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  • 8 digit frequency counter using the Papilio One

    Papilio user hamster designed a 8 digit frequency counter using his Dx display and he’s looking to get a GPS module to complete the project and make a GPS referenced 100MHz frequency counter. Here is a video of the frequency counter in action: . And here is a list of the parts needed to make…

  • Storing user data on your FPGA

    One thing that makes FPGAs so great is flexibility and the unlimited type of projects that can be made using an FPGA, however, it’s still limited by the amount of resources it has especially when you want to run a big project that requires a large amount of memory space. Papilio user hamster a.k.a Mike…

  • Linux on the Papilio Pro?

    Linux on the Papilio Pro? Alvaro Lopes has Linux running on the ZPUino simulator and expects it to run on PPro soon! Watch the video of Linux running on the ZPUino simulator, everything including the SD card is simulated and helped him speed up the porting process. Now that everything is working in the simulator…

  • Alex makes HDMI Wing to drive salvaged laptop display with Papilio Plus!

    Alex designs an HDMI Wing and a custom PCB that lets him connect his salvaged LVDS laptop monitor to the HDMI Wing on his Papilio Plus. Next we need to get this working on the soon to come Papilio Pro! To read the full thread. Finally! PCB goodness in them mails. Feels like xmas. First…

  • I2C Master Writer VHDL code

    Papilio user Wicked wrote some nice VHDL code that performs I2C writes with the goal to initialize a camera and video encoder. Wicked was originally sending the I2C initializations commands using a Picoblaze soft processor but that wasted a lot of memory that would be better used by the camera. So he decided to write…

  • $39.99 LogicStart MegaWing back in stock at Gadget Factory store!

      Where to buy: Demo video:

  • Synth project for the LogicStart MegaWing

    Hamster (a.k.a Mike Field) has started a new topic on our community forum to share with us his new “Music Box” project that he made using his Papilio FPGA board and the LogicStart MegaWing. The Synth project can actually carry a tune by make the correct sound at the correct time and the sound can…

  • Recycled junked laptop LCD driven by the Papilio Plus

    Papilio user Alex has managed to drive an LCD screen with his Papilio Plus Board. He used an old broken laptop that was left unused for a long time and took the LCD apart which is a 15″ panel with 1280×800 pixel native resolution to try to drive it with the Papilio Plus FPGA board and…