RE: Programmable Logic Project: Pseudo-Random Noise Generator

DAB — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:54:34 GMT

Well done Shabaz,

I especially liked how you use the BBB to show how easy it is to make a complex waveform generator with just a little code.

I think a lot of beginers fail to realize just how powerful even a slow MCU can be in creating useful test signals under controlled conditions.

Thanks

DAB

RE: Programmable Logic Project: Pseudo-Random Noise Generator

morgaine — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:27:17 GMT

This is a nice article from shabaz --- it has become quite a habit! [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-129220f8-dbf8-4aca-a4d9-55c5ce72db85/contentimage_5F00_2516.png:16:16]

A note for Drew though, and it's quite a worry actually. I would never have found this blog post if shabaz hadn't accidentally posted it under BBB Blogs first, before it was moved by direct request to admins. That accidental miss-post caused it to appear in my RSS feed and so I had a permanent link to it despite the article having vanished from its original place. If I had merely been visiting the various locations of interest manually I would never have found it at all. (I am a member of the FPGA group but because it has so little traffic I never look there and I never even had it in my RSS feeds, until now).

This really highlights a general issue here --- there is so much great information, but so many ways not to find it, or to lose it subsequently because search listings are truncated. I'm not sure what the solution is, but I just want to note that information access here is not a solved problem.

Perhaps some kind of site-wide visualization screen would help, not showing articles like in the many screens of recent activity (that's far too much data) but merely the number of new items under each area since it was last visited. Something is needed to help us I think, although exactly what is a difficult question. (This might be a good topic for Top Members.)

RE: Programmable Logic Project: Pseudo-Random Noise Generator

fustini — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:34:42 GMT

Always enjoy your posts!

BTW, I noticed your comment at the top. I'm happy to have another great post in the BBB Blog, but if you think more appropriate, there is a FPGA group:

http://www.element14.com/community/groups/fpga-group