Bergen: FPGA-meetup & Guest Lecture

Hello Bergen!
We’re excited to invite you to Høgskulen på Vestlandet (HVL) Kronstad for an inspiring day with a guest lecture by our CEO, Espen Tallaksen, followed by an FPGA meetup featuring engaging presentations and networking.

Step by step: Thermal Management

Raspberry Pi 5, Thermal Management

Electronics produce heat, and without proper management, this heat can break your components.
In this article we will take a look at the Raspberry Pi 5, to see how the thermal management is handled there, but the setup will be pretty similar between all devices.

Solar Technology & Panel Operation

Download this White Paper as PDF. Circuit model The first step in understanding the electrical operation of solar panels is to see how a single photovoltaic (PV) cell is modeled. This is presented in Figure 1, where the main elements are the current source and the diode, (more simplistic models omit the resistors altogether). The […]

Automating U-Boot development and testing workflow

Developing and testing changes to U-Boot can be a tedious and manual process if you constantly have to disconnect and update the boot storage medium used for every change. A more convenient approach with a shorter feedback loop is to upload the changes directly to the target’s memory or even file system while the target […]

Introduction to Scoreboards in UVVM

The most common kind of verification of a design made in VHDL is simple directed testing where the expected data is expected in the same order as the stimuli that produced each output data element. The goal is to verify that some known stimuli towards the DUT results in expected data on the outputs of […]

Leveraging your Yocto Project with EmLogic

When designing and building a custom Embedded Linux image, leveraging existing components like bootloaders, kernels, and libraries from open-source projects is advantageous. Simply downloading and creating an image from needed packages isn’t ideal. This is due to the troubles that arise with build-time and run-time dependencies, along with the fact that mastering cross-compilation for the […]

Using variables as registers in VHDL

A register in an FPGA is a storage element that can hold one bit or more. In VHDL there are two methods of inferring registers. The most common method is to use a signal that updates its value at the rising edge of a clock. The other method is to use a VHDL variable. Both […]

Wi-Fi sniffing with Wireshark

Introduction Ever wondered how Wi-Fi really works? There’s a cool feature called “monitor mode” which enables you to peek behind the scenes of Wi-Fi networks. Think of it like having superpowers for your Wi-Fi adapter. In this article, I will explain what “monitor mode” is, and show you how it can be your secret weapon […]