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Introducing ZAP IDE – ZPUino And AVR8 Together At Last!
Howdy, hacker types! What’s new, you ask? Well, I’m happy to say there’s a cool little development coming your way called ZAP IDE. What’s ZAP IDE you ask? Why, it’s the first version of the ZAP (ZPUino Arduino Papilio) Soft Processor IDE, that’s what! It’s basically ZPUino and AVR8, all in one. How about more…
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Hand-Detecting ‘Anti-Tetris’ Game Project
Ahh, springtime. The sun is out, there’s a fresh breeze blowing, the scent of blooming flowers is in the air, birds are chirping, etc. etc. And the final FPGA projects from the spring 2013 semester keep coming in! Today we’ve got a great one from Cornell University student Tian Gao, built using an Altera DE2…
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Hacker Challenge #1: Win A $40 Gift Card To GF Store!
Hackers, are you ready for the first Gadget Factory Hacker Challenge? Do you want to win a $40.00 gift card to spend on anything your heart desires at the GF Store? Here’s the deal: YOU design and implement a way to make the Ethernet module pictured above work with your Papilio board. You WIN a…
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How To: Use Your FPGA For Precision DC Motor Control
Here is a simple little project that you can use to control a DC motor with some pretty tight precision from your FPGA board. This could be useful for some of your projects! Chris over at Pyroelectro has all the tutorial goodness you’ll need to get one of these up and running. He gives a…
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FPGA Plays Super Mario Bros Just Like A Real Human Does
It’s no secret that we love FPGAs and we love games. When we see a cool project that combines both of these, it’s kinda hard NOT to post it here on the blog. Advanced Microcontroller Design students Jeremy Blum, Sima Mitra, and Jason Wright have been hard at work on their open source, FPGA-based, Super…
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FPGA Piano Hero Game Uses Camera Touchscreen
More Cornell University student FPGA projects coming your way! These guys come up with some great implementations of FPGA technology. This time around we have Embedded Systems Design students Chonggang Li and Ran Hu who built a video-camera based touchscreen system using an Altera DE2 FPGA and a Piano Hero game to interact with. In…
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New Products In The GF Store Available Now
Hola! Just wanted to drop you guys a quick note about some new products available in the Gadget Factory store. We’ve got a new USB hub that features 4 ports (all hot-swappable), is fully compatible with USB 1.1/2.0, and supports 480Mbits full speed. $6.99 each. (Pictured above) We’ve also got you covered on cables with…
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Introduction To Crystals And Oscillators
At the heart of any FPGA you will have an oscillator that creates a stable clock signal. This signal is generated from a physical crystal (quartz) which once run through with electricity, will oscillate at its resonant frequency. Oscillators contain both the resonator (crystal) and the electronic component (the amplifier) which are both required to maintain the oscillations. In reference to the…
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