I explain how to connect the eHealth sensor board from Cooking Hacks via Bluetooth to a Linux-based PC (or Raspberry Pi) to stream data and plot it on the computer with the bluePy library. …
How to connect eHealth via Bluetooth with Python to Computer or Raspberry PIRead More »
A binary-to-thermometer decoder digital block is created in Cadence. The VHDL code example transforms an 8-bit vector into 256 thermometer signals.
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This Verilog code generates a sinus wave in FPGAs. It is done with a lookup-table and we will cover different modes with variable and fixed frequency.
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A power-on reset for an FPGA is implemented in Verilog and VHDL languages. …
Power-On Reset implementation for FPGA in Verilog and VHDLRead More »
A bibliographic review of the state-of-the-art of carbon nanotube transistors (CNTFETs)
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Field-Effect Transistors based on carbon nanotubes (CNTFETs)Read More »
As a default Cadence has a non-user friendly text editor, but to code, we need to use another one like gedit. gedit is a small and lightweight text editor that allow you to highlight the text. …
How to Setup the gedit text editor as default in Cadence for Code HighlighRead More »
What is better, an embedded Linux program running in a board or a bare metal application?
What are the advantages or drawbacks of embedded Linux? …
Plotting data in real-time is a very useful task that could be tough, but using the tool KST, I will show how easy it is. The front end looks very professional and clean to present your project.
KST is a very powerful and robust solution for plotting live “streaming” data. …
How to Visualize graphically data in Real Time with KSTRead More »
Analog circuits schematics are designed and simulated with ‘realistic’ models in Cadence, estimating roughly how the circuit will work in the real world. …
Parasitic Extraction, Post-layout and Back annotating in Circuit DesignRead More »
Processing video frames require a large amount of computation power, therefore processors may not be powerful enough. …
Basics of Video Processing on the FPGA of a Zybo using VHDL (I)Read More »
How to set up a video processing project with Vivado and the board Zybo, using the FPGA and programming it with VHDL.
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Video Processing with Vivado VHDL and ZYBO Board (II)Read More »
The delta-sigma ADC and the successive approximation register are the standard integrated analog to digital converter in microcontrollers.
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Delta-sigma (ΔΣ) ADC converter in microcontrollersRead More »
