I am saving my pennies so I can buy the MPLAB PICkit 5 In-Circuit Debugger and Debugger Adapter Board.
Other things I am interested in but that are a bit beyond what I’m willing to pay for at this point in time include:
I am planning to install the MPLAB X IDE, I just haven’t got around to it yet. I will do that after I have purchased the PICkit 5 programmer.
I watched this fun video about how to use a ten cent microcontroller:
This is a note for Future John. I found this no-nonsense video about how to program the ATtiny85 using an Arduino: How To Easily Program The Attiny85
I have a new post on Hackaday: Building A Custom Zynq-7000 SoC Development Board From The Ground Up.
The presenter starts by designing the power system, then makes progress on power, improves the schematic, integrates DDR RAM, adds USB PHY, Ethernet PHY, and SD card, starts on HDMI, makes progress on layout, makes progress on routing, continues with routing, configures with Vivado and estimates costs, receives PCBs and components, starts the PCB assembly, adds power rail components, adds core components, connects power and does initial programming, makes an LED blink, gets the ARM APU working, troubleshoots FT2232H to JTAG, resolves FT2232H to JTAG issue, adds UART and DDR, gets HDMI working, installs PetaLinux, and at long last configures USB and Ethernet in PetaLinux.
See AMD Zynq 7000 SoCs for specs from AMD. The executive summary is that this SoC includes an ARM Cortex-A9 Based APU and an Artix-7 FPGA (or a Kintex-7 FPGA on higher models). We suppose this is an opportune time to mention that in case you missed it Xilinx was recently acquired by AMD which is why you see the AMD branding now.
Summarizing references from these videos, other videos include What your Differential Pairs Wish You Knew and How to Achieve Proper Grounding by [Rick Hartley]; books referenced include Printed Circuits Handbook 7ed and Signal and Power Integrity Simplified 3ed; courses referenced include Mixed-Signal Hardware Design with KiCad and Advanced Digital Hardware Design from [Philip Salmony]; and software used includes EasyEDA, Vivado, Vitis IDE, and Tera Term.
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In this video we see what’s come in the mail!
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While watching Zynq-7000 PCB Build – Part 17b – Resolved! FT2232H to JTAG I found Xilinx JTAG Support on FTDI.
I saw this great power box over on Zynq-7000 PCB Build – Part 12 – Starting with Power Rails. I’m gonna make one! Or two!
Today I discovered Phil’s Lab YouTube channel and Phil’s Lab – Example Hardware Designs. That was after I found him on his instructor page on FEDEVEL: Philip Salmony. Phil’s courses were recommended by @rehsd which is how I learned of him.
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In this video we make a cable to connect a 6V battery pack with a 9V adapter to a USB Type-A female socket, which we can then use to connect a USB Type-A male through Type-B micro for powering my microcontroller.
We use the METCAL PS-900 Soldering Station to solder our cables.
We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to test voltage and continuity.
We use the Horusdy Soldering Station with Hot Air Gun to shrink our heat shrink.
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I have a new post on Hackaday: Using A MIG Welder, Acetylene Torch, And Air Hammer To Remove A Broken Bolt.