Open Source and FPGA Maker Board for Networking

Summary

Open Source and FPGA Maker Board for Networking Private Island Networks Inc. is pleased to announce that we will sponsor and support a limited number of university efforts this upcoming academic year (2025/2026) for students that desire to work with the Private Island ® open source networking stack in the areas of network security, privacy, and machine learning. We believe that this open source networking project and the Betsy™ maker board are ideal for university senior projects, master theses, advanced high school cybersecurity clubs, research, and the like. If you're interested in having your project considered for sponsorship, then please fill out the form at the bottom of this page or send us an email to get started. Note that all projects must have the support of a professor / teacher. Betsy Maker Board (prototype) Project Overview The Private Island open source Verilog stack for Betsy utilizes an Altera Cyclone 10 LP FPGA in order to build an open, trustworthy, and extensible sytstem for packet processing, security, machine learning, control, and other applications. The open architecture supports numerous, highly parallel functions implemented at a Gigabit Ethernet line rate (125 MHz x 8-bit). Core functionality includes packet filtering, mirroring, data collection, and multi-port switching. The Betsy Maker board supports Ethernet connectivity via two on-board Gigabit Ethernet PHYs via RGMII and supports a third port or other peripheral via a daughter card connector. The core open source project is intended to be a template for which more complex and custom projects can be built. The use of an FPGA with an open source Verilog code base for networking is in stark contrast to off-the-shelf SoC implementations, which require developers & users to make assumptions about multiple opaque hardware & firmware layers and closed source being free of bugs, back doors, malware, and resident spies. Private Island / Betsy Block Diagram Status We are continuing to develop &...