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Arduino Night (28 June, 7-10PM)

By proto on June 27, 2013

We will be playing around with tactile switches. Agenda 1. Wiring tactile switches 2. Turning on an LED with a tactile switch 3. Using interrupt handlers with tactile switch 4. Using switch(es) to count over serial. Required Items 1. Arduino (and USB cable) 2. Breadboard (full length preferred) 3. Wire jumpers Provided Items 1. LEDs […]

FPGA Night (25 June 7-10PM)

By proto on June 25, 2013

We will be using push buttons to interface with the FPGA as well as learning how to debounce the inputs. If time permits, we will also cover First In First Out (FIFO) buffers. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to […]

FPGA Night (18 June, 7-10PM)

By proto on June 17, 2013

We will be continuing the LCD interface project. The goal for the night will be to build the parent process for driving the finite state machine and sending commands to the LCD. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to wait […]

Arduino Night (14 June, 7-10PM)

By proto on June 10, 2013

This will be a repeat of the last class on LCD interfacing. Several people were unable to make it last time, so we will be covering it one more time. Required Items: Laptop Arduino USB cable for your Arduino Breadboard Jumpers for breadboard Provided Items: LCD If you need any items in the required items […]

FPGA Night (11 June, 7-10PM)

By proto on June 10, 2013

We will be starting the LCD interface project. The goal for the night will be to get the finite state machine running properly. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to wait for the install process to complete (it usually takes […]

FPGA Night (4 June 7-10PM)

By proto on June 3, 2013

We will be covering interfacing with 7 segment displays. This is the precursor to the next class which will cover interfacing with 2×20 character LCD screens. Agenda: 1. Determine pinout of 7 segment display 2. Create a map of the pins 3. Flash all segments at once 4. Create a ROM lookup table to count […]

Arduino Night (31 May, 7-10PM)

By proto on May 31, 2013

We will only be covering interfacing with an LCD screen this week. Required Items: Laptop Arduino USB cable for your Arduino Breadboard Jumpers for breadboard Provided Items: LCD If you need any items in the required items section, please E-Mail arduino@unallocatedspace.org. We have a few of all of the required items, but we need to […]

FPGA Night (28 May, 7-10PM)

By proto on May 27, 2013

We will be covering building custom blocks and then using them in VHDL modules. If time permits, we will also cover using outside input in the form of push buttons. Agenda: 1. Design a module that slows down an input clock 2. Design a module that uses the above module to blink an LED at […]

Arduino Night (24 May 7-10PM)

By proto on May 23, 2013

We will be mostly playing with using analog to control digital LEDs. Agenda: Reading analog values from a potentiometer (variable resistor) Fading an LED using a potentiometer Controlling the rate of LED blinking using a potentiometer Using tactile switches to turn an LED on and off Required Items: Laptop Arduino USB cable for your Arduino […]

Java Certification Study Group (1 June 7:30-10PM)

By proto on May 12, 2013

Session number 2. We will be covering chapters 1 and 2 out of http://www.amazon.com/SCJP-Certified-Programmer-Java-310-065/dp/0071591060.

FPGA Night (14 May 7-10PM)

By proto on May 12, 2013

Mostly carrying over from last week. Agenda Install/Run Xilinx ISE (http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/design-tools.html – ISE Design Suite) Compile and upload blinky lights bit file Modify blinky lights code to change rate of blink Use DCM instead of divider to vary blink rate Required Items Xilinx based Spartan 3 or higher FPGA Laptop running Windows or Linux (OSX […]

FPGA Dev Night (7 May 7-10PM)

By proto on May 4, 2013

This will be the first installment of the FPGA classes. The only hardware requirement is that you have a Xilinx based Spartan 3 or greater (Virtex is okay as well). Spartan 2 will not be used because it requires a very old version of the Xilinx ISE. Agenda: Introductions Configure Xilinx ISE web kit software […]

Java Certification Study Group (May 11 7:30-10PM)

By proto on May 1, 2013

We will be meeting to study up for the SCJP exam (Java 6). We are using http://www.amazon.com/SCJP-Certified-Programmer-Java-310-065/dp/0071591060 as our study guide. Feel free to join us!

Arduino Night – Starting Over (10 May, 7-10PM)

By proto on April 28, 2013

Arduino night has come a long way over the last few months. Far enough that it’s becoming difficult for new people to join in on the festivities. That means that it’s time to start everything over again 😀 Agenda: Get everyone set up with the Arduino IDE What is an Arduino Upload “Hello World” program […]

Arduino Night (28 June, 7-10PM)

FPGA Night (25 June 7-10PM)

FPGA Night (18 June, 7-10PM)

Arduino Night (14 June, 7-10PM)

FPGA Night (11 June, 7-10PM)

FPGA Night (4 June 7-10PM)

Arduino Night (31 May, 7-10PM)

FPGA Night (28 May, 7-10PM)

Arduino Night (24 May 7-10PM)

Java Certification Study Group (1 June 7:30-10PM)

FPGA Night (14 May 7-10PM)

FPGA Dev Night (7 May 7-10PM)

Java Certification Study Group (May 11 7:30-10PM)

Arduino Night – Starting Over (10 May, 7-10PM)

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