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Mission-Ready Microcontrollers: Unleashing the Power of the SAMRH71
Not everything we do is FPGA-related; we often design boards and develop embedded software applications. More often than not, the project...
Adam Taylor
Dec 31, 20244 min read
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Curiosity Nano
One of the boards purchased in 2024 which was sat in my backlog was the Microchip Curiosity Nano evaluation kit. This board contains a...
Adam Taylor
Dec 30, 20244 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Accessing the Configuration Clock
Normally, we clock the logic within our FPGA design using clocks either provided externally or generated internally using MMCMs, PLLs, or...
Adam Taylor
Dec 24, 20245 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Simulink and DSP58
A couple of weeks ago I started exploring, fixed and floating point math and the differences between them in FPGA implementations. Of...
Adam Taylor
Dec 18, 20244 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Can AI Build an LED Flasher from Scratch?
As many engineers are, I am a big fan of sci fi, growing up I used to watch Star Trek The Next Generation religiously every night here in...
Adam Taylor
Dec 10, 20247 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Lab Equipment
I have written several blogs about setting up and running your own company ( P2 here ) , the software tools and IT infrastructure ...
Adam Taylor
Dec 4, 20245 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: ChipScoPy
When it comes to debugging designs the more visibility and control we have over debugging elements such as ILAs is critical. When we...
Adam Taylor
Nov 27, 20244 min read
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Altera Agilex 5E Premium Development Kit and NIOS V
In our last instalment we configured the tool chain and started the creation of the example design for the Agilex 5E Premium development...
Adam Taylor
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: DSP58 and FP32 Mode
Last week we examined how we could use the IEEE VHDL 2008 fixed and floating packages to implement a simple polynomial approximation. ...
Adam Taylor
Nov 20, 20244 min read
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Altera Agilex 5 Setting up the tool chain
Over this series of blogs we have explored the Altera Agilex 5 devices and their architecture. Of course nothing beats getting hands on...
Adam Taylor
Nov 18, 20243 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Fixed and Floating Point Maths
A short time ago I hosted a webinar which looked at how we can implement mathematics within programmable logic. In this webinar we...
Adam Taylor
Nov 13, 20245 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Organising Test Benches.
When developing FPGAs there is a critical triad which needs to be achieved for the successful delivery of a project. First we need to...
Adam Taylor
Nov 6, 20248 min read
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Cologne Chip: SpaceWire
One of the many uses of FPGAs is in implementing bespoke communication protocols. At Adiuvo we do a lot of work in the space and high...
Adam Taylor
Nov 5, 20244 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Synchronous CDC
Every digital / FPGA designer should be aware of clock domain crossing between asynchronous clock domains. As our devices get more and...
Adam Taylor
Oct 30, 20244 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Baseline Timing Closure.
One of the main challenges FPGA designers face, especially those new to FPGA design is how to achieve timing closure. While it seems...
Adam Taylor
Oct 23, 20244 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Accelerating FPGA Design Cycles with IP Cores and Open Libraries
The goal of professional FPGA development is to deliver projects on quality, on time, and within budget. Achieving this, however, can be...
Adam Taylor
Oct 16, 20243 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: From Bits to Plots: Visualizing XADC Data with Python
One of the things I enjoy is when people reach out with suggestions for blogs and projects that would help them. A recent suggestion was...
Adam Taylor
Oct 9, 20244 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Python Scripting Solutions with Vitis
To make my blogs and demonstrations illustrative I often use captures from the graphical user interface. However, professionally as an...
Adam Taylor
Oct 1, 20244 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Spartan 7 Tile and System Controller.
Over the last few months we have been developing a tile, which contains a Spartan 7 XC7S25 and all of the supporting peripherals...
Adam Taylor
Sep 24, 20245 min read
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MicroZed Chronicles: Interviews
Recently, I've seen a lot of questions about how to prepare for interviews, especially for those looking to land their first FPGA job or...
Adam Taylor
Sep 18, 20245 min read
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