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Amani F1 FPGA Shield – Alpha Bringup
The first alpha unit of the new F1 FPGA shield was assembled and brought up on May 12. I’m happy to say there were no design or fabrication issues other than my own false-soldering of a resistor...
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Kemani in the Wild: Top-Octave Generator
Noah designed a MK50240 clone using an EPM3064 CPLD, and proved the design on the Kemani CPLD shield, a development kit available at the Amani64 Store. The Top-Octave Generator, in his own words: You...
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FPGA Shield Delay
I knew things were going too well with the Amani F1. Luckily I discovered an issue with Quartus II before I ordered the Beta run. Quartus 12.0 Web Edition (the free edition) no longer supports the...
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Altera’s release of Quartus II 12.0 has proven a bit problematic, not only obsoleting the new F1 product line, but also threatening the supportability of a well established one due to JTAG server...
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It’s On! Open 7400 Logic Competition
The Open 7400 Logic Competition, is on for 2012! Among the prize pool are the Amani GTX and the New Amani F2 FPGA Shield! Upon completion of the contest, designers will understand the value of...
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Lift Off: The Amani F2 FPGA Shield
Last April, the Amani F1 FPGA shield for the Arduino launched, splashed down with hardly a glitch, and was immediately retired due to supportability issues. I’m happy to announce the launch of a new...
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Horizon Break: Amani F2 FPGA Shield for the Arduino
The Amani F2 betas are in! Bring up starts this week, stay tuned for updates. If you signed up to be part of the beta test, I will be performing the basic bring up early this week then sending out...
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Amani F2 Is Go: Notes from the Bring-Up
After a few standard bring-up exercises, such as checking for shorts, the infamous smoke-test, and power supply measurements, the Amani F2 was deemed ready for official DVT. 9/28/2012 12:00AM :...
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Amani F2 Bring-Up: Testing SPI and Parallel Data
Continuing Amani F2 FPGA Shield testing, this time with the Arduino. Slight delay due to an investigation into why the SPI interface was failing. Bad solder joint from the factory. Latest run of boards...
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Amani F2 FPGA Shield Betas in the Amani 64 Store
Beta units are available in small volume in the Amani64 Store. The Amani F2 V1.0 will be available in the store in three weeks! Stay tuned…
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Amani F2 FPGA Shield Release Package Available
Complete with eagle files, gerbers, BOM. Download here!
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Amani F2 FPGA Shield Now in the Amani64 Store!
Buy your Amani F2 FPGA Shield for the Arduino here! ·Altera EP2C5 FPGA ·4608 LE’s ·119.8 Kb RAM ·3.3V and 5V Device Compatible ·74 Digital I/O ·Dedicated 50MHz Oscillator ·Arduino Shield Stackable...
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DSP for FPGAs Lab 1-1: The NCO
Available Now: The first video in an extensive instructional series about the use of FPGAs in digital signal processing. First up, the Numerically Controlled Oscillator. NCO’s are an essential building...
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ISM Band LFMCW Radar Prototype
Changing gears for a while and building an ISM (2.54GHz) Radar for automotive and industrial purposes. experimentation. The prototype will serve as a testbed for Doppler, Gated CW, and LFMCW...
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Embedded Logic Analysis for your Arduino Stack: SignalTap Tutorial
The Amani F2 is an FPGA development system designed to interface with the Arduino and its compatible shields. If for no other reason, the F2 is useful as an embedded logic analyzer, thanks to Altera’s...
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ISM Radar Testbed: Doppler Experiments
Tweet In summary the following video demonstrates the use of a continuous-wave transmission, the reception of the received Doppler-shifted echo, and its mixing with a copy of the transmitted waveform,...
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Build Your Own Ultrasonic Rangefinder
Part A While there are plenty of Ultrasonic Rangefinder Modules available on the market, few if any provide a “full range” image of the echo complex, only providing the range to the closest target....
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SafeSense v1.0: A Wireless Environmental-Monitor Project
I thought I smelled gas coming from my fireplace one evening. After inspection I was assured there was not an issue and the smell was aging pipes. The experience led me to the realization however that...
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SafeSense Progress: AVR Bringup
Bringup on the SafeSense Environmental Monitor kicked off this weekend with the installation of the power supply and AVR sections of the board. While the power supplies came up, programming the Arduino...
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SafeSense Progress: The MRF49XA Arduino Shield
In parallel with the SafeSense sensor node, I also spun a MRF49XA transceiver shield to aid in development. It is also intended to mate with an Arduino Yun for basestation development. Detailed Video...
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