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VHDL tutorial - part 2 - Testbench

In an earlier article I walked through the VHDL coding of a simple design. In this article I will continue the process and create a test bench module to test the earlier design. The Xilinx ISE envir...

posted by Gene Breniman on Oct 30 2007 under VHDL programming | Tutorials 
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VHDL tutorial

When I was first introduced to "Programmable Logic" several years ago, it was an answer to many of the challenges that I was struggling with. Though the parts were primitive by today's stan...

posted by Gene Breniman on Oct 4 2007 under VHDL programming 
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An overview of Linux Boot Process for Embedded Systems

This Text provides an insight in to the Embedded Linux Boot Process. Reader should have a basic Knowledge of Boot Process in general and should be familiar with Embedded Linux Boot Process...............

posted by Kunal Singh on Dec 25 2008 under ARM | Linux 
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VHDL tutorial - Creating a hierarchical design

In earlier blog entries I introduced some of the basic VHDL concepts. First, developing a function ('VHDL tutorial') and later verifying and refining it ('VHDL tutorial - part 2 - Testbench' and 'VHDL...

posted by Gene Breniman on May 22 2008 under VHDL programming | Tutorials 
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Designing Embedded System with FPGA - 1

With the introduction of soft processors and related tools (like EDK from Xilinx), implementation of basic embedded system in FPGA is made easy. This requires very little or almost no knowledge of V...

posted by Pragnesh Patel on Oct 28 2007 under Software Development | VHDL programming | FPGA based Systems 
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PIC rules, ARM drools

The PIC is a wonderful processor. You can build a PCB around it in a weekend. I use the PIC16F877a and buy development kits from modtronix.com for $85 complete with compiler! ARM tools cost thousands...

posted by Jim Pruett on Sep 24 2007 under ARM | PIC 
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VHDL tutorial - combining clocked and sequential logic

In an earlier article on VHDL programming ("VHDL tutorial" and "VHDL tutorial - part 2 - Testbench", I described a design for providing a programmable clock divider for a ADC sequencer. In this exampl...

posted by Gene Breniman on Mar 3 2008 under VHDL programming | Tutorials 
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Designing Embedded Systems with FPGA-2

In last part, we created hardware design of basic system. The next step is to generate (compile) hardware design. Compiled hardware design is known as bit-stream and stored in *.bit file. To compi...

posted by Pragnesh Patel on Nov 13 2007 under VHDL programming | FPGA based Systems 
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ANSI-C to VHDL compiler

Ylichron has announced the availability of "ANSI-C to VHDL" compiler. This is claimed to be first such compiler....

posted by Kunal Singh on Apr 13 2008 under Technology | Products | FPGA based Systems 
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Software Prototyping

In my recent blog entry on the product development process (way down, near the end of the entry), I wrote the following:"I continue these sorts of tests, building more and more complexity, until ...

posted by Gene Breniman on Aug 19 2008 under Software Development | Hardware Development 
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Galvanic etching

One of the reasons I'm tinkering with embedded control is that I'd like to make mechanical devices move, and move with a certain intelligence (i.e. informed by sensors, or following a prescribed progr...

posted by Alex Bandar on Sep 28 2007 under galvanic etching | steampunk | power supply 
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Multimedia Compression: Another Revolution

Researchers at University of Rochester have developed a new technology to store the Music in compressed format, where compression ratios of a factor of Tens of Thousands can be achieved . This technol...

posted by Kunal Singh on Apr 5 2008
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A part of history

This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the 40-year anniversary celebration of the formation of my high school's radio station (KVHS).  The current students and staff of KVHS hoste...

posted by Gene Breniman on Dec 23 2009 under Miscellaneous | Education 
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Interpreters Good and Bad

InterpretersWhat do you think of when you think of an interpreter? I think of the BASIC (Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) interpreters of the early 80's. There were several varieties...

posted by Kim Mansfield on Oct 24 2007 under Technology | computer model | Interpreters 
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Hello Android

Finally I could get Android Early SDK up and running on my Fedora Core-7 Machine. The process was quite simple. However I had to struggle for a few days, because Fedora install the gnu version of Jav...

posted by Kunal Singh on May 5 2008 under Tools | Technology | Software Development | Products 
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Bringing up Baby - product development thoughts

Things have just started to get exciting. After months of defining, specifying and designing my latest product, I finally have semi-functional prototypes. After a few side steps during the building ...

posted by Gene Breniman on Aug 15 2008 under Software Development | Hardware Development 
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A Solar Electric Vehicle

Necessity is the Mother of Inventions. ...This is why a California based man has built this Solar Electric Vehicle. It is a very primitive design. But it opens door to the various possibilities. ...

posted by Kunal Singh on May 4 2008 under Technology | Products 
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Building Linux Kernel for Desktops

Linux Development has made an amazing process in last decade. Different Linux Distributions come with specific tools which greatly ease down the build process for Linux Kernel. Here is a good introduc...

posted by Kunal Singh on Aug 9 2008 under Tools | Software Development | Linux 
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I owe, I owe, so off to work I go.....

The economy hit my start-up plans pretty toughly.  My step-daughter and I were working out of a common pool of money (our savings account), and in the end, she won out.  She is in her ...

posted by Gene Breniman on Dec 23 2009 under Business | Education 
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Great men in my life.

In my first post on this site (Will work for Tools!), I mentioned how my Grandfather had inspired me to become an Engineer. Today, I write in sadness about the loss of three men, all this year, and ...

posted by Gene Breniman on Nov 9 2007
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