Nexys 4 DDR for Programmers
We profile a project from the Digilent Project Vault featuring the Nexys 4 DDR!
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NetFPGA Summer School 2017
It might be summertime but that doesn’t mean it’s not a great time to learn about FPGA architecture!
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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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Which FPGA Is Best For You?
Find your ideal FPGA match with our handy quiz!
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PAL vs. CPLD vs. FPGA
Brandon K. provides a quick rundown on the differences between these three terms you are likely to encounter if working with digital logic!
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Congratulations to the Nexys Video
Check out the Nexys Video, and how its handling its newfound fame!
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Come see us in Austin, TX at DAC 2016
The Design Automation Conference (DAC) will be taking place this month from June 6-9 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX. It is recognized as the premier conference for design …
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Getting MicroBlaze Running on a Nexys 4 Board
Are you trying to set up a MicroBlaze processor on your Nexys board?
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A Wonderland of Fractals with the Nexys Video
Check out some fascinating fractal displays with Hamster’s latest project!
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ASEE 2015– Robots, Pmods and Project Boxes!
We had wonderful time at ASEE 2015! It seems like every year gets better, and that’s saying a lot — ASEE 2014 was great. ASEE, one of our favorite conferences, is …
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Recapping the Week: April 26-May 2
We hope this week been good for you. We’ve been busy wrapping up the semester here at Digilent. We’ve worked on a couple of really cool projects, including some big product releases. Have a good weekend! …
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Throwback Thursday: Looking Back at Nexys
We’ve talked a lot lately about the Nexys 4 DDR lately, and we definitely hope you like it as much as we do here at Digilent. But what are the roots of this awesome board?
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Recapping the Week: March 1-7
This week, we’ve been quite busy with visits from some of our colleagues at NI, continuing getting ready for ECEDHA, and finalizing our conference display. Check out everything going on now!
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Throwback Thursday: Our First (Serious) Conference Display
Today’s throwback brings us a few pictures from the first time we at Digilent presented ourselves as a company in a trade show setting, around 2007. This conference was very small — it was located in the main floor entry of the ETRL building on the WSU campus. Clint (Cole), our former president, was giving a presentation as well.
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New Product– the Nexys 4 DDR
Our new product, the Nexys4 DDR, is now available for sale! We have been anxiously awaiting this board’s release ever since we received an end-of-life notice from Micron (our memory provider) about cellular RAM that we had been using on all of our Nexys-class products. Rather than strip features off the current Nexys4, we decided to evolve the product line to accept DDR Memory. Check it out now!
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Nexys vs. Basys
At Washington State University, the electrical engineering department uses Digilent FPGAs in several classes. Students are allowed to pick from a variety of our FPGAs. The main choice is between the Nexys or Basys lines of FPGAs. As a student, I hear a lot of confusion from students about the differences between the two series of boards. I figured that students can’t be the only ones who have questions about the difference, so I decided to write a quick summary of the differences. I’ll be using the Nexsys 4 and the soon-to-be newest member of the Basys series as an example. I’ve compiled two lists to highlight the differences between the two.
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