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Cost Reduction Project - Using PSoC device to replace external logic/devices

2021-04-15T18:42:12Z

Note: Time ran out on me in this competition, but I wanted to thank tariq.ahmad and the element14 group for selecting my proposal and sending me the Cypress CY8CKIT-043CY8CKIT-043. I am disappointed that I was unable to complete my entry ...(read more)

PSOC4 Capsense in a much more fun way

2021-04-15T03:25:43Z

Thanks for falling for my vague and somewhat clickbait title! It's definitely a way to... experiment with the built in Capsense technology on the PSOC4(board 043). Did I also procrastinate 6 weeks to begin working with the PSOC? Yes.&n...(read more)

Rotary LED Blinker #2- RLB with PSOC 4200M

2021-04-14T07:33:55Z

Rotary LED Blinker with PSOC 4200M 1 Introduction 2 Hardware 3 Software 4 Coding 5 Summary Rotary LED Blinker with PSOC 4200M1 IntroductionFinger fidget spinner is proposed with application of PSoC 4200, once receiving the kits, the embed...(read more)

Prototyping with FPGAs - Final Project - Pong Game

2021-04-11T17:26:05Z

Previous blogs for this project as prerequisites:Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 1 - Basics Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 2 - Combinational Logic with Xilinx ISE on Spartan 6 FPGA Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 3 - Sequential Logic with Quartus Pr...(read more)

Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 4 - Combinational Logic vs. Sequential Logic with Vivado on Artix-7 FPGA

2021-04-10T19:34:53Z

Here are the previous blogs in this series:Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 1 - Basics Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 2 - Combinational Logic with Xilinx ISE on Spartan 6 FPGA Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 3 - Sequential Logic with Quartus Prime on Cyclon...(read more)

DigiStep: A digital stepper motor controller using PSoC4!

2021-04-10T11:32:36Z

Digital Fever! That sounds cool, right? Same here. And "we're sending out PSoC4200 for your ideas"!!! That's exciting and it is how was able to try stepper control using PSoC4200. Thanks to E14! Starting off, I had heard about PSoC quite a...(read more)

SecuCam #2: Hardware Accelerated Motion Detection with the PYNQ-Z2

2021-04-10T10:54:16Z

This is the second part of my "SecuCam" project for the Project14's Digital Fever contest. In the first part we connected a RaspiCam v1.3 to an Arduino MKR Vidor 4000, and did some basic image processing:SecuCam #1: Experimenting with the MKR Vi...(read more)

Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 3 - Sequential Logic with Quartus Prime on Cyclone-IV FPGA

2021-04-09T19:47:08Z

Here are the previous blogs in this series:Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 1 - Basics Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 2 - Combinational Logic with Xilinx ISE on Spartan 6 FPGA Part 2 explains how to program a Spartan 6 FPGA using the Xilinx ISE, in...(read more)

Cat Counter MKIII

2021-04-05T12:51:00Z

I saw the topic for the current Project14 competition of Digital Fever and I reflected on what I might do. I remembered that I had a whole bunch of simple TTL logic ICs from over 40 years ago when I first started messing about with electronics. I ha...(read more)

Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 2 - Combinational Logic with Xilinx ISE on Spartan 6 FPGA

2021-04-04T14:39:00Z

If you haven't seen part 1 of the blog, do check it out! Link: Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 1 - Basics This blog deals with implementing a full adder on a Spartan-6 FPGA from scratch with an overview of Verilog HDL programming styles. FPGA...(read more)

Vidor Music Jukebox

2021-04-02T10:26:00Z

Vidor Music Jukebox I'm proud to share my music jukebox project using the Arduino MRK Vidor 4000. It is my first project entirely using Verilog HDL! Hardware Build These are my connections on a breadboard. After that I soldered it onto a ve...(read more)

Rotary LED Blinker #1- RLB with NE555 + CD4017

2021-03-28T09:28:33Z

Digital FeverEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for a chance to win a $200 shopping cart!Submit an Entry Submit an Entry Back to homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll Rotary LED Blinker Rotary LED Blinker 1 Intro...(read more)

Prototyping with FPGAs - Part 1 - Basics

2021-03-28T07:15:06Z

Digital FeverEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for a chance to win a $200 shopping cart!Submit an Entry Submit an Entry Back to homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll Background:I am a University student and I wor...(read more)

SecuCam #1: Experimenting with the MKR Vidor 4000

2021-03-21T10:46:00Z

This is the first blog post of my "SecuCam" project. The goal of the project is build a basic Security Camera while also experimenting with hardware-accelerated video processing features like Motion Detection. 1. Arduino MKR Vidor 4000...(read more)

The Logical Project

2021-03-07T20:05:00Z

Intro I always had a lot of fun designing digital circuits that used Boolean logic, but these days it is rare to see designs with lots of discrete gates. With this little project I'm going to have some fun designing a quadrature decoder and display ...(read more)