Gadget Factory

Gadget Factory

  • DAC (Digital to Analog) SPI MCP4921 VHDL project posted by Debreuil.

    Debreuil just posted a github project to control MCP4921 DAC chips with VHDL on the Papilio. There is no Wing for the MCP4921 DAC but there are templates to make Wings in the Papilio Playground or the soon to be available Prototype Wing could be used. Picture of the home brew pcb made with KiCad,…

  • Gadget Factory going to the Bay Area Maker Faire!

    Gadget Factory is going to be participating in the Bay Area Maker Faire! We will be located in the Seeed Studio booth along with Ian Lesnet from Dangerous Prototypes and many other Open Source developers. We will have the Papilio Arcade, Papilio Synth, Papilio Barcode, and the OpenBench Logic Sniffer on display. So please drop…

  • 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: 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…

  • 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…

  • Papilio One FPGA pin to Wing connector.

    This maps out the FPGA pin numbers to their Wing locations. Contributed by user Thelonious PDF Version