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s1axter posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
Xilinx, for the past few months has started to package their CoolRunner-II CPLD development board with the Spartan 3 development board all for the low price of $99!!
This is a great way to get started (or keep going) with programable logic and VHDL.
For TAing the junior lab this semester I purchased one of these kits and got it in the middle of February. Since getting it I have programmed a 'very' primitive VGA control circuit, 7-segment control circuit and a traffic light control simulator circuit.
Some might know about the traffic light circuit as it is one of the projects in the projects section. Since it is all hardware it was quite easy to port to VHDL.
If you have been looking for a oppertunity to break into some cool development of VHDL this is it.
http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xeb...omg.long.url..
s1axter posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
As posted on hackaday.com, imakeprojects.com/ ( http://www.imakeprojects.com/ ) went live two weeks ago with the promise of providing one project every 2 weeks. The first project was on March 15th and the second was this Saturday April 1st (no joke). Personally I think the site needs a little T.L.C however it doesn't really matter if they start coming out with some cool projects.
We will see :-P
doomerz posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
Microsoft has finally released the hardware specs for its new OS (windows vista). When I read through these specs I was actually confused to see such high system requirements. I'm pretty sure it rivals what is needed for Doom 3 or HL2.
-First a "Modern" CPU, which means a P4 or AMD Althlon 64,sempron,FX or X2.
-512 Megs of RAM (minimum)!
-DirectX 9-class Graphics Card (64 MB for the minimum rez(800x600) 128 MB for 1280x1024 and 256 for hig-rez or widescreen modes.
Now I could be wrong but...why would an OS need system specs that high? I don't want my OS chewing on my system or using all my resources when I want to play a game or compile my openGL code. GG...
doomerz posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
bit-tech.net has done a comparison between the new Intel series Pentium Extreme 965 and D intel series against the AMD Athlon 64 series including the FXs and X2s.
The 965 comes clocked at 3.73GHz with a 1066MHz front side bus and 2x2MB L2 cache.
The FX 60 comes clocked at 2.54 and 1.95 GHz HTT and 2x1MB L2 cache.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/03/22/intel_pentium_ee_965/1.html
Not suprisingly the AMD FX came out on top on most of the tests.
Discuss here:
http://www.geeksinside.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=23#23
doomerz posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
Hey all you computer buffs out there. I am now the newest admin to the geeksinside site. S1axter has some great ideas in development for the site so register and start posting on ideas/features you may want added in.
After you register feel free to PM me and send me any software(c/c++,java,openGL ...) hardware or computer promblems you may have or just wanna chat with an experienced computer engineer.
Have fun all you Geeks out there!
firewire posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
Hey, what's up firewire here, newest admin to geeksinside. S1axter and I will be trying to keep everything up-to-date including the cool stuff page, tech log, main site news and the projects section. You will also see us on the fourm.
Feel free to PM me with any geeky questions.
Later
PS. Pills are gooood
s1axter posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
Ever try and do a hardware project only to get stumped trying to understand pinouts or protocols? Well fear not any longer, the answers to your prayers, sites with more hardware knowledge than you can shake a breadboard at:
EPanorama.Net:
http://www.epanorama.net/
This site has a huge list of topics all with links to other pages, projects, research and reports on computer engineering things like FPGAs, CPLDs, video standards, smartcards and robotics. Grade: 10/10
The EE Compendium:
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/1495/
The EE Compendium provides links to dozens of pages on EE research, embedded systems and electronic component resources. Def worth looking at. Grade: 8/10
ChipDocs.com
http://www.chipdocs.com/
Ever try and work with some chip nobody has ever heard of? Can't find the documentation on that UART or DTMF decoder? Fret no more, I present ChipDocs.com, you one stop shop for datasheets so you can spend less time on the net searching, and more time building! Grade: 8/10
RobotDirectory.og:
http://www.robotdirectory.org/
Want to see what other people are making? Take a look at the robot directory. Def a source for some good ideas. Grade: 6/10 CoolFactor: 8/10
Even if you don't have a project what requires a metric ton of knowledge, check these pages out, you will soon
s1axter posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
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