Saving Time with VAXEL-EZ
Digilent is partnering with VAXEL, Inc. to make FPGA design easier.
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What to Expect in the 2020 Fall Semester
COVID-19 has us all out of sorts. The economy. Social life. Our health. Hell, we even ran out of Analog Discovery 2 as a direct result of it. As we …
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Reverse Engineering an NES Controller Using the Digital Discovery and WaveForms
Some time ago, we had an old NES controller floating around the office. It wasn’t your run-of-the-mill NES controller, though – it had been “tampered” with. Instead of the normal …
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Navigating the Difference Between Pmod, SYZYGY, and FMC
For years, hardware engineers with interchangeable I/O needs had two strong choices – our own Pmod, which was developed as an open standard back in 2004, as well as the …
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The Genesys ZU Taken On a Road Test
One lucky user was tasked to see what the Genesys ZU was capable of.
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Custom AXI for IP Acceleration using Petalinux
Pablo at ControlPaths.com has written a guide for creating a custom AXI IP using the Genesys ZU, but any Zynq MPSoC will do. We’re partial to the Genesys ZU though. …
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The Trenz TE0802 is Now Available on Our Website!
Designed and manufactured by our partner, Trenz Electronic, the TE0802 is a development board integrating a Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+. The board features a variety of connectivity interfaces including DisplayPort, VGA, …
Read MoreBridging a USB to a Microcontroller, as Shown by the Analog Discovery 2
Our friend Yahya, Editor at Atadiat (the Arabic word for hardware), has put together a fine tutorial on serial engine programming. Using the MPSSE (Multi-Protocol Synchronous Serial Engine) from FTDI Chip …
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Five Projects for Your Arty S7
The Arty S7, our FPGA development board using the cost efficient Xilinx Spartan 7, gives users plenty of I/O and expansion options to work with. Since its inception in 2018, …
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Creating a Genesys ZU Vitis Acceleration Platform
Vitis is Xilinx’s unified software platform, replete with open source libraries optimized for Xilinx’s own hardware platforms and pre-built applications. The Genesys ZU is our “kitchen sink” development board boasting …
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Using the xFFT IP to Implement an FFT on the Eclypse Z7
Pablo from controlpaths.com lent his expertise in Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and applied it to our Eclypse Z7 board (using the SYZYGY Zmod ADC and DAC, and Xilinx’s xFFT IP). …
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How Are Digilent’s Engineers Making the Most of Working From Home?
Engineers across the globe have been forced out of their labs and into their living rooms, asked to continue working on whatever projects they were prior to being self-quarantined. The …
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Putting the New Eclypse Z7 to WORK
We are really excited about some new products we released earlier this year: the Eclypse Z7, Zmod ADC 1410, and Zmod DAC 1410. Since we didn’t get a chance to …
Read MoreTeaching Remotely (because that’s just the way it is)
If you’re stuck in the unfamiliar situation of attempting to complete the rest of this semester’s EE courses online (rather than in your lab), read on. We want to make …
Read MoreMouser Electronics Wins Digilent’s Distributor of the Year Award for 2019!
MOUSER ELECTRONICS SELECTED AS DIGILENT’S ANNUAL DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENT FOR 2019 Mouser Electronics and Digilent’s business partnership dates back to 2014, and this is the company’s second time to win the award. SEATTLE, March 30, 2020 – Digilent, Inc., …
Read MoreSharing the Burden of COVID-19
No matter where you you reside in the world or what occupation takes you through each day, it seems that there is a common sentiment about the current situation – …
Read MoreSteve Johnson featured on Embedded Executives podcast!
Steve is the President of Digilent, so we are intrigued. Check it out here (7 minutes): https://www.embedded-computing.com/home-page/embedded-executives-steve-johnson-president-gm-digilent 00 Be the 1st to vote.
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Analog Discovery 2 Used in Stanford University Medical Research
In December of last year, Stanford’s Neerav Dixit, John Pauly, and Grieg Scott published a paper on thermo-acoustic ultrasound (TAUS) for noninvasive temperature monitoring. So why are we excited about …
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Six Reasons You Should Consider FPGAs Over ASICs or CPU/GPUs
Is an FPGA the right tool for you? Dive into six ways that will help you discern if an FPGA is the way to go.
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Using Analog Discovery Studio with MAC OS
If you’re under the impression that our Analog Discovery products are only Windows compatible, this post is for you. The Analog Discovery 2, Digital Discovery, and Analog Discovery Studio are …
Read More2019 Holiday Gifting Guide
If you’re not quite sure what to get the special engineer in your life, you’re not alone. According to CareerTrend.com, en electrical engineer must be a problem solver, analytical, detail-oriented, …
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Handwritten Digit Recognition Using Artificial Intelligence on a Low-Cost FPGA Board
In the world of artificial intelligence (AI), the recognition of handwritten digits proves that you got your neurons right and in working condition. This application of AI is already quite …
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The SYZYGY Origin Story
Recently, we announced that we will be adopting the SYZYGY standard on future dev kits. To provide more context on the standard and its advent, here is Founder and President …
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An Examination of Oscilloscope Noise Due to Ground Issues
A discussion of how ground potential differences can (and will) effect oscilloscope measurements.
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White Paper: Creating an Image Processing System
Our Zybo Z7 is one of the more popular FPGA Developer Boards in our arsenal, and rightfully so – it boasts a variety of peripherals surrounding the Zynq 7000 SoC …
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