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. […]
TFoC: FPGA & Forth = VGA
https://www.electronics-lab.com/tfoc-fpga-forth-vga/
Here is a fun project, created from start to finish by Matthias Koch: In itself, this is no big deal. The generated pattern is a 16×16 expanded pixel image, and 640×480 displays are pretty basic by now – although they’re fine for presenting text-mode information and retro games. TFoC: FPGA & Forth = VGA – […]
Hacking the OWON SDS7102 Scope
https://www.electronics-lab.com/hacking-owon-sds7102-scope/
Christer Weinigel did a teardown of OWON SDS7102 oscilloscope. He explained how its internals are connected, ported Linux to its Samsung SoC in the scope, succeeded in getting its peripherals working, and set to work programming the Xilinx FPGA that’s responsible for signal processing. One of the reasons I bought this specific scope was that I […]
Consolite – a Tiny Game Console on an FPGA
https://www.electronics-lab.com/49620-2/
Robert Fotino has design a video game system on a FPGA. He writes: For my latest project, I am diving back into Verilog to create the hardware side of Consolite. For those who don’t know, Consolite is the name I’ve given to my design of a tiny hobbyist game console and associated software toolchain. In […]
Nanocounter: Frequency Counter with an Android Interface
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nanocounter-frequency-counter-with-an-android-interface/
Andy published his accurate and open source frequency counter that uses an Android phone as a display. It’s based on a high accuracy temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) fed into a phase locked loop (PLL) to create a high frequency reference clock. The reference clock along with the input signal is processed by a Xilinx […]
DIY FPGA Programming
https://www.electronics-lab.com/47653-2/
TC-Engineering has documented their efforts to program a Spartan 6 FPGA using a DIY PCB. The hardware part and software are discussed on the link below. I’ve been thinking about building stuff with FPGA’s for a while, and usually get turned away because FPGA’s are considerably harder to implement than microcontrollers since they have no on-chip […]