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  • Create Studio Quality Sound with YM 2151 and FPGA

    Hello FPGA lovers! Today’s post is about making real studio quality music rather than the monotone buzzers from conventional circuits. FPGAs can be used to create monotone sounds such as beeps by using the right combination of DACs and buzzers. However these devices cannot be used to create studio quality sound that not only plays…

  • Craft Your Own Bit Runner Game Using FPGA

    Hello FPGA fans! Today’s project is going to be a great domain for you to have a bit of fun (once you’ve completed it) and learn more aspects about FPGA and applications in shift registers and button interfacing with FPGA. The project is based on a bit runner game, and for those unfamiliar with what…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Use Your FPGA To Build Your Own Music Box

    Today´s article presents an university project in which the author chose to increase his knowledge about FPGA´s by creating a Music Box. As with any other university work, this study is very well organized and there are chapters for literature review, scope of project and so forth. Luckily for you, I will ease you the…

  • Start Playing With Your Papilio Pro Logic Analyzer!

    https://youtu.be/D7FWUJoVaIc If right now you are kind of what is this guy talking about? Then you should check this and learn one of the almost infinite applications of a Papilio Pro. Today, we bring an article that explains one use for your brand new Papilio Pro Logic Analyzer. This is to capture the communication via…

  • Remember Playing Cowboys With A “Hand” Gun? Now It´s a Video Game

    Thanks to the work developed by a group of students at Cornell University, all you would need to do is to paint the tip of your finger in Red. This is not to fake that you are shooting that much that your finger is burning. This is because their project is based on this color.…

  • Want a Logic Analyzer?? Then just get a Papilio!

    https://youtu.be/pqCo8yAhLhQ Not long ago we published an article about using an Arduino UNO as a logic analyzer. As it couldn´t be otherwise, you can also do the same with a Papilio. And guess what? The Papilio-based logic analyzer is more powerful. No hype, just real numbers. You can achieve 32 channels, at 200 MHz, while…