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High-Level Synthesis Design Tools vs. Conventional FPGA Design Tools

High-Level Synthesis Design Tools vs. Conventional FPGA Design Tools

â…  Overview of Conventional FPGA Design Tools Hardware description languages (HDLs) like VHDL and Verilog became the main languages for defining the algorithms that execute on the FPGA chip over the first 20 years of FPGA development. These low-level languages combine some of the advantages of existing textual languages with the understanding that you are …

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DIGILENT DEVELOPMENT BOARD GIVEAWAY WORTH OVER $500 TO CELEBRATE OEMSECRETS’ 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

To celebrate OEMsecrets’ 10 Year Anniversary this month, the price comparison search engine for electronic parts has partnered with Digilent to give away 2 x Digilent development boards worth over $500 each. Digilent is a leading manufacturer of FPGA development boards and microcontrollers serving students, universities, and OEM’s worldwide with technology-based educational design tools. This prize …

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Learn about machine learning and the fundamentals of AI with free Raspberry Pi course

If you are interested in learning about machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) you may be interested in a new free online course by the team over at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Providing the fundamentals of ML and AI and allowing you to learn how to train your own machine learning models using free online tools. …

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Changing Your Raspberry pi Password

Problem: By default, the password for a Raspberry Pi will be raspberry. Problem:  By default, the password for a Raspberry Pi will be raspberry. You want to change this.  Solution:  You can use the raspi-config tool to change your password. Run the raspi_config utility by issuing the following command in a Terminal (see Then select the …

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XIAOMI WOWSTICK PRECISION MINI HANDHELD CORDLESS ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER REVIEW

XIAOMI WOWSTICK PRECISION MINI HANDHELD CORDLESS ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER REVIEW

Working on an electronics project or doing an electronics repair job is usually tedious and one of the contributing factors to this is the usual lack of the right tools for the necessary tasks including screwing and unscrewing parts. One approach to solve this problem was the development of electric screwdrivers and quite a lot …

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Freezing a Raspberry Pi 4

It’s summertime; so it’s time to cool the new Raspberry Pi 4 in a crazy way! Why? First off do not try this at home – it may damage your Pi or cause things in your freezer to thaw if the door is left ajar in anyway. This is a joke experiment, do not replicate! I take no responsibility …

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MICROSOFT AI DEVELOPER KIT RUNS LINUX ON QUALCOMM SOC

MICROSOFT AI DEVELOPER KIT RUNS LINUX ON QUALCOMM SOC

Microsoft has announced a $249 “Vision AI Developer Kit, aimed at AI edge developers using Azure IoT Edge and Azure Machine Learning. The kit features an 8MP, 4K camera which runs Linux on Qualcomm’s 10nm, AI-enabled QCS603 SoC. The Vision AI Developer Kit incorporates Qualcomm’s Vision Intelligence Platform, which is infused into its QCS603 SoC, with Microsoft’s Azure IoT Edge service, built on …

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PCBA SERVICE REVIEW – COMPARING PCBWAY VS LOCOPCB VS PCBGOGO VS SEEEDSTUDIO

PCBA SERVICE REVIEW – COMPARING PCBWAY VS LOCOPCB VS PCBGOGO VS SEEEDSTUDIO

Until recently I believed that having PCBs assembled by a professional service is either too costly for small batches or not possible at all. That was until I realized that some PCB manufacturers offer an additional assembly service (PCBA) and that their minimum order quantity (MOQ) is often very low. But which service should you …

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