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EEVblog #193 – FPGA Implementation Tutorial
Posted on August 7th, 2011 15 comments
Dave recently implemented an Actel Ignoo Nano and Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA into a design, so decided to share some rather random notes on how to implement the FPGA’s in this scenario.
From datasheet specs, traps for young players, global clocks, FPGA fabrics, core power supplies and decoupling, getting the schematic basics, JTAG and flash PROM interfaces and finally PCB fanout and routing of a tiny 0.4mm pitch BGA package. -
EEVblog #181 – Dead Bug Prototype Soldering
Posted on June 21st, 2011 27 commentsDave show you how to solder a small 3 axis accelerometer LGA surface mount chip “dead bug” style onto a microcontroller prototyping board.
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EEVblog #168 – How To Set Up An Electronics Lab
Posted on April 30th, 2011 55 commentsHow to set up your own decent electronics lab, what you need, and how much it’ll cost you. Electronics test equipment, soldering, surface mount, hand tools, and parts.
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EEVblog #155 – ITead Studio PCB Prototype Goof
Posted on March 11th, 2011 73 commentsDave shares an experience with his new prototype PCB’s from ITead Studio.
Super awesomely cheap, but beware!
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EEVblog #130 – The uCalc Credit Card Scientific Calculator / Computer
Posted on November 29th, 2010 50 commentsDave describes the design of his open source hardware uCalc credit card sized calculator / computer.
Specifications: PIC 24F 16 bit Processor, 256KB Flash, 16KB SRAM, 64KB serial flash user memory, 3-Axis tilt sensor, Micro SD card, capacitive touch sensing keypad, 128×64 dot matrix display.
