JaxHax
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Papilio as a YM2149 MIDI Synthesizer!
While browsing through past HackaDay articles looking for projects to spark the imagination we noticed a trend. It seems that people are keen on connecting the audio chips from old computer and arcade games to their Arduino! Especially the YM2149 which is a popular audio chip that was used in the Atari ST, ZX Spectrum…
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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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TV Output using a handfull of resistors on the Papilio FPGA board.
NTSC/PAL TV and audio output using 14 resistors and a low pass audio filter. This design can be built in a couple minutes using parts from Radio Shack. Open Source VHDL code and EAGLE PCB design files are available. For more details, source code, or to order a PCB for $8 visit the TV…
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JaxHax Video Diary: Non-technical Explanation of FPGA Technology
A non technical, conceptual explanation of FPGA technology using an analogy to rewritable CD technology. To learn more about the Papilio FPGA Shield for the Arduino project visit the Kickstarter project page.
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JaxHax Video Diary: SMT Soldering Without a Stencil
Jack builds some C/RAM (CPLD and SRAM) Wings and shows how to do SMT soldering without a stencil. JaxHax is a behind the scenes video diary of the work being done on the Open Source Papilio FPGA board. The Papilio is an Open Source community inspired by the Arduino and meant to ease people into…
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JaxHax Video Diary: BGA Soldering at Home
Jack attempts to perfect a technique to solder BGA chips at home using a pancake griddle. JaxHax is a behind the scenes video diary of the work being done on the Open Source Papilio FPGA board. The Papilio is an Open Source community inspired by the Arduino and meant to ease people into FPGA…
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JaxHax Video Diary: Papilio Linux Virtual Machine Introduction.
Jack gives a quick tour of the new Papilio Linux Virtual Machine created at SuseStudio.com. The Papilio VM includes the Papilio Loader, ZPUino toolchain, and ZPUino/Arduino IDE. The Linux Virtual Machine can be downloaded from the Papilio.cc website. Visit the Linux Virtual machine page for more information. JaxHax is a behind the scenes video…
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JaxHax Video Diary: Frogger!
Jack takes a look at the classic Arcade game Frogger running on the Papilio Arcade kit. JaxHax is a behind the scenes video diary of the work being done on the Open Source Papilio FPGA board. The Papilio is an Open Source community inspired by the Arduino and meant to ease people into FPGA…