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Experimentation with TFT Touchscreens!
There have been some discussions in the Papilio forum about getting some low cost TFT touchscreens working with the Papilio. Lee has been working on some touchscreens and that inspired us to pick up work on a Prototype Wing that we had laying around. We were able to get the touchscreen up and running with…
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What makes FPGA’s special from the perspective of a newcomer.
The Random Thinker blog has a nice post that articulates what is so exciting about FPGA’s for the hobbyist. To summarize: Arduino inspired boards like the Papilio make it easy and affordable for hobbyists to get started with FPGA’s. An Arduino compatible processor can be extended with custom “Hardware” bits to do whizzy things. VGA…
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JaxHax: Waveform Generation with the Papilio coming soon!
Do you need an easy way to generate Sin, Cosine, Sawtooth, and Square waveforms? Take a look at this JaxHax video that shows a Sneak Peek at a waveform generation core that’s in the works. It allows Sin, Cos, Saw, and Square waves to be generated at a frequency of your choosing! The frequency can…
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Joel Owens, Papilio Enthusiast, Featured Engineer at EEWeb.
Joel Owens has done some really cool projects with the Papilio One board that have been featured on the Papilio front page. He was recently interviewed by EEWeb as one of their featured Engineers. It’s a very interesting read where he talks about his background and his most recent work with FPGA’s. It’s really nice…
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Papilio Programmer 1.6 Released
Version 1.6 of the Papilio Programmer is officially available for download. The new release fixes the bug causing long SPI Flash programming issues, adds improvements to the menu options, and includes a Windows Installer. A new Quickstart Guide with installation videos is also being released at Papilio.cc. Changes: SPI Flash programming takes 3-5 seconds now…
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FPGA driving salvaged laptop display.
EiNSTeiN_ over at g3nius.org put together this FPGA hack to drive a salvaged laptop monitor. Great work EiNSTeiN_! Many laptop LCD’s use LVDS signaling to transfer RGB information; LVDS is a differential signaling standard that allows longer cables that have very good immunity to EMI. It also allows very high speeds on just a few wires, in…
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Get a YAOBLS case for your Logic Sniffer.
DSM has released version 5 of his YAOBLS case for the OpenBench Logic Sniffer. It’s a very nice looking case that can be purchased from shapeways for $24.94.
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Monster LED Game table being ported to the Papilio.
Tobias has a monster game table that he drives with an Arduino. He’s working in the forum on a port to the Papilio with a custom AVR8 user core to drive the display! Stop by his blog for more videos or the forum to check out the progress and add your feedback.
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