Gadget Factory

Jack Gassett

  • Want to use your Papilio as an official download cable?

    If you need to use your Papilio with the Xilinx tools; such as EDK, chipscope, or Impact there is an exciting new tool to make this happen. For many years Xilinx has been closed up when it comes to any information about how to make a board compatible with the Xilinx tools. They finally released…

  • VHDL examples for the SPI ADC Analog Wing

    Papilio enthusiasts Hamster and Offroad put together some nice examples of interfacing with the SPI ADC chip used in the Analog Wing, LogicStart MegaWing, and the RetroCade MegaWing. Hamster’s example is up on his Hamsterworks Wiki and provides a great writeup with diagram’s, background info, and datasheet links. Full VHDL code is available but you…

  • 8086tiny: A tiny PC emulator in less then 25K of code!

    Hamster tipped us off to this cool project in the forum. Coming in at less then 25K of C code this 8086 emulator still supports all the peripherals you would expect: with support for PC peripherals including XT-style keyboard, floppy/hard disk, clock, and Hercules graphics. 8086tiny is powerful enough to run software like AutoCAD, Windows…

  • New release of ZAP IDE and Papilio Schematic Library

    Well, as promised we have a new release of the ZAP IDE and Papilio Schematic Library. This new release integrates the Papilio Schematic Library into the ZAP IDE for an integrated design environment that lets you draw circuits to run on your Papilio FPGA.   Download the latest version of the ZAP IDE with the…

  • Join us in the forum and help shape the next generation Papilio board!

    Hey everyone! We’ve learned a lot from the Papilio One and the Papilio Pro, its time to take those lessons and apply them to a next generation Papilio board. I mentioned a new board earlier, similar to the never released Papilio Logic, and many of you privately provided some great feedback. My head is swimming…

  • DiskVacuum project reads and explores Compucolor II disks.

    Jim Battle shows us his amazing project to read old floppy disks from a Compucolor II disk drive. Once a disk is read Jim has a shell, written in Python, that lets him explore the files and contents of the files interactively, impressive! Jim intends to make his system work with other old floppy disk…

  • Papilio Schematic Library V1.4

    Ok, this is the most exciting release of the Papilio Schematic Library yet, things are really coming together!   Get version 1.4 from the Papilio Schematic Library download page.  Discuss in the Forum. What’s new? Lots of cool new features:   Benchy Waveform generator – generate sin, cos, and sawtooth waveforms. Note: I can use…

  • RetroCade user DKSTR puts up a test track on Soundcloud

    New RetroCade user DKSTR just got up and running with his RetroCade Synth and knocked up a quick test track. Check it out on SoundCloud! Track on SoundCloud