Arduino Night (16 Aug, 7-10PM)

By on August 16, 2013

This Arduino Night will cover using 4 wire touch screens. These are touch screens from some old Garmin GPS units that were cannibalized. Everyone will need to have Python installed on their laptop in order to see a plot of the points from the touch pad. Additionally, you will need to have a file called […]

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FPGA Night (13 Aug, 7-10PM)

By on August 12, 2013

We will continue working on sending data from the FPGA to a laptop. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to wait for the install process to complete (it usually takes 15-30 minutes). Check out http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/design-tools.html and download the ISE Design […]

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Arduino Night (26 July, 7-10PM)

By on July 24, 2013

We will be covering using Python (pyserial) to communicate with an Arduino. This will include sending data back and forth as well as turning pins on and off via serial. Please ensure your laptop has BOTH Python and pyserial installed. Verify that pyserial is installed by typing ‘import serial’ in the Python interactive prompt. If […]

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Arduino Night (19 July, 7-10PM)

By on July 17, 2013

This will be a do-over from last week. Word did not get out in time for most people, so we’re going to cover shift registers again. We will be looking at using shift registers with Arduino to control LEDs, and if possible, 7 segment displays. Required Items 1. Arduino & USB cable 2. Breadboard & […]

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FPGA Night 16 July (7-10PM)

By on July 15, 2013

We will be designing VHDL code to send data to an SN74HC595N shift register. If time permits we will create a design that reads the output of the shift register at higher speeds (> 1MHz) until the register begins to send invalid data. Because of the cost of FPGA dev boards, we will not have […]

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Arduino Night (12 July 7-10PM)

By on July 11, 2013

In case you all hadn’t taken a look at the cancellation thread, the Arduino Night is on for this Friday. Pyr0 graciously volunteered to teach in my absence. He will be covering using shift registers with Arduinos. Required Items 1. Arduino & USB cable 2. Breadboard & jumpers 3. Laptop with Arduino software installed Provided […]

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FPGA Night (2 July 7-10PM)

By on July 1, 2013

We will be creating a generic entity to drive a seven segment display and then use push buttons to control the seven segment (count up and count down). Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to wait for the install process […]

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Arduino Night (28 June, 7-10PM)

By on June 27, 2013

We will be playing around with tactile switches. Agenda 1. Wiring tactile switches 2. Turning on an LED with a tactile switch 3. Using interrupt handlers with tactile switch 4. Using switch(es) to count over serial. Required Items 1. Arduino (and USB cable) 2. Breadboard (full length preferred) 3. Wire jumpers Provided Items 1. LEDs […]

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July 20th Minicon CFP

By on June 27, 2013

From 2pm to 6pm on July 20th, we will be hosting a Minicon, a presentation knowledge sharing session. The list of requested topics as well as the speakers that have volunteered thus far are here: /minicon/ We need volunteers to share their knowledge, interest and/or research in talks between 15 minutes and an hour. Regardless […]

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FPGA Night (25 June 7-10PM)

By on June 25, 2013

We will be using push buttons to interface with the FPGA as well as learning how to debounce the inputs. If time permits, we will also cover First In First Out (FIFO) buffers. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to […]

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FPGA Night (18 June, 7-10PM)

By on June 17, 2013

We will be continuing the LCD interface project. The goal for the night will be to build the parent process for driving the finite state machine and sending commands to the LCD. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to wait […]

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Arduino Night (14 June, 7-10PM)

By on June 10, 2013

This will be a repeat of the last class on LCD interfacing. Several people were unable to make it last time, so we will be covering it one more time. Required Items: Laptop Arduino USB cable for your Arduino Breadboard Jumpers for breadboard Provided Items: LCD If you need any items in the required items […]

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FPGA Night (11 June, 7-10PM)

By on June 10, 2013

We will be starting the LCD interface project. The goal for the night will be to get the finite state machine running properly. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to wait for the install process to complete (it usually takes […]

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FPGA Night (4 June 7-10PM)

By on June 3, 2013

We will be covering interfacing with 7 segment displays. This is the precursor to the next class which will cover interfacing with 2×20 character LCD screens. Agenda: 1. Determine pinout of 7 segment display 2. Create a map of the pins 3. Flash all segments at once 4. Create a ROM lookup table to count […]

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