Tag Archives: PCB

Spartan-6 BGA test board

Posted on 2011-01-16 by Dan

Eventually, when my FPGA stereo-vision project nears its terminus, I’m going to want to produce a refined sensor board that combines the image sensors and FPGA onto a single board. In preparation for that, this board is a test vehicle … Continue reading →

Posted in FPGAs, Microcontrollers, PCBs, Technical | Tagged BGA, EAGLE, FPGA, microcontroller, PCB, Spartan-6, Xilinx | 27 Comments

MT9V032 LVDS camera board

Posted on 2011-01-14 by Dan

Another piece of my ongoing FPGA stereo-vision project. This board is, as the name suggests, a breakout board for Aptina’s excellent MT9V032 1/3″ VGA image sensor. The board’s main purpose in life is to connect the LVDS output of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Microcontrollers, PCBs, Technical | Tagged AVR, EAGLE, microcontroller, MT9V032, PCB, sensor, vision | 24 Comments

Brushless DC motor controller board

Posted on 2011-01-12 by Dan

Here’s a board I designed back in 2008. It’s an excessively feature-packed brushless DC motor (BLDC) controller. Bullet points: Can drive brushed and brushless (3-phase) DC motors 15~30V input voltage Single-supply operation (onboard LT3470 SMPS) 10+A per-phase current handling (Si4456DY … Continue reading →

Posted in Microcontrollers, PCBs, Robots, Technical | Tagged ARM, BLDC, EAGLE, H-bridge, microcontroller, MOSFET, motor controller, PCB | 9 Comments

FMC-LPC to SATA adapter board

Posted on 2010-12-04 by Dan

I recently bought a shiny new Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA SP605 Evaluation Kit: It’s an excellent board (aside from the ridiculous ~10W idle power consumption and the corresponding supply heating/temperature) – PCI-Express, gigabit ethernet, DVI, 1.6 GB/s 128 MB DDR3, and … Continue reading →