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Driving a cheap PSP screen with an FPGA!
As you can see in the slider above FlorianH got a PSP screen up and running with his DE0-Nano FPGA board. the screen is a cheap Sharp LQ043 which is a 4.3″ true color TFT display and FlorianH has long wanted to use it for something and finally got it hooked up to his FPGA…
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New video for the Multi Color Object Tracking with the Papilio!
Hey everyone! Good news for those who liked the Multi Color Object Tracking project made by our Papilio user Wicked. Today we got a new demonstration video that shows all the parts of the system connected to each other and the result displayed on a computer screen: If you have not read the last article…
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Voelker’s spartcam displaying on LCD screen !
Voelker is at it again! He just doesn’t stop making progress and adding new features to his breakthrough of getting a cheap $10 camera working with the Papilio. Lately he got his camera displaying on a 2.4 LCD screen and he’s able to get a real time full resolution view of the processed image: “i…
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Programming FPGAs with Python
For everyone who wants to get started with developing for FPGA’s and dont want to waste time in learning a new programming language or they just want to use their current knowledge of programming with Python to program an FPGA, this tool is just made for you! The Python Hardware Processsor is written in Myhdl…
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Multi Color Object Tracking with the Papilio One!
Back in April Papilio user Voelker shared with us his project of Blob Tracking with a $10 Camera Module on the Papilio One. Today we got another similar project made by Papilio user Wicked who is able to track multiple objects of different colors using the Papilio One 500k. Wicked uses a camera that he…
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SoundPuddle: Art installation driven by ZPUino on Papilio!
John English of Boulder Engineering Studio put together an art installation titled, “Sound Puddle” for the Apogaea Festival in Colorado. Since he needed to drive 1664 RGB LED’s with 10 SPI masters, all at the same time, he decided on using the Papilio FPGA board. Alvaro Lopes heard about the project and was quick to…
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Introducing the RetroCade Synth! A Papilio based chiptune synth on Kickstarter now!
It’s been quiet on the blog for the last couple of weeks, which is usually a sign that something big is in the works! 🙂 In this case, we’ve been working overtime to put together a Kickstarter project for the RetroCade Synth. The RetroCade Synth puts classic arcade audio chips like the Commodore SID and…
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“Crazy Ivan” gives permission to include Mr. Do’s Nightmare with the Papilio Arcade!
Hey everyone, great news! The author of Mr. Do’s Nightmare, Crazy Ivan, gave us permission to include his game with the Papilio Arcade. This means that we can provide you with a bit file that already includes the ROMs! This was very generous of him and we are very thankful for his kind contribution. We…