When you can fix a problem in 5 minutes – do so directly! In this case, a shipment of reels was uncoiling all over the place. Something had to be done! I used some Makeblock parts to build a quick reel-stand. A simple square base with a holder – like a Read more
HDMI video out should be well within reach of a Spartan 6 FPGA. I am still in the process of readin up and figuring out. Here are some of the more interesting reads I’ve found. Some are interesting in-depth, technical details, some are stories of people that did this before. Read more
The Goldfish platform is slowly growing in scope and complexity. The first three Goldfish designs focussed on getting components to work at all – microcontroller, audio codec, TFT screen and MIDI. The designs I’m working on right now will provide the processing power to do something more interesting than polyphonic ringtones. Read more