nerves VS clash-ghc

The nerves package's README.md explains what each repository is responsible for with a comprehensive listing.

You may be already aware of it, but just in case, there is the Nerves project: https://nerves-project.org/

As for embedded... I've only dabbled. Yeah you're not going to run Elixir on an Arduino or other very minimal bare metal embedded processor. But the Nerves Project (https://nerves-project.org/) which runs Elixir directly on SBCs is very well regarded. But either way it doesn't matter, since I thought we were talking about web dev, which is where Phoenix and Elixir just make more sense, for me.

For me particularly I like it for things like APIs, Web Platforms (lower resource usage than other languages), and embedded devices via Nerves. However I've also used it on my endpoints to monitor them via Erlang's built in os_mon. Another usage is the distributed nature of erlang can allow you to do things like connect two nodes and run code on a remote node via remote procedure calls. This would allow you to execute something in a nearby geolocated node and reduce latency. Fly.io did a talk on this feature.

Check out nerves, a set of tools and libraries for embedded development with Elixir.

Is this kinda like the Nerves approach but for Golang? (https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves)

Nerves is also popular for embedded.

> You'd be better off with a higher-level or more modern HDL that compiles to Verilog/VHDL. "Chisel" is one such.

As is Clash :) https://clash-lang.org/

You can take a look at https://clash-lang.org/. There is also a book for it. https://gergo.erdi.hu/retroclash/

I don't know much about FPGAs, but Clash lang compiles to VHDL, and might do the trick: https://clash-lang.org

if you need inspiration there is a full UART core available in clash: https://github.com/clash-lang/clash-compiler/blob/master/clash-cores/src/Clash/Cores/UART.hs

Perhaps peripheral (the original site has been hugged to death).

Both clashlang: https://clash-lang.org/

And Hardcaml: https://github.com/janestreet/hardcaml

have personally fueled my interest in hardware.

Dan Luu speaks eloquently and at length about how better options are needed for logic design. I would recommend both of the above to the enthusiastic novice.