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Papilio One running a Sharp LCD
Hacklab, based out of France, has been hosting weekly hacking sessions with the Papilio One FPGA board. One of the neat demos they have done is driving a sharp LCD with the Papilio One: They report that getting Frogger to work is the next goal!
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Gadget Factory Pick and Place hard at work.
We’ve been really busy with building circuit boards lately so we thought we would post a video of the 20 year old Gadget Factory pick an place hard at work.
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OpenBench Logic Sniffers hot off the Pick and Place machine.
Gadget Factory is now manufacturing and selling OpenBench Logic Sniffers! We just finished programming the design into the pick and place and have the first batch tested and ready to go. For those who have been waiting for the OLS to be stocked at Seeed Studio, wait no longer. The OpenBench Logic Sniffer is…
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Xilinx VHDL UART Example
Here is a three part screencast that provides an example of implementing a high speed 3Mb/s UART with the Papilio One board and the FT2232 USB chip. The project uses the free Xilinx VHDL UART example because it is optimized for Xilinx hardware, it provides the smallest and fastest UART possible. The source code…
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Papilio One DIY – Build your own Papilio One!
One thing I’ve always loved is the satisfaction of saving a couple dollars and building an Open Source project myself. The Papilio One is an excellent challenge because it requires some advanced surface mount soldering. We put together a DIY kit that, at $34.99, is a great opportunity to practice surface mount soldering. If successful…
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Sneak Peek: Papilio RAM Prototype
There is a new FPGA Dev board in the works at Gadget Factory. The new board, codenamed Papilio RAM, brings some exciting new features to the Papilio Platform: 2-16 Mb of 16bit SRAM. Spartan 3A FPGA in a BGA package means that gate densities from 50K-1400K can be populated. Spartan 3A allows multi-booting multiple bitstreams…
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Barcode Genie Giveaway contest!
The Hacked Gadgets Blog is running a “Name the Thing” contest with the prize for one correct guess being the Papilio Barcode Genie kit. Head over to Hacked Gadgets to put your guess in and get in the running for a free Papilio Barcode Genie kit.
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Version 2.12a of the OpenBench Logic Sniffer Windows Installer released.
A new Windows installer for the OpenBench Logic Sniffer (OLS) is now available for download. This installer greatly simplifies the initial task of getting the OLS up and running. Download OpenBenchLogicSniffer-2.12a-Setup.exe Features of the new installer are: Installs the original Sump Java client and Jawi’s excellent alternative Logic Sniffer client. Automatically installs the Windows Device…
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