ZPUino is a system-on-chip 32bit microprocessor FPGA core, that functions with a modified Arduino IDE. All the files regarding the core are open-source and downloadable from their site, and so is the modified Arduino IDE. Yes, that is true. ZPUino … Read more
Here’s a site we found containing open source simulation models for system level verification of CPLD/FPGA devices. “Founded in 1995, Free Model Foundry (FMF) is dedicated to promoting standard modeling practices within the electrical engineering comunity. In particular, we support … Read more
Squok writes referring us to several documents he’s found regarding hacking the bitstream in secure FPGAs: In order to protect the intellectual property and to prevent fraud, e.g., by cloning an FPGA or manipulating its content, many current FPGAs employ … Read more
In a previous post we wrote about Kiran’s review of Altera’s SignalTapII logic analyzer simulator for FPGAs. Jason let us know that Altera provides many free online courses for their tools, and one of them is for the SignalTapII. The … Read more
Xilinx has released Issue 78 of Xcell Journal, their free online publication for embedded system and programmable logic developers. Each issue of Xcell has articles targeted at developers from every skill level, from beginner to expert. You can check out … Read more
Xilinx has announced the availability of Version 13.4 of their ISE Design Suite. This download includes the free Webpack version of the ISE and is available for Windows and Linux. This release introduces their new MicroBlaze Micro Controller System (MCS), … Read more
Hamster has written VHDL code for interpreting data from a PS2 keyboard. It’s currently a work in progress and is designed to work with his Papilio S6 (the Spartan 6-based Papilio board paired with the Megawing board, both available from … Read more
Advanced Logic Synthesis for Electronics (ALSE) is a Paris based company providing product development, IP consulting and training courses involving HDL, ASIC and FGPA devices. They are making available a series of IP cores free for personal, non-commercial use. They … Read more
Chris from PyroElectro has written an intro tutorial on programming the Altera DE0 Nano FGPA board. His article examines installing Altera’s IDE: Quartus II on your computer and using it to make an FPGA program, compile it and get it … Read more
Chris from PyroElectro writes: Here’s a little project I thought you guys might like….I re-built the Masochist’s Video Card using the DE0 Nano FPGA board that I won in the 7400 logic competition. The project article has all the details … Read more
Kiran writes: There is a great tutorial on how to use ChibiOS on Altera FPGA board by Michael Fischer. I tried and it works great. This tutorial covers how to use ChibiOS/RT on a Nios II cpu based on an … Read more
In this video Jeri Ellsworth demonstrates her design of a Continuously Variable Slope Delta (CVSD) audio compression codec in an FPGA. She was in need of a replacement for a damaged HC-55564 IC from (where else) a pinall machine and … Read more
Steve Chamberlin over at Big Mess o’Wires presents the Plus Too, a working hardware replica of the Macintosh Plus and Macintosh 512Ke computers. The original Macs contained a Motorola 68000 CPU and about half a dozen major support chips, with … Read more
Drone writes: XESS recently released their 92 page “FPGAs!? Now What?” book which is supposed to be a tutorial for the XuLA, but is really an informative read in-general; especially for someone getting started with Xilinx parts. You can download … Read more
The Altera DE1 is an educational and development board based on the Cyclone II 2C20 FPGA and is commonly used in college and university courses on digital logic and FPGAs. Kiran writes to inform us of her tutorial on interfacing … Read more
Altera has available a free online course covering the Basics of Programmable Logic. This training will give you a basic introduction to programmable logic devices, focusing on FPGAs. By exploring the history of programmable logic technologies, you’ll learn about the … Read more
We’ve been prototyping XT peripherals for old PCs, and discussing the possibility of building PCIe cards for modern computers. Out of curiosity we looked up 88086 and 8088 emulators, here’s a list of what we found: On Spartan2 Wiki list … Read more
octal tipped us to a cheap Altera DE0-NANO FPGA Development Kit: …Now most of you will be swayed by cost so lets get that out the way – The DE0-Nano is $79USD and though education routes is only $59USD which … Read more
Lattice Semiconductor has just announced Lattice Diamond® release 1.3, updating their FPGA design software environment. They write: This release further builds on helping FPGA designers reach their goals for cost sensitive and low-power applications. In addition to its industry-leading Power … Read more
Researchers in Germany have released two papers detailing how security of the bitstream on Xilinx FPGAs can be compromised. The first paper (11 pages) discusses power analysis attacks and extracting keys from Virtex-II devices. The second (3 pages) describes an … Read more
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