FPGA Night (6 May, 7-10PM)

By on May 2, 2014

We will be finishing our work with seven segment displays. Last week we got our seven segments to display a flashing number ‘2’. This week we will make our seven segment module count using VHDL arrays. Additionally, we will go over, and implement a reset signal for our design. Time permitting, we will also remove […]

Potluck May 31st

By on April 30, 2014

The party will begin at noon and the grilling will start around 4pm. We will be providing some activities to partake in, to include music, board games, movies, soldering kits to make cell phone charger, and a guessing contest where people can guess how many LED are in a jar. We will have a 1st, […]

UnalloCTF Coming Soon!

By on April 29, 2014

On Memorial Day 2014, we will be hosting UnalloCTF 2.0! Registration is open at https://unalloctf2014.eventbrite.com

FPGA Night (Apr 29, 7-10PM)

By on April 26, 2014

We will be learning about 7 segment displays and VHDL arrays. We will create a new VHDL module for displaying N numbers on a seven segment display using an array and a counter. The goal might be a little ambitious, so we might not get all the way to the end in one class. It […]

FPGA Night (April 22, 7-10PM)

By on April 20, 2014

We will be modifying our push button demo to use two buttons, and to be synchronized using clock. We will also cover how to slow the synchronized clock down to a manageable rate. This will be combined with the push button demo to see how clock synchronization can affect the sampling of an input. It […]

FPGA Night (15 April, 7-10PM)

By on April 11, 2014

We will be creating a push button project from scratch. The idea is that pressing a button connected to the FPGA will turn on a series of LEDs. We will then make the design synchronous by creating a slow clock out of a counter. We will also be creating a test bench file for the […]

FPGA Night (8 April, 7-10PM)

By on April 4, 2014

This will be the second session of the new class. If you want in, it’s not too late! Please E-Mail fpga@unallocatedspace.org to let the instructor know you want to join. We will be covering: 1. Launching ISE 2. Building example blinky light project 3. Launching Impact, Mojo Loader, and Adept for bit file uploading 4. […]

FPGA Class Starting Over – 1 April (7-10PM)

By on March 28, 2014

This will be the first session of the new class! Very Important: Please go to http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/design-tools.html and download ISE for your operating system!!!! Unallocated Space does not have the Internet bandwidth to support downloading the 6GB install file! The class slides are here. We will be covering: Introductions What are FPGAs How are FPGAs structured […]

FPGA Night (11 March, 7-10PM)

By on March 10, 2014

If you are interested in joining the class, check out the new class announcement! Due to technical issues, we still need to work on getting push and pop converted over to using the SRAM. After finishing push and pop, the class will be open to questions and discussions. Please bring a breadboard and jumpers so […]

FPGA Night (4 March, 7-10PM)

By on March 2, 2014

We will finish integrating SRAM into our CPU. Please bring a breadboard and jumpers so that you can hook up the external memory chip. If you cannot bring those items, please contact fpga@unallocatedspace.org (or the instructor directly) to ensure enough supplies are brought with the instructor. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please […]

FPGA Night (25 Feb, 7-10PM)

By on February 23, 2014

We will be integrating our SRAM module into our custom CPU. This will require quite a bit of modification to the existing CPU code. We will also be using the simulator to make sure our design works as planned. Please bring a breadboard and jumpers so that you can hook up the external memory chip. […]

FPGA Night (18 Feb, 7-10PM)

By on February 17, 2014

Late notice 🙁 We will be finishing up our SPI SRAM interface. The only parts left are to create a test module to send test data to the actual chip, and then to work the module into our existing CPU. Please bring a breadboard and jumpers so that you can hook up the external memory […]

FPGA Night (1/28 @ 7:00 pm)

By on January 27, 2014

We will finish work on our pointer instructions for the CPU. After that, we will start work on an SPI interface for SRAM. I do no expect that we will finish, but we should at least get the state machine coded up. The SPI module will not be specific to the CPU, but will eventually […]

CTF Meeting: Jan 26th 6pm (Free SANS class inside)

By on January 19, 2014

Subject: Forensics Why forensics? Often, when I talk about CTFs to people, they picture it being solely about exploiting boxes at Defcon. While exploiting is indeed a flashy part of CTFs, it is only a portion of the skills used to qualify or compete in a CTF. This month’s meeting is to inform/remind people that […]