Announcing the ‘Shutter Pod’ project

The goal of the project is to design a timer for SLR cameras capable of taking long exposure and time lapse photography. At the heart of the  device will be a ATmega micro-controller and a 16×2 back lite LCD display. The entire project is being developed as open-source hardware and software being hosted on Google [...]

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Notes on using the Robotics Connection I2C line following sensor with Arduino based boards

After many of wasted hours of trying to get the I2C line following sensor from Robotics Connection working with an Arduino based controller board I was finally able to get it to communicate and since there was no other information out there on this issue I decided to write this post.

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Verilog: n-Bit Up Counter

This is a simple n-bit wrapping up counter. The n parameter can be changed to make this 4, 8, … bit counter were n = <number of bits> – 1. The CLK signal can be any signal you want and will increment the value of the counter on the positive edge of a pulse, RST [...]

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Verilog: Dual Seven Segment Display Driver

This is an expansion upon my SevenSegmentDisplayDriver module which will allow you to drive a dual seven segment display, specifically the add-on for the Spartan 3E but it should be quite easy to modify for other FPGA’s. The basic premise of this module is you have a dual seven segment display which activates the left [...]

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Verilog: Seven Segment Display Decoder

This code will take a four bit number and decode it into the seven individual segments to drive a seven segment display. nIn is the four bit number to be decoded and ssOut is the array of segments for the display going from a, being the LSB, to g being the MSB.

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Verilog: n-Bit Adder

This is code is for an simple asynchronous wrapping n-bit adder. By changing the value of n you can make it a 2, 4, … bit adder where n = <number of bits> – 1. f is the output register that will have the current value of the counter, cOut is the carry output. a [...]

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State Machine for the Spartan 3E Knob

The following code is a simple state machine that determines the direction that the knob on the Spartan 3E is turning and outputs a clock signal (Count) as it turns. A & B are the inputs from the encoders on the knob, RST & CLK are the reset and clock obviously. Count is the clock [...]

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Re-Mastering RiffTrax to DVD

After being a fan of MST3K for many years I was sad to see it go, but was able to entertain myself on DVDs of old episodes for awhile. So naturally I was thrilled I learned about RiffTrax and that most of the cast got back together and that they would finally be able to [...]

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