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Creating a Nios V/m Hardware Subsystem
In our last blog, we looked at the new Nios V soft-core processor for use in our Intel FPGAs. In this blog, we are going to explore how...
Sep 19, 20222 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Avnet ZUBoard – Temperature Sensor
Ever since the previous overview, I’ve had the Avnet ZUBoard 1CG sitting on my desk. I also just purchased a FLIR C5 thermal imaging...
Sep 14, 20223 min read
Using Blue Pearl Visual Verification Suite to Find CDC
A few weeks ago, we talked about how we could synchronise between clock domains in Vivado , I also noticed a couple of questions on...
Sep 1, 20223 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: 10 Rules for HDL Development.
Writing good, portable, reusable HDL code, that enables the synthesized design to implement at the desired frequency can definitely be a...
Aug 23, 20224 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: MATLAB / Simulink HDL Coder
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned I had invested in MATLAB and HDL Coder to enable generation of RTL code directly from Simulink models....
Aug 10, 20224 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: PYNQ Interrupts
Last week, after we looked at how we could use the AXI IIC IP with PYNQ, I got a question from a reader asking how we work with...
Jul 20, 20223 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: PYNQ and AXI IIC
One of the most widely used embedded protocols for low-speed communication between embedded devices is the I2C. We have a choice about...
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Creating the NIOS II SW Application
In our last blog discussing Intel devices, we created a Nios II processor using platform designer before generating the programming files...
Jun 20, 20223 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Signal Processing, FFT, and PYNQ
One of the great things about FPGAs is their parallel structures and how we can accelerate the algorithms by exploiting the parallel...
Jun 15, 20223 min read
Creating a Nios II Processor
FPGAs are great for high performance, low latency, deterministic applications. When it comes to implementation of sequential structures...
May 30, 20223 min read
Efinix Trion FPGA and Xyloni Development Board
I have heard several attendees mention Efinix FPGAs at a few conferences I have recently attended. As such, I thought I would take a...
May 20, 20224 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Using a DSP48E2 as a Multiplexer
I am a regular reader of many FPGA notice boards . A few days ago, I saw a question about how the DSP48E2 could be used as a...
May 4, 20226 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Numato Mimas and Narvi Boards
A couple of weeks ago I received the Mimas and Narvi development boards from Numato Labs , both containing Xilinx 7 series devices. The...
Apr 20, 20223 min read
Intel FPGAs Overview
Running an embedded systems consultancy is exciting because we get to work with a wide range of applications, devices, and technologies....
Apr 18, 20223 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: AXI Stream FIFO IP Core
We looked at the AXI Virtual FIFO Controller in a blog a couple weeks ago and created an example design running on the Arty S7-50 while...
Apr 13, 20223 min read
Maxim MAX32650FTHR Evaluation Kit
Recently I have been working with a client on a low power AI solution based on microcontroller, for a power management application. One...
Mar 31, 20223 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: AXI Virtual FIFO Controller
FIFOs are versatile tools to use within our designs because they enable us to buffer data when doing signal and image processing. We also...
Mar 30, 20223 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Xilinx Power Management Libraries (XilPM)
Both the AMD-Xilinx MPSoC and Versal ACAP families have complex internal power structures which consists of domains like the Full Power...
Mar 23, 20224 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Partial Reconfiguration and Block Diagrams
We introduced partial reconfiguration using very simple RTL a couple of weeks ago. In this blog, we are going to look at how to create a...
Mar 16, 20222 min read
Machine Learning on the RPI 2040: Edge Impulse & Environment Monitoring
Many of Adiuvo’ s projects are based in the space industry where we design circuit cards, FPGAs and Software for satellites such an ESA...
Mar 1, 20223 min read
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