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picking a microcontroller (or FPGA) board OEM [closed]

I am creating a project that would require high speed data communication between PC and my little "black box", so I am looking for a microcontroller or FPGA OEM board (not a single chip to avoid ...
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Digilent Basys 2 using TinyOS-nesC

I wonder if it is possible to use the TinyOS-nesC environment to program a Basys2 card? Digilent has developed a driver for this card under Linux but their technical department says that it utilizes ...
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Microcontroller/cpu for fast trigonometry in robot?

This concerns hardware that does weighs little, because a (fat cat sized, 6 legs with 3 DOF) walking robot should carry it around. Because of that walking it'll need to do a lot of trigonometry (using ...
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Compare implementing a simple automation design on a MCU vs an FPGA/CPLD

I have been working with MCU's since the 90's, and I've recently ventured into the FPGA scene with the Spartan6 series chips from Xilinx. Assuming a simple factory automation design with sensors and ...
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Good FPGA / Micorcontroler development board for real time image processing

I have been working with OpenCV on Desktop environment for the past one year and now I want to shift to dedicated hardware for my real time image processing applications. I have the following ...
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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 ...