Gadget Factory

FPGA

  • Build Your Own SuperH CPU with FPGA

    Hello FPGA enthusiasts! Today’s post is a rather special one since it throws open doors to a 32 bit CPU that you can quite simply build with a Spartan 6 FPGA board. Hitachi’s SuperH CPU patents have passed the 25 year mark, and this means that the technology can be reproduced at much lower costs…

  • Groove to Your 8 Step Synthesizer Rhythms with FPGA

    Hello FPGA lovers! Today’s project will be a special one that will pique the interest of FPGA lovers and music makers alike! The project is about how to build an 8 step synthesizer with an FPGA board! The 8 step Synthesizer is a set of 8 switches with a time line that flows from left…

  • Get Ready to Bop It! With FPGA

    Hello FPGA enthusiasts! Today we have a close enough version of the popular Bop It! Game. For those unfamiliar with what a Bop It! Game is, I will tell you that it is practically a quick reflex based game that has a set of voice commands that give you instructions to perform tasks with the…

  • How To Make Simon Says Game With Your FPGA

    https://youtu.be/SXT9aOCPFqQ Hi again FPGA people! Today I have another game for you to implement using your FPGA, Simon Says for 2 players. I know it´s a pretty old game but I promise you that it´s a very interesting project. In this project you will have to make use of your hand skills both for coding…

  • Control a Servo Motor with Your FPGA

    Hello FPGA lovers! Great stuff here today. I have come across an article that gives you great details about how to control a RC Servo with a FPGA. There many versions for RC servos but basically all of them use a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signal to control their position. Servos should receive 5 V…

  • Protect Your Home With a FPGA-based Alarm System

    Welcome back again FPGA addicts! Today we have a very interesting and useful project for you: Build your own alarm system with your FPGA. This work was carried out by a group of students and it could perfectly serve as a baseline for any alarm system. The project is developed in 6 easy steps. All…

  • Quick Guide: 4 Easy Steps To Play Snake on Your FPGA

    Hello FPGA lovers. I am sure you are going to love today´s post: How to implement Snake Game on your FPGA. Maybe some of you are too young to remember this everlasting game that has been popular generation after generation on a wide variety of formats. And as it couldn´t be less, Snake Game deserves…

  • How To Control A Joystick With Your FPGA

    Fantastic tutorial here today about how to add and control a joystick, using your FPGA. This project is based upon a demo written in Verilog. However, the author used a Basys 3 FPGA board and thus she needed to transfer the Verilog code over to Vivado. The hardware needed for this project is pretty simple,…