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Up in the air with ArduPilot
The first successful flight of a drone, or unmanned air vehicle (UAV) running on ArduPilot was recently announced. This UAV is powered by a Zynq, a dual-core ARM with an onboard FPGA. This FPGA makes the difference, leaving alone the first flight of a drone using ArduPilot. Using this FPGA allows the controller to handle…
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MaSoCist setup on Papilio with TFT
Hi, after a few years being forced to play with other targets, I revisited the Papilio One and ported my in-house ‘MaSoCist’ setup to it. Yet another solution, you might think. Well, the motivation was to go minimal, but configureable. The MaSoCist is different in that respect that it rather is an environment than an…
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Altium’s CircuitMaker saves the day for Max & Duane at ESC Minneapolis
In a very interesting column on embedded.com, Max Maxfield explains the features of Altium’s circuit maker. Making several changes to one of his previous designs, he showcases the capabilities of the CircuitMaker. Those of you who are familiar with CircuitMaker will be happy to learn about the latest news related to the software. Altium proposes the latest and best…
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Vintage BBC computer gets FPGA buddies
We still have some retro for the old-school enthusiasts. Many of you knew about the BBC Microcomputer System. It was an innovative machine created during the 1980s. It is possible to link the BBC Micro to an FPGA board, following specific designs, via a tube interface. You can find out more about the BBC Micro in the video,…
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FCC: Open source router software is still legal—under certain conditions
Looks like once again our government, while trying to deal with technology, is getting things wrong by trying to lock out the open source. Sounds to me like throwing the baby out with the bathwater… South Park Studios With the Federal Communications Commission being criticized for rules that may limit a user’s right to install open source…
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MYSTERY FPGA CIRCUIT FEELS THE PRESSURE
In order to interact with an FPGA board, a user usually presses a button. Is that the only way to interact? Not so sure. A video from Clifford Wolf shows us otherwise. It’s quite intriguing! The Verilog implements a simple ring oscillator (basically an inverter with its output tied to its input). Via Hackaday
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Interfacing a Chord Keypad to Papilio Duo FPGA Board
Chorded keyboards are useful tools used to enter characters or commands formed by pressing several keys together. They are a bit like a piano. In the great blog post from Sustburbia, we will see how to efficiently connect one with an FPGA board, especially the Papilio DUO. The keypad is loosely based on the Microwriter – an early UK designed portable…
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Gadget Factory Store Discount!
Great news for everyone who has been asking about the Papilio Pro and some other products availability: Since we are out of stock on Papilio Pro boards we decided to take pre-orders and offer you the biggest discount to try to make up for the inconvenience. If you are willing to back order the Pro we are…
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