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  • Using Your GF Gadgets With Windows 8

    It has recently come to our attention that many of you have been having problems using Gadget Factory products with Windows 8. The reason for this is that Windows 8 requires drivers to be signed, and is set to reject unsigned drivers by default. Fortunately, we have instructions for you to get past this requirement…

  • View Your PCB Design in 3D!

    Hey everyone! Today we are going to show you how to view your PCB design in 3D online for free. We found a great tool over at instructables.com that could be very usefull for anyone who designs circuit boards and lets you avoid any unexpected result after ordering your boards. The realistic 3D view provided…

  • Remote controlled balancing robot !

    Hey everyone! Today we have an excellent open source project to show you, Wily made a very cool self-balancing robot controlled by a Wii Nunchuck! Before we continue talking about it please enjoy watching this video where he shows off his build while it’s chasing a cute pet: As you see in the video above…

  • Undocumented Dx display running with an FPGA

    He everyone! Today we got another great FPGA based project for you that we found over at hamsterworks.co.nz. Mike Field a.k.a Hamster wanted to use an undocumented display board from Deal Extreme with an FPGA board but as mentioned in the title there was absolutely no documentation available for this display except an Arduino Library written…

  • FPGA DC Motor Control

    Hey everyone! Here is a nice project that we found over at PyroElectro.com over how to interface to an FPGA to allow precise control over a DC motor! Chris from Pyroelectro wrote a very nice documentation to explain how to use a CPLD or an FPGA to take input from one device and then output…

  • HOW-TO: Etch your own circuit boards? Easy way to align double sided boards!

    Have you struggled with aligning patterns on a double sided board? Wicked has figured out a SUPER SIMPLE solution to easely etch a double sided board that could save people a lot of effort and time. And he has started a new forum thread to share with us what he came up with: “Everything I read would…

  • Driving a cheap PSP screen with an FPGA!

    As you can see in the slider above FlorianH got a PSP screen up and running with his DE0-Nano FPGA board. the screen is a cheap Sharp LQ043 which is a  4.3″ true color TFT display and FlorianH has long wanted to use it for something and finally got it hooked up to his FPGA…

  • Programming FPGAs with Python

    For everyone who wants to get started with developing for FPGA’s and dont want to waste time in learning a new programming  language or they just want to use their current knowledge of programming with Python to program an FPGA, this tool is just made for you! The Python Hardware Processsor is written in Myhdl…