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Papilio Projects

  • Status Update On Papilio-Based Robot Avatar Project

    Here’s a great follow-up on the progress of Duane Benson’s Papilio-based tele-presence avatar project which we covered here on the blog a little while back. Looks like he is moving forward with the overall implementation in strides. Referring to the photo above, Duane gives us the run-down from a hardware standpoint: Toward the lower-left, we…

  • Mains Hum Filter Using Papilio/ Logic Start

    Hamster has a new project up over at his Hamsterworks site, and he’s got code running both for the Papilio/ Logic Start combination, and for the Arduino. In this project, he has created a filter that can filter out commonly encountered “mains hum” frequencies up to the Nyquist limit of half the sample rate for…

  • Implementing SPI & I2C Interfaces On Papilio One

    Papilio user and tech blogger Duane Benson from All Programmable Planet has a new article on his ongoing quest to create his own robotic tele-presence avatar. This one is about implementing SPI and I2C interfaces on his Papilio One for the project. Duane’s avatar will need a series of motors and sensor controls for various…

  • Papilio And pcDuino Together As A USB to 3.3V TTL RS232 adapter

    Here’s a great and simple project using a Papilio One and a pcDuino together for the purpose of making a USB to 3.3V TTL RS232 adapter. This is from Mike Field’s site Hamsterworks where he’s got a full project description and the code to go along with it! Mike says, Cool project, Mike.  It just…

  • 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…

  • New features in the Gadget Factory Forum!

    Hey everyone! Here at Gadget Factory, we are pleased to announce that we have upgraded our free SMF forum software to Invision Power Board which is one of the best forum softwares available on the market. The new forum provides many great features that will help us create a better Gadget Factory community, making it…