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Papilio

  • TV Output using a handfull of resistors on the Papilio FPGA board.

    NTSC/PAL TV and audio output using 14 resistors and a low pass audio filter. This design can be built in a couple minutes using parts from Radio Shack. Open Source VHDL code and EAGLE PCB design files are available.   For more details, source code, or to order a PCB for $8 visit the TV…

  • Papilio FPGA Shield – The next generation Papilio board is being developed at Kickstarter.

    The next generation Papilio board, called the Papilio FPGA Shield, is currently under active development at Kickstarter. We invite anyone who is interested in more details or to become involved in the development process to join us at Kickstarter!  

  • Papilio FPGA Shield Video Diary: Prototypes and Community Support.

    A look at the prototype boards for the FPGA Shield and thank you for community contributors. To learn more about the Papilio FPGA Shield for the Arduino project visit: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13588168/papilio-fpga-shield-for-arduino

  • Papilio One spotted in Jeri Ellsworth Video!

    Engineer Extraordinaire Jeri Ellsworth is working on a FPGA based Software Defined Radio that is blowing our socks off. Besides the amazing display of engineering acumen the other cause for excitement is that while she is not using the Papilio One, not enough DSP blocks, she is using a Papilio VGA Wing! Check it out:…

  • Something really cool for the Papilio and AVR8 is in the works!

    We can’t say what it is yet, but as a teaser here are a couple videos from Pepevi. Why is this a teaser? Because Pepevi is just now putting the final touches on his aforementioned tool!  

  • Pong on a scrolling LED sign? Yes! With a Papilio FPGA!

    Joel Owens put together this awesome video of the Papilio One driving a scrolling LED sign, but its not just driving text, its driving a Pong game! Wicked cool! We picked one of these scrolling LED gizmos from DealExtreme and would love to put it in the back of the car with a game of…

  • Sneak Peek: VGA Simulator for ZPUino on Papilio

    Here is a sneak peek at the VGA simulator that Alvaro has been working on to verify VGA designs. The VGA simulator is controlled by a sketch and simulates what the VGA output will look like when it will run on the VGA Wing connected to a Papilio board. Up next is making this demo…

  • Mandelbrot generator on FPGA

    Here is a project to create a high performance Mandelbrot fractal generator on an FPGA. Sadly, it does not work on the Papilio yet but maybe the C/RAM Wing will make it possible?