experienced engineers and system architects, offer unparalleled insight into the fine points of FPGA design. Take these free online training courses today:

The Quartus II Software Interactive Tutorial
Are you using the Quartus II software for the first time? Take the Quartus II Software Interactive Tutorial to learn the basic components of the software and best-practice design flows.

Introduction to Incremental Compilation
Weary of long design compile times? Learn how to reduce your design compile times by using the incremental compilation feature in Altera's Quartus II software.

Transceiver Toolkit
Learn about Altera's Transceiver Toolkit in 30 minutes! Explore enhancements in the Transceiver Toolkit, see design examples, review the structural details, and check out the recommended design flow.

Introduction to Altera's 10-Gbps Ethernet Solutions
Discover how to use Altera solutions to build a 10-Gbps Ethernet design targeting Altera's transceiver devices.

Custom Protocol Design in Altera 28-nm Devices
Learn how to build custom high-speed interfaces and protocols using the custom and low-latency PHY IP core in our software.

Transceiver Basics
Are you new to designing with FPGA transceivers? Learn transceiver basics in one hour by viewing this updated online training.

SoC Hardware Overview Part 1
Learn about Altera's Cyclone V and Arria V SoC FPGA hardware, particularly the hard processor system (HPS) with the ARM Cortex-A9 processor core.

SoC Hardware Overview Part 2
Learn more about SoC FPGA peripherals in the HPS, including interface protocols and general-purpose peripherals.

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