If you're a swiss resident ( or know one ... ) you can get a custom hardware design onto an ASIC for FREE !!! You get back one chip with your design (and a bunch of others!) and some board to help bring up/testing. Also, this is "resident", no need to be a student or at uni or anything, you just need a valid Swiss address ... I know I might be repeating myself here because I mentioned it a few month back but this bear repeating IMHO. https://swisschips.ethz.ch/news-and-events/tiny-tapeout-submission-form.html PS: Can I haz boost for reach ?