FPGA Night (14 Oct, 7-10 PM)

By on October 13, 2014

Since a lot of people were out last week, I’ll be covering this class again. We finished creating the new FIFO backed RX module. This class we will spend a lot of time playing around in the simulator. We will be creating procedures to send test data as well as read data from the FIFO. […]

FPGA Night (7 Oct, 7-10 PM)

By on October 6, 2014

We finished creating the new FIFO backed RX module. This class we will spend a lot of time playing around in the simulator. We will be creating procedures to send test data as well as read data from the FIFO. The slides for the upcoming and previous classes can be found here. The slides are […]

4 Year Anniversary Party

By on October 3, 2014

As of this month, Unallocated Space has occupied our current building due to your generosity. We want to celebrate 4 years of great times and cool hacks by hosting a potluck party on October 25th starting at 2pm. Please mention what your going to bring at http://www.perfectpotluck.com/meals.php?t=GYTO5348&v=c0aa515b83 (User Pw 6667) Activities Fire tornado Pumpkin Hacking […]

Arduino Night (3 Oct, 7-10 PM)

By on October 2, 2014

We will be fading LEDs with PWM, learning how to use for loops, creating variables, bit shifting, and reading analog values. Agenda: 1. Pulse width modulation 2. Create sketch to turn LED part on 3. Play with this sketch to make the LED dimmer or brighter 4. Intro to conditional loops (for) 5. Use a […]

FPGA Night (30 Sep, 7-10 PM)

By on September 28, 2014

We finished a full serial UART in the last class. In this class we will be adding a FIFO to the RX module. This will enable the UART to buffer data that is read so that the parent module does not have to immediately read the incoming data. We will not be doing any testing […]

Monday Electronics Fundamentals Class Series – NEW

By on September 24, 2014

Starting Monday, October 20th the Electronics Fundamentals class will begin! The class will kick off around 7pm and run until about 9pm. The first class will be all theory but it will be the foundation for every other class to follow. We’ll be covering things like what electricity is, what an electron is, units such […]

Arduino Night (26 Sept, 7-10 PM)

By on September 21, 2014

Back by popular demand 😀 We will go over what the Arduino is, how to use the IDE, what LEDs are, and create a blinky light sketch. If time permits, we will move into talking about Wiring functions, C data types, and custom C functions. Agenda: 1. Instructor introduction 2. Overall plan for the series […]

FPGA Night (23 Sept, 7-10 PM)

By on September 21, 2014

In the last class we completed the serial receiver. In this class we will be creating a serial transmitter. Once the transmitter is complete, we will make a mater module that contains both the transmitter and receiver. Then we will connect rx to tx (loopback) and make sure everything is working as planned! If time […]

FPGA Night (16 Sept, 7-10PM)

By on September 14, 2014

We will be creating a UART receiver that will get data from the serial port of the Arduino Micro boards. If you have a board that has a serial port built in, you can also use that directly. All boards will be programmed ahead of time and source code will be available. If you have […]

CSAW Night (Sept 20, 1500-2359)

By on September 8, 2014

Note: these events need help, scroll down if you’re interested in helping Each year NYU Poly organizes the Computer Security Awareness Week (CSAW). This is the largest student-run cyber security event in the nation, with a research conference that attracts some of the biggest names in the industry, and a career fair with an impressive […]

FPGA Night (9 Sep, 7-10 PM)

By on September 7, 2014

We will be using 3.3 volt Arduino Mini boards that are programmed to act like SRAM. A basic data sheet will be created to help guide development of a VHDL module. Development will be done on your own with a slideshow that gives hints. More chip options other than SRAM might be available by class […]

Lego Day (Sun, Sept. 7th 3-5PM)

By on September 4, 2014

All LEGO enthusiast, their families and children (ages 4 & up) are welcome to join Unallocated Space for a fun filled evening of building and discovery! This fun event includes some of the following activities: Lego Movie Building with LEGOs! Discover with LEGOs! Swapping LEGOs! Drinks & Snacks @ 4pm (Juice, Soda, Fruit, Animal Crackers) […]

FPGA Night (26 Aug, 7-10PM)

By on August 24, 2014

We didn’t get through all of the sides in the last class. This class will be picking up with adding LEDs to the design. At a minimum, we should be able to get the LEDs to display the analog values. If there is time left over, we will add VGA to the design so that […]

Intro to Soldering 7/25 7p-9p

By on August 18, 2014

When: Monday, August 25th 7 to 9pm If you want to learn how to solder or maybe just brush up on your soldering skills, come by UAS for our soldering class. We will be putting together the WeevilEye kits donated to UAS by Sparkfun! These kits are suitable for all ages and skill levels. We […]