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Tips And Tricks For Prototyping With Breadboards
Here’s a great bunch of tips and tricks for breadboarding that Boseji recently put up on his blog. It’s a nicely done collection of tips, tricks, photos, tutorials, and more that we thought our readers here would enjoy having in our “Knowledge Base” category. An excerpt: “We have all used breadboards, or those who plan to jump into the…
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Using Microcontrollers To Drive A VGA Monitor
We found a great article over at LucidScience regarding having a microcontroller drive a VGA monitor. This is some pretty cool stuff, when done right! The project explains how to work out the kinks from the typically difficult task of using a microcontroller with a VGA monitor. “It took some time to learn how the…
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Week 2 – Papilio Introduction Series: Move Pins on the Fly
Welcome to week two of the Papilio Introduction Series. This week we are covering one of the key features of the Papilio – the ability to shift peripherals to any I/O pin. “Possibly the most exciting feature of the Papilio is the ability to shift peripheral functionality to any pin at any time, completely on…
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Alert! The New Papilio Arcade Website Is Now Live!
Hey everyone! Just a quick note that the Papilio Arcade website is now available at arcade.gadgetfactory.net! On the site, you’ll find videos, links to the User Guide, source code, links to purchase, and much, much more! Happy arcade-ing, and have a rad day. -the Gadget Factory Team Update: the link above is now fixed –…
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Using FPGAs For 2-Player Space Invaders
A couple of intrepid students taking a course on embedded systems came up with a new spin on the classic game Space Invaders – two-screen multiplayer! Using a Virtex II development (FPGA) board and some other gear, they managed to clone Space Invaders and have it run on two screens with some innovative competetive twists. …
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FPGA Radio Project Using Papilio One 250k
GadgetFactory.net forum user Ian, who goes by “monkeydoo” recently posted the details of a project he’s been working on for a software-defined FPGA radio receiver. He’s using a Papilio One 250k, Gnu radio, and some good, old-fashioned ingenuity. We’re always really excited to see people’s projects using any of our hardware, and this one is…
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Week 1 – Introduction to Papilio Series: Papilio Pins
Please join us for a weekly article that introduces you to a new aspect of the Papilio Platform. One thing that is missing from the Papilio Wiki is a collection of articles that introduce a new user to the types of things that can be done with the Papilio. This series will start building up…
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VHDL Tutorials With Mike Field
Happy New Year! 2012 is the year that the Mayans predicted would be the end of the world, or some such rot. Don’t worry, we don’t believe in this at all. We believe in hard science. But if you believe, then there’s not much time left – so why not get started with some FPGA goodness? Papilio enthusiast…