{"id":5545,"date":"2015-02-19T17:18:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T01:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=5545"},"modified":"2021-06-17T08:18:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:18:22","slug":"throwback-thursday-randomness-around-digilent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/throwback-thursday-randomness-around-digilent\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Randomness around Digilent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, we found some great snapshots into what life was like at Digilent between 2003 and 2005. How things have changed in the ten years or so since most of these images were taken!<\/p>\n<p>Before there was the chipKIT Pro series (the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/Products\/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,892,1218&amp;Prod=CHIPKIT-PRO-MX4\">MX4<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/Products\/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,892,1219&amp;Prod=CHIPKIT-PRO-MX7\">MX7<\/a>, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/Products\/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,892,1217&amp;Prod=CHIPKIT-MX3\">chipKIT MX3<\/a>), there was their predecessor, this beauty&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5547\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cerebotcollage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5547\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cerebotcollage-600x250.jpg\" alt=\"The original Cerebot!\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cerebotcollage-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cerebotcollage.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cerebotcollage-225x94.jpg 225w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cerebotcollage-800x333.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/Products\/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,398,830&amp;Prod=CEREBOT\">Cerebot<\/a>!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5548\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/covers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5548 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/covers-600x359.jpg\" alt=\"covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/covers-600x359.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/covers-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/covers-225x135.jpg 225w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/covers.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And check out this board designed for XUP!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the videos from then has some stellar screencaps.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5545 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/throwback-thursday-randomness-around-digilent\/videosample1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VideoSample1-150x120.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5550\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5550'>\n\t\t\t\tVideo intros, oh my&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/throwback-thursday-randomness-around-digilent\/videosample2-clint-cole\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VideoSample2-clint-cole-150x120.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5551\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5551'>\n\t\t\t\tThe one and only Clint Cole.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/throwback-thursday-randomness-around-digilent\/videosample4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VideoSample4-150x120.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5553\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5553'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Digilab II XL (D2XL), a second-generation board.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/throwback-thursday-randomness-around-digilent\/videosample3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VideoSample3-150x120.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5552\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5552'>\n\t\t\t\tOld software&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Today&#8217;s skip down memory lane is due in part to Norman MacDonald, who took most of these pictures and did these videos way back in the day.<\/p>\n<p>If you want more information about the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/Products\/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,398,603&amp;Prod=D2XL\">D2XL<\/a>, look here &#8212; and we also have <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/Products\/Catalog.cfm?NavPath=2,398&amp;Cat=7\">a whole section on our website<\/a> 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