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HDMI

  • ZX Spectrum With HDMI Out On The Pipistrello

    Jozsef Laszlo, AKA “joco” has come up with a very good implementation of the 1982 ZX Spectrum computer using his Papilio-based Pipistrello board. Joco says he wanted to do the ZX Spectrum project to “prove that a Spectrum clone can have a modern HDMI video output. Pipistrello was a good choice for this, because it…

  • In-Fabric Serialization: 1080p DVI-D With a Spartan 6 LX FPGA

    Mike Field, best known as “hamster” came up with an innovative way to display 1080p video at 60Hz from a Spartan 6 LX FPGA. It really came down to a workaround solution given the transmission speeds of the board vs. what is reqired for 1080p video at 60Hz. Mike explains: So how did Mike get…

  • HDMI Hacking – Great Information About Tapping Into HDMI

    We recently got word of an intriguing hack that lets you bust into an HDMI cable to sniff out the HDMI protocols for interesting data such as control information and the HDCP security keys. Adam over at Aperture Labs put out a great article at his blog showing exactly how to do this.  First of all, you’ll need…

  • Recycled junked laptop LCD driven by the Papilio Plus

    Papilio user Alex has managed to drive an LCD screen with his Papilio Plus Board. He used an old broken laptop that was left unused for a long time and took the LCD apart which is a 15″ panel with 1280×800 pixel native resolution to try to drive it with the Papilio Plus FPGA board and…

  • Pipistrello: A Papilio format “Uber Board” with HDMI and BGA.

    Papilio user  Magnusk  made a very interesting FPGA board that he calls Pipistrello, in the past he used some different papilio boards and he like them but he wanted a board with HDMI interface, lots of RAM for buffering, high-speed USB for data streaming and SD-card for data storage. So the only option left was to make…