Gadget Factory

Jack Gassett

  • ZPUino Alpha 4 available.

    Alvaro has released Alpha 4 of the ZPUino. Alpha 4 adds support for the Papilio One 500K board. Alvaro has put out a call for any demo requests that people would like to see for the ZPUino on the Papilio One. Don’t miss this chance to request something that you’ve been wanting to see done.…

  • User Project – CNC Printer Control

    Robin Debreuil is working on a sweet project that includes a custom Wing, VHDL code, and a hacked printer. He takes over control of the printer mechanism and controls it with his Papilio One. Seems like an excellent approach for getting high quality, precision CNC motors and slides. Go to a thrift store and pick…

  • Tutorial: Simulate AVR8 and Custom User Cores

    NOTE: Please note that the tutorial does not show that you must select “Gadget Factory Papilio Custom Board” under tools/board in the Arduino IDE for the simulation file to be generated. This screencast shows how to simulate a custom user core connected to the AVR8 Soft Processor. Simulation is the most efficient way to debug…

  • Tutorial: Custom User cores in the AVR8 Soft Processor.

    This screencast provides instructions for downloading and synthesizing a custom AVR8 soft processor for use with a version of the Arduino IDE that has been modified for use with the Papilio. Prerequisites: AVR8 Source Code Arduino IDE modified for the Papilio. Xilinx ISE free “Webpack” version. Custom User Core sketch. Related Simulate your custom AVR8…

  • Tutorial: Custom AVR8 Soft Processor for use with Arduino IDE. (V1.2)

    This screencast provides instructions for downloading and synthesizing a custom AVR8 soft processor for use with a version of the Arduino IDE that has been modified for use with the Papilio. Prerequisites: AVR8 Source Code Arduino IDE modified for the Papilio. Xilinx ISE free “Webpack” version. Part 1: Downloading the AVR8 source code. Selecting only…

  • ZPUino Alpha 2 is available.

    Alvaro has released Alpha 2 of the ZPUino. The ZPUino project makes a powerful, 32-bit, 100Mhz, ZPU processor available for the Papilio hardware. The best part is that your sketches will still run on the ZPUino! If you haven’t seen the ZPUino project yet take a look.

  • Papilio.cc: All Papilio information just a click away.

    The new Papilio.cc information portal is an easy to navigate website that puts all Papilio information just a couple clicks away.

  • OpenBench Logic Sniffer 3.07 “Demon” Core Release!

    Download the OpenBench Logic Sniffer 3.07 “Demon” core Release from the new Logic Sniffer information portal.   There has been a lot of new progress with the OpenBench Logic Sniffer. “Dogsbody” has contributed an exciting new Verilog core that adds some significant improvements:   3.07 OpenBench Logic Sniffer Release 3.07 FPGA “Demon” Core Fix for…