A few weeks ago, we looked at the new Bluespec RISC-V core which is deployed on an Arty A7-100T. I was curious to see how easy it would...

One of the many advantages to using an embedded Linux solution is the lower-level drivers are often part of the kernel. This saves us...

Having an embedded Linux operating system is critical for Xilinx heterogeneous SoCs to be able to achieve their full potential. The...

We have looked at many development boards that are based on Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs during the eight years this blog has been running....

The Kria KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit is great for embedded vision applications and AI acceleration. Several of my clients, however, have...

With the release of the 2020.x tool chains, PetaLinux was updated to support Distro Boot. If you are not familiar with Distro Boot, its...

If I’m being honest, my university classes on control engineering were not my favorite. However, working as an engineer – and especially...

It’s interesting how often I seem to go through similar development projects with different clients. Within a short period of time...

Back on the 29th September 2013, I sat down and wrote what would become the first blog in this series. It was a simple look at how to...

One Research and Development project, I have been working on over the last eight months with a long-time friend is an agricultural robot...

Over the last two months, I have had several clients approach me for help regarding DDR3 / DDR3L interfaces that they have connected to...

As a consultant, correctly estimating the time it will take to develop an FPGA or module can mean the difference between making a profit...

One aspect of FPGA design that we haven’t really examined is multi-gigabit transceivers (MGT). These transceivers are available in many...

A couple of weeks ago I was working to bring up the sensors connected to the I2C and SPI interfaces on the custom SensorsThink Smart...

I recently hosted two webinars for Crowd Supply on how to create a fun, breakout Pong-type game on the Basys3 board. The class was not...

The smart sensor IOT board we developed contains several interfaces that really require the use of an operating system to get them up and...

If you have been following along my latest blog posts on Configuring Zynq and Validating Memory for a Custom Board or Embedded Hour...

One design analysis technique used when designing these types of systems is to perform a Part Stress analysis.

I recently received the new Trenz TE0802 development board, designed and manufactured by Digilent partner Trenz Electronic.

Using Xilinx UltraFast design methodologies can offer significant benefits when implementing designs.