As a Staff Engineer at Enclustra and the creator of the Open Logic project, Oliver Bründler has spent over 15 years developing FPGA solutions for a wide range of applications, including high-speed signal processing, motor control, video processing, and particle accelerator electronics.
Oliver’s career began in Enclustra's design services, where he worked on numerous customer DSP projects. He then joined the Paul Scherrer Institute to develop digital RF electronics for particle accelerators before returning to Enclustra in a technical leadership role. This diverse experience exposed him to a recurring challenge that inspired Open Logic: the lack of robust, reusable FPGA components for fixed-point mathematics and other common circuitry.
The final catalyst came from his teaching experience. Since 2021, Oliver has taught graduate courses in digital microelectronics and found himself advising students against building their own basic components—like FIFOs and CDCs—without being able to provide a good alternative. This gap between best practices and available tools motivated him to create Open Logic, a project dedicated to providing the FPGA community with the reliable, vendor-independent components he found missing throughout his career.