Gadget Factory

NIOS-II

  • Recreating Nintendo Chiptunes with FPGA and the 6502 processor

    Greetings FPGA lovers! Today’s project explores the possibility of using FPGA in combination with other processors to recreate the amazing Nintendo Chiptunes or Soundtracks that an entire generation of gamers are used to. The project uses a combination of FPGA with Verilog and the 6502 processor along with a Nesdev APU for audio generation. The…

  • Tutorial: Running Nut/OS On DE0-Nano For Internet Radio

    Courtesy of Emb4fun, Michael Fischer posted a wonderfully detailed tutorial for getting the Nios II soft processor up and running on his Altera DE0-Nano FPGA, complete with Nut/OS.  The tutorial is as about as in-depth as they come. The tutorial comes in three easy-to-follow sections, and is complete with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. The first…