So I was having trouble getting the LCD working initially, so I ended up probing a working HDMI to LCD converter board sold by adafruit. You see, this board was driving my LCD just fine, but my FPGA couldn’t do...
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Working on the User Flash Memory
So the Altera Max 10 FPGA we’re using has 256kbits of User Flash Memory. This is non-volatile memory that is built into the actual FPGA itself. This means you don’t need any external memory to get the FPGA...
Minor problems on techtravels.org email
I recently discovered a problem where email directed to techtravels.org accounts was bouncing. It’s been fixed. If you’ve emailed something over the last couple months and didn’t get a reply, please...
My new i7-4790k Desktop build
I needed some more horsepower for my FPGA compiles, and because it’s been so long since my last PC build, I decided to take advantage of some free time I had, and build a new machine. This machine is a quad-core...
$28 Gonbes GBS8200 Scandoubler for use with Commodore Amiga
While I probably would have preferred to order an Indivision ECS scan doubler, a really nice alternative is a Gonbes GBS8200 video converter off of ebay. I had bought version 2.0 sometime in 2010 or 2011, and could not...
DIY 115 watt flexible LED Task Lamp
So I wanted a very bright flexible LED task Lamp that didn’t break the budget. I had a few feet of 7020 LED strip lighting left over from my undershelf LED lights, so I decided to put those to the task...
