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SD card testing
Check it out as Hamster plays around with SD cards. So far he has it initializing the card using VHDL! Here is the test setup – a Papilio FPGA board from http://www.gadgetfactory.net/, and a SD adapter from http://www.futurlec.com/: via hamsterworks.co.nz
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Hamster makes a frequency counter that works up to 500Mhz!
Hamster makes a frequency counter that works up to 500Mhz on the Papilio FPGA!!!!!
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New tool to calculate DCM Multiply and Divide values.
Alvaro made a nice tool to automatically calculate Multiply and Divide values needed to use Xilinx DCM’s and PLL’s. It even cascade’s PLLs to generate unusual frequencies.
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Bil Herd – Designer of Commodore 128 – talks about CPLD/FPGAs!
Wow! Watch this video as Bil Herd – the designer of the Commodore 128 – talks about the early days of PLA’s. Get the full scoop on Hack a Day. Then he talks about CPLD’s and shows how to get started with a simple counter design. Get the full scoop on Hack a Day. This…
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New Encoder Wing For Papilio – One Day Only Sale!
Hi there everyone! We are excited to finally have the brand-new Encoder Wing in stock at the Gadget Factory store! We are offering this awesome new product at a special introductory price of $11.99 for the first day only. That day is today! I would say take advantage of the sale, because tomorrow the Encoder…
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Papilio DUO Live on Kickstarter!
The Papilio DUO Kickstarter just went live this morning! There are still some early bird specials to be had so don’t wait, check it out today… The Papilio DUO is the latest Papilio board that combines a Spartan 6 FPGA with an Arduino Leonardo compatible chip! It’s like have a circuit lab connected to an…
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Papilio DUO: Something big is coming next week…
We are pleased to announce that we will be launching a Kickstarter campaign for the Papilio DUO on Wednesday the 28th! We just got final approval from Kickstarter and are just waiting for a few final pieces to fall into place. 🙂 In the meantime, we have a preview of the Kickstarter online so you…
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Interview with Clive “Max” Maxfield the driving force behind the legendary AllProgrammablePlanet Blog
While AllProgrammablePlanet blog is no longer online it still remains the stuff of legends. It came out of nowhere and united FPGA enthusiasts everywhere, providing a great community to talk and learn about FPGA’s. It ran for about 18 months under the capable hands of Clive “Max” Maxfield who I had the pleasure of meeting…
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