"Peripherals on Demand" is the idea of this FPGA based automation controller. It has over 25 peripherals implemented as Verilog modules, over 30 different interface cards, and a really nice Linux API. You can even control it using shell commands. All open-source but you can buy the circuit boards if you prefer.

Eliminate the uC from your next project!

The FPGA of choice is a "venerable" Spartan-3E. The Verilog makes heavy use of the Xilinx memory slices. OTOH, we can get 10 peripherals in a Spartan-3E-100.