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SMA Clock Output

veriyao — Tue, 07 May 2019 15:26:22 GMT

Hello everyone,

I want to use UltraZed-EV with carrier board to generate a clock output throught SMA port.

This board has 4 user defined SMA differential/single ended clocks named F9 F10 N7 N8.

I looked up the datasheet and I saw the definition of the SMA ports: this is an only input clock type.

My question is:

"Can I really use SMA of this UltraZed-EV Board to generate a user defined output clock?"

Car PC Raspberry PI Project

ncrynock — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 02:35:59 GMT

I am interested in building a Car PC using a Raspberry PI. Have seen a couple of YouTube videos were people have made some. It seems as though they talk about the software side of it but only one talked about the hardware side of it. He listed the parts that he used but did not go over the diagram in assembling it. This would be my first real project using the PI and was hoping that someone out there has built one or might be interested in building one.

Ask Questions & Offer Ideas - Project "The Bread & Butter"

ssilberhorn — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:00:22 GMT

Ask Nick - post all questions related to his design here or "reply" to the specific project BLOG postings. Also feel free to post ideas and suggestion around the design to help Nick build the most innovative project.

Overview of Project "The Bread & Butter"

Nick Schulze, Australia - Nick has recently finished his degree in Mechatronics at Adelaide University. He worked for 6 months in the UK for a company which designs and built wheelchair lifts. Following this, he returned to Australia and is about to start a promising career as an engineer working for a defense contractor. He spends a lot of my spare time playing with light displays or re-re-designing his CNC machine, and he is always on the lookout for new embedded controllers or development boards to play with.

Ask Questions & Offer Ideas - Project "code name"

ssilberhorn — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:56:17 GMT

Ask Monte - post all questions related to his design here or "reply" to the specific project BLOG postings. Also feel free to post ideas and suggestion around the design to help Monte build the most innovative project.

Overview of Project "code name"

Monte Chan, Australia - Monte is a 30 year veteran of the Electronics and Information Technology industries and is a strong advocate of "Hands-on" and commonsense approaches for engineering education. Monte's experience includes many various disciplines and fields with the focus upon the design, development, production and integration of high quality practical, reliable and resilient products and systems some of which have now become ubiquitous and a part of 21st Century life (such as Computers, Laser Printers, Networking, Graphics and Multimedia).

Ask Questions & Offer Ideas -"The Nice Asgard Project"

ssilberhorn — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:51:38 GMT

Ask John - post all questions related to his design here or "reply" to the specific project BLOG postings. Also feel free to post ideas and suggestion around the design to help John build the most innovative project.

Overview of "The Nice Asgard Project" - Ask Questions & Offer Ideas

John Tiernan, UK - John is a recent Computer Science Graduate from the Newcastle upon Tyne area. His area of interest is embedded software but enjoys any form of programming and making. When he is not looking for work, he can be found working on some personal project, gaming or simply wandering the internet. Outside of this he can be found volunteering for an online art community or for a charity’s site maintenance team. He also drinks a lot of tea.

Welcome to the Ultimate Road Test!

doctorcdf — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:54:11 GMT

Welcome to a new group which will promote and chronicle the Ultimate Road Test.
Step #1 join the group and begin following the projects and interacting with the competitors.

"Innovation can be an adventure; this represents the start of the journey."

element14 in conjunction with Texas Instruments are pleased to announce the Ultimate Road Test, a competition which will stretch the capabilities of three highly skilled and creative engineers from across the globe whom element14 has selected to take up the challenge. The competition will be judged by a panel of experts from Texas Instruments, making the contest not only an opportunity to use leading edge tools, but also a chance to interact with leading figures from one of the top electronics engineering firms.

Ultimate RoadTest Design Challenge: design and build a working prototype using TI development tools, software, and design tools. The design must demonstrate an innovative application / solution for the Home Automation Market. The end application must mainly be comprised of TI products and must include functional elements that utilize wireless, sensing, motor control, and lighting technologies.

EXPECTED RESULTS:

Regular blog updates on the experience and project status from the competitors
“Plus points” given for video uploads and more hands-on examples which other engineers could use to follow the design process
Regular uploads of design files and other design elements used and generated during the development
Regular summary of lessons learned and best practices discovered during the design process
“Final” comprehensive summary of the project and experience with the full ecosystem of design tools used. Summarize in detail the experience and access to complete ecosystem of design tools and elements used to accomplish the task and overcome the challenge. Requirement to post references to information used and design files so that other engineers can replicate the design and learn from the experience.

REQUIREMENTS: The project must demonstrate usage and provide a detailed report on the experience in all of the following areas...

The design concept must begin and expand upon TI’s CC3000 SimpleLink MSP430-FRAM Evaluation Module Kit ( CC3000-FRAM-EMKCC3000-FRAM-EMK )
Demonstrate use of other TI Development tools to compliment the design and meet the application functional requirements for wireless, sensing, motor control, and lighting.
Demonstrate and share what you learned about TI’s CC3000 Wi-Fi for MSP430 FRAM MCU
Demonstrate use of the free version of TI’s Code Composer Studio during the design process - TMDSCCS-ALLF01TMDSCCS-ALLF01
Demonstrate use of TI’s MSP430Ware and other MSP430 software during the design process
Demonstrate use of CadSoft Eagle with a virtual schematic of the final prototype. L-1CPL-1CP

Lets get started with the Ultimate RoadTest Design Challenge... best of luck to the chosen competitors!