Digitization using FMCADCX002 The FMCADCX002 includes 2 Analog Device AD7616 ICs. A total of 32 analog input channels are provided by each AD7616 IC’s 16-channel, 16-bit, dual simultaneous sampling ADC with a sampling rate of up to 1 MSPS. The AD7616 runs on a single 5 V supply and can handle genuine bipolar input signals of ±10 […]
Quad Port Gigabit Ethernet FMC The FMCETHX001 Ethernet Expansion Module includes 4 Gigabit Ports, each offering reliable transmission and reception capabilities at 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000 Mbps. All 4 ports are also capable of operating simultaneously. FMCETHX001 module features RTL8211E Gigabit Ethernet PHY chips. The RTL8211E-VB-CG, a highly integrated Ethernet transceiver that complies […]
Gaming with FPGA – Yoshi’s Nightmare How about some interesting gaming stuff! Yes, here we are in the world of FPGA, if we are in this world we should learn with FPGA and we should Play with FPGA. There is no need to explain what is FPGA and FPGA applications, it will be familiar to […]
Selection of an FPGA part for any project is one of the most crucial decisions during the project planning stage which has long-term implications on the project. More often than not, it is an optimization problem, where the project requirements decide the trade-offs and compromises between features and capabilities. There are a myriad of FPGA […]
FPGA: Everything you need to know before getting started Entering the world of FPGAs can be quite confusing for beginners and the fact that the answers to basic questions are spread across the internet is not helping either. We have gathered some frequently asked questions about FPGAs which we hope can be useful to help […]
Serial ports were used in a verity of applications reliably for a very long time now. Although PCs and Laptops don’t come with built in serial ports anymore, serial port interface emulated over USB is very popular among DIYers/hackers and with certain products. USB specification defines a class (Communication Devices Class) for using USB transport […]
Some readers may remember, we attempted to design a Spartan 6 based FPGA development board with DDR SDRAM almost a year ago. The board worked to the most part except that some obvious mistakes made it impossible to get the DDR up running. We did another attempt this year to design a new board with […]
CPLD breakout board design in KiCad is based on design by Ian Lesnet of Dangerous Prototypes. This board was designed in KiCad in 3-4 hours. It is the first board we ever designed completely in KiCad. The learning curve wasn’t that steep. I’ll put my KiCad experiences together in a tutorial series soon. This is […]