Welcome to the LeafLabs development blog, brought to you by the LeafLabs team. You may be wondering, “What is LeafLabs?”. We’re a start-up based in Massachusetts aiming to bring hardware prototyping to the masses. We are making hardware and software for the rapid development of projects that can benefit from the cooperation of a microprocessor and an FPGA in the same computational framework.

Our software suite is just starting to take shape, and we will be releasing components of the design software as it becomes stable enough for public testing (contact be-a-beta-tester@leaflabs.com for more information). In July, our hardware – informally dubbed LeafBoards – will be in alpha release, undergoing rigorous testing by our trusted alpha-users. As soon as August, our first public hardware release (code-name: “Marilyn”) will go on sale, and you can join the open-hardware movement.

We’ll be posting our experiences and thoughts all throughout development, so stay tuned.