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Papilio One

  • Sneak Peek: Papilio RAM Prototype

    There is a new FPGA Dev board in the works at Gadget Factory. The new board, codenamed Papilio RAM, brings some exciting new features to the Papilio Platform: 2-16 Mb of 16bit SRAM. Spartan 3A FPGA in a BGA package means that gate densities from 50K-1400K can be populated. Spartan 3A allows multi-booting multiple bitstreams…

  • Version 1.4 of the Papilio Loader

    Version 1.4 of the Papilio Loader has been released at the Papilio Loader project page. To download directly follow this link. The following has been changed: Support for SST SPI Flash chips has been added. When the Papilio_Loader.bat file is associated with *.bit files double clicking on a bit file allows the selection of either…

  • New version of Papilio Arduino IDE with new features released.

    The specially modified version of the Arduino IDE has been updated with some exciting new functionality. This is a very important update because it finally makes the Papilio One as easy to use as the Arduino board. With this update it is now possible to tap into all the features of the AVR8 Soft Processor…

  • Papilio Platform Quickstart Guide

    Papilio Quick Start Guide Overview Welcome to the Papilio Quickstart Guide and the exciting world of FPGA development made easy. This guide covers the basics of installing the software and drivers needed to load the various projects that you create for or download to the Papilio Platform hardware. It also covers loading a basic, “Hello…