Use RTL-SDR with Zybo Zynq SoC board
The well-known RTL-SDR found itself to become quite popular over the past few years. Even today, RTL-SDR works like a gateway to the world of digital radios. The open-source RTL-SDR setup works with almost...
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Running Ubuntu 20.04 on Zynq SoC
One of the earlier posts demonstrated the process of building Petalinux for the Zynq SoC on the Zybo board. The process itself is quite simple when all you have to do is run Linux....
Capturing video with Petalinux – Part 1 – The hardware design
In one of the previous articles, I showed you how you could build a basic design on Zynq SoC and boot Petalinux over it. This article would be an extension to the previous one. Our...
Using the Oscillator pins (OSC) and SWD pins as GPIO on STM32
his post is going to be unusually short. Sometime ago I created a small electronics module where I had to use almost all of the GPIO pins on the STM32F103, except the oscillator pins....
Converting a binary data file into a C array with a python script
Those working on embedded C/C++ would know the importance of converting a binary file into a C array. I deal with raw images and ram dumps on daily basis. For example, I may be...
PipelineC brings HLS to non-Xilinx FPGAs
Those of you who have used HLS (High level synthesis) would know how powerful the thing is. For those of you having some experience working with hardware description languages would most likely be able...
A basic on screen display with Vivado HLS and Zynq SoC – Part 2
We created a very crude on screen display using HLS in the previous post. Now, it’s time to export it as a custom IP and integrate into the system. The process may seem to...
A basic on screen display with Vivado HLS and Zynq SoC – Part 1
Having an on-screen display in your video can benefit in various ways. Sometimes, having an on-screen display (OSD) can be a need or can serve the purpose of adding an appeal to your project....
Programming the Zynq 7000 with Vivado 2019.2 and Vitis
I purchased a Zynq 7000 development board recently and wanted to play with it for quite some time now. Finally, the lock-down due to the corona virus pandemic gave me some time to put...
Measuring noise figure using Gain Method
For those into radio astronomy would know the significance of having ultra-low noise figures. Lower the noise figure, the more sensitive your receiver becomes. Noise figure is a unit of measure that tells us...
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