The 2019 Hackaday Superconference kicked off with a marvelous, and marvelously geeky, keynote talk on the subject of RISC-V by Dr. Megan Wachs.
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Monthly Archives: January 2020
DIY Arcade Cabinet
Finally a big dream of mine has come true. I built my own retro arcade cabinet! The whole parts cost about 700 euros. Since I am only a hobby craftsman and only have simple devices, it took a long time to set it up (3 Month in total). I gained some experience in woodworking.
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Inside the digital clock from a Soyuz spacecraft
We recently obtained a clock that flew on a Soyuz space mission.1 The clock, manufactured in 1984, contains over 100 integrated circuits on ten circuit boards. Why is the clock so complicated? In this blog post, I examine the clock’s circuitry and explain why so many chips were needed.
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La libération des FPGA et des ASIC bien engagée pour 2020
En début d’année 2019 se posait la question de savoir si ce serait l’année de la libération des FPGA. En ce début d’année 2020, essayons de faire un bilan. FPGA, ASC, HDL, RISC‑Ⅴ et PCB sont les chapitres que nous allons découvrir dans la suite de cet article.
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Bit Twiddling Hacks
RISC-V Educational Materials
RISC-V Educational Materials Author/University Link Access Level Platform Content Type Udemy Link Paid 2 Sim HW a,d Oakland University Link Open 2 Unspecified HW f University of Rochester Link Open 1 Unspecified SW f University of Cambridge Link Open 2 FPGA HW f University of Wisconsin-Madison Link
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RSD RISC-V Out-of-Order Superscalar Processor
RSD is a 32-bit RISC-V out-of-order superscalar processor core. RSD is very fast due to aggressive OoO features, while it is very compact and can be synthesized for small FPGAs. The key features of RSD are as follows: Install the following software for running simulation.
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A Vintage Phone In 2020
When we make a telephone call in 2020 it is most likely to be made using a smartphone over a cellular or IP-based connection rather than a traditional instrument on a pair of copper wires to an exchange.
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Writing userspace USB drivers for abandoned devices
I recently found some USB devices on eBay (Epiphan VGA2USB LR) that could take VGA as input and present the output as a webcam.
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