Structure of an FPGA
Once upon a time, the readers of the Digilent blog were given a brief history lesson on the field programmable gate array (FPGA), at the end of which you all …
Month: July 2015
Educating Kids
When I was little, I always was inspired to put LEGOs together and take them apart. I could spend a whole day just building and playing around. When I was …
Cooling Solutions
Overheated and under-financed? No sweat! We have curated some of the best D.I.Y cooling solutions, just for you and your’e biologically fragile body temperature.
FPGAs and Microcontrollers
FPGA or microcontroller? Do I have to choose? We’re here with some of the differences between the two and appropriate times to use each.
Building the Jousting Robots
Whats the only thing cooler than robots equipped with weapons?? TWO robots with weapons. Jousting.
A-maze-ing Game for Nexys 3
Games all around! What makes a fun game for the engineer in your life? A programmable maze based on an FPGA. This Instructable was made by RedCirkle to provide a …
Jousting Robots – Wiring and LabVIEW Code
Long for the knights of old, but with the technology of new? Well trifle no longer, for in preparation for NI week, Josh and I decided to create jousting robots!
8-Step FPGA Sequencer and Synthesizer
Music is one of the more delightful aspects of being human. Listening to it provides such a thrill, but creating it — that takes real work. But what if there were a way to simplify that? Of course there is!
Smart Irrigation System
During the summer, gardens abound — so many people are keeping an eye out for their sun-ripened, home-grown tomatoes or for that lovely hydrangea that’s just the right shade of blue. But summers are also a very hectic time. So how do you maintain that garden and make sure it receives the care it needs? One of the projects created for the Digilent Design Contest 2015 is a smart irrigation system intended to work with an Android device to see to it your garden gets the moisture it craves.
Quick Coin Battery Guide
Is your inability to accurately identify coin cell batteries negatively impacting your life and affecting your loved ones? Nate is here to help!
Seeing Sound with the Nexys 4 DDR
Noise exists all around us. But it is usually a too low a volume for us to appreciate with the human ear. What if there was a way to capture and display it in a way that was both acoustically pleasing and visually appeasing? Thanks to MirceaDabacan, there is.
Debouncing Circuits
Pushbuttons are an inherent source of problems inside of sensitive circuits. Ideally, we like to think that when a button is pressed it is either “pressed” or “not pressed” without any sort of funny business. Unfortunately, as pushbuttons are a mechanical component, a lack of funny business simply isn’t going to be the case.
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