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Sharing an oscillator between two ICs
I have a microcontroller and an FPGA on the same board. If they're both going to run at the same clock speed, can I just use one oscillator to clock them both? There seems like there is something I ...
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FPGA or Microcontroller for Production Design?
I have a very simple LED driver circuit connected to a 7 segment display and a couple of buttons. I want to move this design to production, on a scale of +1k units.
I have implemented the design on ...
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Minimal requirements for a dedicated VNC client
On many occasions I've considered doing a small hobby project to design a minimal dedicated VNC client, in essence with a goal of a $2 cloud-based computer! (ok $2 is chosen completely arbitrarily).
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What is the XMOS series?
Ok, so I recently have been seeing the name XMOS appear in places. I've looked on their website and searched online but I can't quite figure out what it is? So what is it? It appears to be a cross ...
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What microcontrollers with programmable logic built in (FPGA/CPLD like) are available on the market?
Inspired by question I would like to ask what microcontrollers with CPLD or FPGA-like functions build in are available? The most interesting would be low-cost ones in friendly packages (non-BGA). The ...
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Is an FPGA viable for such a project?
I am currently working on Super OSD - an on screen display project. http://code.google.com/p/super-osd has all the details.
At the moment I'm using a dsPIC MCU to do the job. This is a very powerful ...
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Any examples of an SPI based protocol with a checksum?
I have an application in mind in which I need to communicate via SPI with an FPGA. Both the FPGA and microcontroller are in our control, and so I have the flexibility to define the protocol as I see ...
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FPGA's vs Microcontrollers
I've worked on the Arduino family (specifically the Sanguino), built a few simple devices and a simple phototrope. I am thus pretty comfortable with microcontrollers - specifically Atmel's. I'm ...
