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BenL’s first cut at a Real Time 3D Display Core!
Ben Leperchey is at it again with a 3D display core on the Papilio Plus FPGA board. He just posted the first bit file to the Gadget Factory forum:
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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…
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Papilio Arcade Blaster V1.3 adds 15 new game variants and LogicStart MegaWing support!
We just uploaded the newest version of the Arcade Blaster application. There are 15 new game variants and LogicStart MegaWing support for all PacMan variants. If you have a LogicStart MegaWing this is the easiest way to play video games on it! The Arcade Blaster is a multi-platform application that simplifies using Papilio Arcade kit…
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First release of RetroCade Synth Windows Installer!
We just put the first version of the Windows installer for RetroCade Synth in the download area. This new installer groups all RetroCade resources together and makes them easily accessible from the Start menu. The RetroCade Synth is made by Gadget Factory and was started on Kickstarter: Welcome to the R-R-R-R-RetroCade Synth from Gadget Factory. …
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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…
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New Papilio FPGA based vision system!
Three months ago Papilio user Wicked has shared with us his breackthrough of Multi Color Object Tracking with a Papilio One 500k and a cheap camera that he got from sparkfun for around $10, since then he has gone crazy with his project! He managed to do some servo tracking with the project and then he…
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VHDL Puzzle Contest Winners!
[wp_bannerize group=”giveaway”] Here at Gadget Factory we proudly announce that The VHDL Puzzle Giveaway has finally come to an end after a weeklong contest in which we’ve seen a good participation with so many good answers! first of all lets have a quick review of the Prizes: Grand Prize – Papilio One 500K and LogicStart…
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“Mariposa.NET” an alternative GUI to the Arcade Blaster App!
emuDrache is one of those who really hate the famous programming language and computing platform “Java” and unfortunately for him the Papilio Arcade Blaster App which is a multi-platform application that simplifies using Papilio Arcade kit was done in Java. It’s mainly for this reason that he decided to create Mariposa.NET as an alternative GUI…