FPGAs For MCU Guys
https://www.electronics-lab.com/fpgas-mcu-guys/
by Max Maxfield @ eeweb.com: A little while ago, it struck me that I was getting tired of explaining what FPGAs are and how they work their magic to those of my chums who — thus far — have worked only with microcontrollers (MCUs), so I decided to write a three-part mini-series of articles to […]
FPGA eink controller
https://www.electronics-lab.com/fpga-eink-controller/
Julien @ hackaday.io build a custom board to control e-ink display. He writes: The idea is to control an old broken kindle 3 eink display with a FPGA. I started looking at http://essentialscrap.com/eink/waveforms.html and http://spritesmods.com/?art=einkdisplay since eink constructor is so secretive that you can’t find any information. I got some success with a stm32f4 microcontroller […]
Arrow’s New FPGA-Based IoT Maker Board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/arrows-new-fpga-based-iot-maker-board/
Arrow Electronics has introduced a new FPGA IoT Maker Board designed for end-to-end application development and optimised for cost. The Arrow MAX1000 board can be installed directly into a custom application or integrated on to a completely separate board. It has been created for start-ups, universities or established equipment manufacturers who want a flexible, low […]
A FPGA controlled RGB LED MATRIX for Incredible Effects
https://www.electronics-lab.com/fpga-controlled-rgb-led-matrix-incredible-effects/
A dot matrix RGB LED graphic panel, managed by a FPGA-based controller board that may be separately used as a demoboard, so to evaluate the potential of the on-board Spartan 6. First installment. A FPGA controlled RGB LED MATRIX for Incredible Effects – [Link]
Low-Cost FPGA With Reconfigurable Electronics Feature
https://www.electronics-lab.com/low-cost-fpga-reconfigurable-electronics-feature/
Iolinker is a cheap 64 FPGA board with a MachXO FPGA that functions as a dynamically configurable IO matrix. Its main functionality, besides IO extension, is to dynamically set up a matrix of GPIO connections, that allow direct pass-through of high-frequency signals. Circuits can thereby be configured and programmed on the fly. There are UART […]
DueProLogic – USB-CPLD Development System
https://www.electronics-lab.com/dueprologic-usb-cpld-development-system/
The DueProLogic is a complete FPGA Development System designed to easily get the user started learning and creating projects. The DueProLogic makes programmable logic easy with an all inclusive development platform. It includes an Altera Cyclone IV FPGA, on board programming, four megabit configuration flash, and an SD connector for add on memory. You can […]
TE0722 Zynq DIPFORTy1 “Soft Propeller” Module
https://www.electronics-lab.com/dipforty1-soft-propeller-fpga-board/
The DIPFORTy1 is a powerful Xilinx based FPGA board with small form factor and many programmable I/Os. It is popular for its high performance at most competitive price. Introduction: The TE0722 is based on the Xilinx Zynq-7000, a System on Chip. It contains a FPGA and a Dual Core ARM A9+ processor with enough logic […]
FPGA-Based Arduino Shield
https://www.electronics-lab.com/fpga-based-arduino-shield/
Inspired by an interest in spreading the concepts of FPGA, and because its ability to overcome most of other platforms limitations such as IO, memory, and peripherals, technolomaniac had worked on developing the first Arduino FPGA shield. A Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is an integrated circuit designed to be configured by a customer or a […]
Test application for the FPGA Tibbit in the smart LED controller configuration
https://www.electronics-lab.com/test-application-fpga-tibbit-smart-led-controller-configuration/
This application example shows how to connect and use RGBW LED stripe with TPS hardware platform. The main difficulty is that LEDs have their own color generation circuit inside. New FPGA Tibbit #57 can generate fast PWM signal, which is needed for proper LEDs operation. Also, the topic shows the main advantage of FPGA technology. […]
Space Invaders FPGA Game
https://www.electronics-lab.com/space-invaders-fpga-game/
Patsiatzis Nikos and Katsaros Nikos build the space invaders game using a ZedBoard FPGA. The project’s code is available on github. This two person project was completed through the course of Embedded Systems at the University of Thessaly, Department of Computer Engineering. In the context of this game we implemented the classic space invaders game using a zedboard fpga. […]