My HDMI transmitter is taking way too long to finish with no one to blame but myself. In this post I’ll describe the general structure of my HDMI transmitter. First, at the core lies the encoder. The encoder is the module that encodes the video, audio and control commands into Read more…
At our office, we use the Acer RC111 as a Network Attached Storage device. It has been running a Debian installation all this while but we felt the need to upgrade it to a proper NAS OS instead. Comparing between NAS4Free or FreeNAS, we went with the former as it Read more…
I was invited to speak at the Exceptional Hard and Soft Meeting 2012, a conference filled with people at the frontier of engineering and technology.
Dream big they say! Dare to step out of your comfort zone. These are what I have been repeating to myself weeks before entering Aeste for my 3 months internship. From the moment I had my phone interview, I have the feeling that my coming “journey” is not going to Read more…
This week I finished up the Rx portion of the UART device that follows the RS232 protocol. I was able to implement it onto the Spartan3 board. When I first tested it, I was a little confused because I didnt know that the letters were represented in ASCII code. My Read more…
Another week has passed (fifth) and my work on SHA1 is coming to an end. I’m right now before the testing phase which would be hopefully done by the end of the day. Summing up all my struggles with SHA1 I have to say it was more difficult than I Read more…
As I mentioned in my previous post, my task for this week is to study the remoteproc framework. The goal is to discover how it works because later, I’ll be implementing about the same thing. Because of the limited resource and information on this specific framework, I had to start Read more…
I’m designing an HDMI transmitter. I often refer to XIlinx’s designs of the HDMI for demonstration on Spartan3 and Spartan6. The application notes for these two designs are very helpful especially the Spartan3 design. Moreover the coding itself is easy to understand. Here is the two application notes : for Read more…
The task at hand this week is to design an HDMI transmitter. I gotta admit it this is the most interesting project yet. HDMI is this cable that you connect between your computer and HD Display and magically high quality audio and video appears on that display. Of course it’s Read more…
