Welcome to HEAT 🔥

Heterogeneous Embedded Acceleration Toulouse

The Hardware Acceleration Paradox: You spend three months running a "Hello World" on a new board, leaving only three months for actual research.

Official documentations are often 1000-page PDFs or tutorials that worked "last year". HEAT is the community-driven shortcut to bypass the pain and get straight to the science.

🎯 The Mission: Accelerate "Time-to-Research"

We centralize Survival Guides for FPGAs (Xilinx/Intel), GPUs (Jetson), custom accelerators (VTA, Gemmini) and more... No fluff, just what actually compiles.

• 🚀 Quickstarts: Environment setups and build scripts that don't crash.
• 🛠️ Field Notes: The "dirty" details: AXI DMA alignment issues, memory leaks, and undocumented workarounds.
• 🔬 Projects & Code: Open-source frameworks driven by the Toulouse ecosystem.
• 📚 Resources: Meetup archives and curated external tutorials.
• 👥 Community: Who is working on what in Toulouse. Stop struggling alone.
• 💬 GitHub Discussions: Ask questions, share tips, and brainstorm with the community.

🤝 Stop struggling alone. Contribute!

Did you just spend three days debugging a Vivado timing closure or a TensorRT quantization bug? Document it in 5 minutes and save the next researcher a week of their life.

📝 How to help?

Edit an existing page

Click the ✏️ icon (top right) of any page, modify the text, and click "Propose changes".

Add a new Resource (Field Note, Quickstart...)

1. Pick a template: Open our Field Note Template or Quickstart Template.
2. Click the ✏️ icon (top right).
3. Copy the Markdown content.
4. Create the file: Click the + icon (top left).
5. Paste the content, name your file (e.g., jetson-setup.md), modify the text, and click "Propose changes".

Safe & Secure

Don't worry about breaking anything. Your changes won't go live immediately. Our team will review your contribution, check the links, and ensure everything is solid before merging it into the main site.

Stuck or just want to chat?

Not ready to write a full guide yet? Join the conversation on our GitHub Discussions. It's the best place to ask for help or brainstorm new ideas.

📅 Stay Tuned

Next Meetup: Spring 2026 (Toulouse). Subscribe to the mailing list | Join the community directory | GitHub Discussions

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