FPGA – Frank DeCaire

VHDL Arithmetic Functions

February 13, 2019March 18, 2017 by Frank DeCaire

I’m currently working on an ALU in VHDL. To get warmed up, I tried my hand at some basic arithmetic, which I’m going to discuss in this blog post. Here’s the diagram of the ALU: A and B are the two inputs and F will be the result. Each input and output is a 4-bit … Read moreVHDL Arithmetic Functions

VHDL – Shift Register

February 13, 2019March 14, 2017 by Frank DeCaire

My latest hobby is to learn VHDL and apply to the Mimas V2 FPGA board. As with any language, reading about the language is all well and good, but attempting a real application is where the rubber hits the road. I read through several tutorials and some introduction material to familiarize myself with some of … Read moreVHDL – Shift Register

HDL – Full Adder Schematic

February 13, 2019March 11, 2017 by Frank DeCaire

This is a continuation of my FPGA series. I’m going to show how to create a one-bit full adder circuit using a schematic diagram in Xilinx HDL language. Then I’m going to send the compiled code to the Mimas V2 Spartan-6 board and test it. This project is for the entry-level FPGA programmer. If you … Read moreHDL – Full Adder Schematic

FPGA – Hex LED Display

February 13, 2019March 4, 2017 by Frank DeCaire

After finishing the beginner’s guide for the Mimas V2 Development Board, I decided to try my hand at a circuit that I previously built with the GAL16V8 chip. I already had the PDS file for the BCD to Hexadecimal LED display, so I decided to try that. First, I needed to figure out what I … Read moreFPGA – Hex LED Display

The FPGA

February 13, 2019March 4, 2017 by Frank DeCaire

I recently purchased an FPGA development board. Specifically, the Mimas V2 Spartan 6 board. There’s a really good introduction to this board which you can access by clicking here. The board looks like this: You can connect a micro-USB to USB cable to this board and program it from your PC. Plus, the power from … Read moreThe FPGA