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Building our First Agilex 3 Application
On our journey of Agilex 3 exploration to date we have provided an overview of the Agilex 3 family and examined key aspects we need to...
Aug 28, 20256 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Design Reuse in IP Integrator
One project we have in the pipeline involves the need to transfer data from one FPGA to another over a fibre link with minimal delay....
Aug 27, 20254 min read
MicroZed Chronicles : What do I actually do?
I am a regular contributor to many FPGA channels. A few days ago, someone posted a question about what FPGA consultants actually do. The...
Aug 20, 20255 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: MathWorks Deep Learning Processor
One of the things we have been working on recently is a project that examines telemetry on a satellite. This system uses machine learning...
Aug 13, 20254 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Getting to Grips with DSP in FPGA.
Recently I was talking to a good friend of mine and he mentioned that a lot of the FPGA engineers he was talking to lacked DSP...
Aug 6, 20254 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: High Speed Debugging of Logic.
One of the key messages I am keen to always stress is that we should simulate our designs, before testing them in hardware. However there...
Jul 30, 20254 min read
Beyond the Fabric: Designing with Agilex 3 FPGAs on Custom Boards
When we delve into the world of FPGAs, our minds often gravitate towards the logic design, DSP implementation, and of course meeting...
Jul 28, 20254 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Vivado Simulator and Code Coverage.
When it comes to developing FPGAs it is often tempting to write our RTL and then try it, in the lab on the hardware to see how it works....
Jul 23, 20256 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Imaging with AMD Artix™ 7 FPGA & AMD Artix™ UltraScale+™ FPGA
If you follow my Hackster projects , you’ll know that one area that significantly interests me is image processing applications. Two of...
Jul 16, 20254 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Spartan UltraScale+ and the SCU35 Board
The Spartan UltraScale+ family is designed to provide developers at the edge with a wide range of interfacing solutions, coupled with...
Jul 9, 20254 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Embedded Plus+ Architecture.
One thing which has been interesting to me since I first came across it was the embedded+ architecture. Developed by Sapphire Technology...
Jul 2, 20253 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Embedded Software, working with Peripherals.
In this third blog recapping the basics of working with the Zynq MPSoC, we are going to examine how we can work with peripherals within...
Jun 25, 20254 min read
The FPGA turns 40!
This year marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most exciting and interesting aspects of electronic engineering: the FPGA. The first...
Jun 20, 20254 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Building the application SW.
Last week we examined developing the hardware design in Vivado for the ZUBoard, in this design we configured the processing system...
Jun 18, 20255 min read
Agilex™ 3: Inside Altera’s Cost-Optimized FPGA Architecture
If you’ve been following along, you’ll know we've explored the Altera Agilex 7, especially its high-speed memory performance. But what...
Jun 15, 20252 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Back to Basics, Getting Started with 2025.1
It has been a while since we looked at going back to basics and getting started with a simple design in Vivado and Vitis. As the last...
Jun 10, 20254 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Scripting
When it comes to professional FPGA development, our designs need to be stored in source control to ensure repeatability. We have looked...
Jun 3, 20254 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) Controller
When I started my degree back in 1995, I remember sitting in one of the lecture rooms, listening to one of the lecturers outlining the...
May 27, 20257 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Debugging.
Developing FPGA based solutions is a complex and presents many challenges which is why we spend a lot of time on the verification. During...
May 20, 20254 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Remote Development.
Over the years, the company has grown from just me, to several staff, contractors and partners who are based not only in the UK but also...
May 13, 20254 min read
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