{"id":11823,"date":"2016-01-07T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T04:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=11823"},"modified":"2021-06-16T15:41:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T22:41:25","slug":"tbt-one-year-with-the-nexys-4-ddr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/tbt-one-year-with-the-nexys-4-ddr\/","title":{"rendered":"TBT: One Year with the Nexys 4 DDR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One year ago, Digilent <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/index.php\/new-product-nexys4ddr\/\">released the Nexys 4 DDR<\/a>. After the end-of-life notice from Micron about the cellular RAM used on previous Nexys products, we eagerly designed a board with all the feautures of the Nexys 4 but using DDR memory, instead.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nk__TzBZ6_I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Given its compatibility with Xilinx&#8217;s Vivado and ISE tool set, the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/nexys-4-ddr-artix-7-fpga-trainer-board-recommended-for-ece-curriculum\/\">Nexys 4 DDR<\/a> is an ideal learning platform for an ECE curriculum. The Digilent Design Contest 2015 had it as one of the focal boards, so we&#8217;ve seen some amazing projects done with it!<\/p>\n<p>These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An autonomous search and rescue vehicle \u2013 actually, two mobile rescue platforms controlled by a <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/Products\/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,1338&amp;Prod=NEXYS4DDR\">Nexys 4 DDR<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8plEwJMC69g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Nexys 4 DDR LED Strip Audio Spectrum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FJA5G4ZI7CCFSSX.MEDIUM.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8519\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8519\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FJA5G4ZI7CCFSSX.MEDIUM.jpg\" alt=\"FJA5G4ZI7CCFSSX.MEDIUM\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" data-wp-pid=\"8519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FJA5G4ZI7CCFSSX.MEDIUM.jpg 620w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FJA5G4ZI7CCFSSX.MEDIUM-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FJA5G4ZI7CCFSSX.MEDIUM-225x169.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The FPIDroid House.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nK6MNBQzLqA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are more out there, and there&#8217;s still so much that can be done. We look forward to seeing your creativity throughout this product&#8217;s second year of life.<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-11823 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='11823' data-nonce='87acbb1af5' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-11823 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-11823 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='11823' data-nonce='87acbb1af5' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-11823 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-11823 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy first birthday to the Nexys 4 DDR!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[104,453,36],"ppma_author":[4464],"class_list":["post-11823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fpga","tag-project-2","tag-vivado","tag-xilinx"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Nexys4DDR.png","authors":[{"term_id":4464,"user_id":7,"is_guest":0,"slug":"amber_mear","display_name":"Amber Mear","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0fc56ab4035f79884675bde2a948e84c1d14dd33b730b4c142dde6f1a962395?s=96&d=mm&r=g","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":"","9":"","10":""}],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11823"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=11823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}