2010
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PIC Cocoon 2.0 design released
The PIC Cocoon 2.0 board includes a 16 Bit Wing slot USB and integrates a LED/Button utility Wing. This PIC Cocoon uses PIC18F44J50 and adds analog inputs and USB interface. The integrated LED/Button utility Wing free a 8-bit slot for enabling using two 8-bit or one 16-bit Wing to be used along with the essential…
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Major updates to the Logic Analyzer, Butterfly Loader, and Wiring/Arduino IDE projects.
We released some major updates to our most important software projects. The updates take advantage of the new Butterfly_Prog application contributed by Jochem Govers. This application means that the Xilinx Webpack application no longer needs to be installed. Also added is full support for the new Papilio One Gadget boards, both the 250K and 500K…
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Butterfly One (Papilio One) Gadget Development board available for $49.99 in online store.
The Butterfly One (Papilio One) Gadget Development board is available for $49.99 in the online store. The Butterfly One is a Gadget development board based on the Xilinx Spartan 3E FPGA (datasheet). It has 48 I/O lines, dual channel USB, integrated JTAG programmer, 4 power supplies, and a power connector. It provides everything needed to…
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OpenBench Logic Sniffer 2.1 major update.
An update that fixes many of the early issues with the OpenBench Logic sniffer is now available for download.The changes include:-The communications between the FPGA and the PIC microcontroller were changed from UART to SPI for greater speed and reliability.-The Java client has an option to select either the outside or inside numbering scheme on…
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PIC Cocoon 1 prototypes do well
PIC Cocoon v1.0 prototypes are being tested. Initial tests with basic code, flashing LEDs in different patterns and reading switches on a LED/Button Wing on each headers did well. Next is testing the 1-axis and 2-axis Stepper motor Wings and customizing the USB bootloader for this Cocoon. Also in works are a slightly bigger version…
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Batch of production Butterfly Ones almost ready.
Here’s a batch of assembled Butterfly Ones waiting for their last component (the oscillator) to arrive. These production boards should be available in the store in a couple of days.
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Gadget Factory online store down for maintenence.
The Gadget Factory online store is temporarily down for maintenance. Please direct any queries to support@gadgetfactory.net.
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Butterfly One prototype boards available at reduced price.
There are a limited supply of Butterfly One prototype boards available in the store. The boards are passing all tests so far but during the prototype phase are being offered at a discount. Pick one up and help us test out Arduino compatibility.