We will be going over how to make an FPGA drive an LCD monitor. With any luck I will have DB15 (VGA) breakout cables made before class. For those of you who need a breakout cable, please let me know as soon as possible.
If you have a monitor with VGA connector(s) and can bring it, please do. We do have many monitors, but with the extra people coming I’m not sure we’ll have enough.
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 15-30 minutes). Check out http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/design-tools.html and download the ISE Design Suite for your OS.
2. Some Xilinx Spartan 3 or greater FPGA development board (must be Xilinx!!). We prefer the Mojo or Digilent Basys II.
3. USB cable for your FPGA dev board.
Provided Items:
1. VGA breakout (if needed)
2. LCD Monitor (1 per person up to ~ 7)
Because of the cost of FPGA dev boards, we will not have extras. If you have questions about what board to get, please E-Mail fpga@unallocatedspace.org.
Since the space runs off of donations, we would like to mention that the recommended donation for this class is $5. It is by no means a requirement! Attendance to the space, and this class, is 100% free to all!
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