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Fun with PCI Express
Today we are going to have some fun with PCI Express , but before proceeding I just want to share some knowledge with readers and FPGA enthusiasts. So first, a few questions will come into our mind – what is the PCI Express and why would we use PCI Express? Is there anything really useful to…
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New guest bloggers on the way! Have ideas for blog posts? Contact us!
In order to provide even more interesting Open Source and FPGA news for the Gadget Factory blog we are actively seeking out new bloggers. Over the next several weeks we will be posting articles from new guest bloggers as we try to ramp up the Gadget Factory blog with even more useful content. Please keep…
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NTSC Battleship – NTSC generation using VGA DAC
Here is an interesting project coming out of a Cornell University Engineering class. Two students tackled the challenge of generating color NTSC signals using the DE2 FPGA development board. What’s interesting is they used the 10 bit VGA DAC to generate multiple NTSC signals. They were able to re-purpose the Analog Devices ADV7123 Video DAC…
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HowTo: Papilio Loader GUI on Linux
The Papilio Loader Java GUI now runs on Linux. See how to install and run for yourself, this tutorial is for Ubuntu Linux. Download the Linux tar file from Gadget Factory download section and extract to your directory of choice. Ensure that libftdi-dev and the Java SDK is installed. In ubuntu do the following command:…
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A free version of Microblaze Soft Processor available in Coregen!
Ever wanted to check out Xilinx’s premier Microblaze Soft Processor but the $500 EDK license was too pricey? Well, Magnus Karlsson pointed out that there is a free lightweight version of Microblaze, called Microblaze MCS, available in ISE’s Coregen wizard. Even better, here is a tutorial showing how to get up and running with it!…
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Having problems installing Xilinx ISE on Windows 8 64bit? Here is a fix! (Video included)
Hamster recently tipped us to a working fix for file dialog crashes in Xilinx ISE x64 on Windows 8. This issue has really been a thorn in the side for a lot of users, so it’s great to have this info! Rename libPortability.dll to libPortability.dll.orig, and copy libPortabilityNOSH.dll to libPortability.dll. Do this in: C:\Xilinx\14.5\ISE_DS\ISE\lib\nt64 C:\Xilinx\14.5\ISE_DS\common\lib\nt64…
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Getting An Old Digital O-Scope To Output To A Computer Monitor
Michael over at AcidBourbon recently got his mitts on an older (circa 1990) digital oscilloscope and wanted to see if he could hack a way to plot the screen from the ‘scope on his computer. The unit he’s hacking is the GOULD 4094, 200MHz digital storage oscilloscope with four input channels. With no proprietary software…
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Clever Exploitation Of Vivado HLS To Make A FIR Filter And More
By way of Colin O’Flynn over at NewAE, we’ve got a wonderful video showing how to basically exploit the Xilinx HLS (High-Level Synthesis) in Vivado to make your own FIR filter in only about 25 minutes! I could attempt to write a synopsis of what is covered in the video, but as they say –…
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