FPGA
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Free ebook on VHDL available for download
For everyone who seeks a solid guide to help them develop their VHDL skills here is a free book we found that will help you get all that and much more. The book was written by Bryan Mealy and Fabrizio Tappero, you can download the electronic version of this book for free here: freerangefactory.org “Feedback and…
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AC ’97 Audio Wing for the Papilio One
The picture above shows a very nice audio interface wing for the Papilio one that Rudzz designed and here is an excellent topic that he has started on our forum to share with us what he has come up with. “I have been working on trying to create a nice audio interface wing for the Papilio…
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How to design a Homemade GPS Receiver
Have you ever thought about designing a GPS Receiver? It seems very complicated but not with this design we found at holmea.demon.co.uk, the article clearly explains how to make a homemade GPS receiver and we thought you guys would find it very useful. “…I was motivated to design this receiver after reading the work of Matjaž Vidmar, S53MV, who developed a GPS receiver from scratch,…
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Fractal Viewer For Papilio, Controlled By Papilio Arcade
Mike Field has written a Mandelbrot fractal generator/ viewer that runs on the Papilio platform, and he’s controlling the zoom and scroll functions with the Papilio Arcade MegaWing. We found an article over at Hackaday about this that sheds some light on the technical details of the project: “Calculations to generate the shape are being run…
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A Nice Collection Of Code Tools For The Papilio
Mike Field has put up a wiki bursting with all kinds of code for many aspects of the Papilio board, as well as a number of test projects for the Papilio + Arcade MegaWing hardware. We’re happy for everyone who has a Papilio, as many of these items are really handy to have at the…
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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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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…