Getting Un-Stuck with FPGA
An FPGA user shares his experience with debugging and gives some tips on how to diagnose and solve issues in FPGA designs.
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What is an FPGA?
Today we will go over a brief overview on FPGAs!
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New Nexys Video Project on Youtube
Check out a cool audio project with the Nexys Video!
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What Is The Deal With Cryptocurrency and FPGA?
You may have heard talk of FPGAs and cryptocurrency being tossed around… but what does it all mean? And more importantly, how does one make money off of it?
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Digilent FPGA Dating Profiles
Meet our FPGA Bachelors!
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Python Programming with the Arty Z7
Learn about the power of Python and the Arty Z7!
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Introducing #IHeartFPGA
There is more to look forward to this month than just Valentine’s day, with our new FPGA appreciation movement!
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A Microcontroller on an FPGA?
Brandon examines the age old question… can you put a microprocessor on an FPGA?
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A First Time Experience With FPGA
James takes the plunge into the world of FPGA!
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Cmod Lineup Gets Newest Player: CmodA7
We are excited to announce the newest member of our Cmod Lineup, the CmodA7! The CmodA7 is a development board that was designed around Xilinx’s Artix-7. At only 2.75 inches …
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Setting Up Vivado with the Digilent IP Cores
Recently, I have been working on a project using the Arty and MicroBlaze. The Arty has four headers for use with the Digilent Pmod line-up. As I don’t have much experience …
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My Embedded Linux Adventure: Zybo GSG and the Zynq Book
Join Nate as he continues his experiences with the Zybo!
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My Embedded Linux Adventure – Intro
The concept of embedded systems is one that I have found very interesting for a long time. The term is actually a pretty accurate description of the topic itself, the idea being …
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2016 Digilent and CNFM Workshop in Paris
Check out this workshop taking place on March 10!
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Arty Says “Hello World” to Adam Taylor
Learn more about the Arty Board now from Adiuvo’s Adam Taylor!
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Licensing Troubleshooting
Need some help troubleshooting your Xilinx licenses?
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Bop-It with a Twist…and an FPGA
Make your very own game of Bop-It.
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Converting from UCF to XDC file
How and why you’d convert UCF files to XDC files.
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The Constraints File, Also Known as Magical Moving Stairs
A point of confusion for a lot of people new to FPGA design is the constraints file. People are used to just writing code and having it work. However, in FPGA design we have to specify what hardware is being used.
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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 …
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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.
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Making a Spy Rover
With the growth of computer science and cybernetics, the first mobile robots debuted during World War II. In the decades since, further advancements have made it possible to create a wide range of mobile robots, all with varying purposes and capabilities. But now, Instructables user MarioaraR explains how to make your very own Spy Rover with a chipKIT Wi-FIRE.
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FPIDroidHouse with a Nexys 3
As smart homes are becoming more and more de rigueur, Instructables user skorpyon1992 created a timely project, the FPiDroid House. This project is still in beta testing, but has shown a lot of potential so far. By using the Nexys 3 (or any of our FPGA boards), you too could connect a lot of your devices to monitor and control your very own smart home.
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The Nexys Video Has Launched!
As you may have surmised from Jesse’s post earlier, we have a new product, the fantastic Nexys Video! To learn more, I talked to Sam Bobrowicz, one of the people at Digilent who worked very hard to get this product released.
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A Digital Oscilloscope Using Digilent ZYBO
By now, you’re probably familiar with the ZYBO board. You’ve seen the ZYBOt, a tutorial for using embedded Linux with ZYBO, and how to tweet webcam photos with a ZYBO. Thanks to one intrepid Instructables user, you can now learn how to make a digital oscilloscope with a ZYBO.
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