Introduction
The topic of this article we are going to talk about the new baby born in MakarenaLabs, Pablo, a custom-made robot which is able to recognize and detect people and objects in the surrounding environment.
In short, the aim of Pablo is to showcase how to construct a robotic system from scratch by using MakarenaLabs MuseBox, IP libraries and AMD’s (former Xilinx) FPGAs.
In conclusion of the article we will
In this article, we propose a new demo that combines the potentialities of the PYNQ Z2 with the wireless communication of Bluetooth Low Energy (aka BLE). This combination paves the way for the creation of new and amazing applications.
In this article we will also focus on creating a simple BLE Server on the PYNQ Z2 and to do this we use the Bluetooth capabilities of the ESP-32 module.
Enjoy the reading 😉
The Bluetooth Module
We have chosen to use the ESP-32 WROOM 32 module for this project. Thanks to its low costs
Introduction
One of the main problems of embedded systems is the external communication, in particular for the FPGAs: you need in every specific situation a different protocol and different strategies for inter-communication with a host system. That’s why the USB protocol is useful and, in particular, for a complex device such as the FPGA. In this article, we will define a simple but robust approach for designing an FPGA as a USB Device.
The USB system
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry-standard that establishes specifications for cables, connectors, and protocols for connection, communication, and
Introduction
In this article we aim to introduce a possible solution for solving the 3D reconstruction problem. We will take advantage of the 3D Vision to reconstruct the object starting from a set Point Cloud which represents different views of the object. Firstly, we will start by detailing the difference between standard computer vision (2D) and 3D vision.
Secondly, we will detail the different stages of reconstruction, explaining a little bit about the algorithm used and different possible implementation choices. As a reference library, we are going to use the Point Cloud
Introduction
The “double tap” is a gesture that today is a crucial part of many of our daily actions.
The goal of this article is to implement a double tap feature that is easy to integrate, intuitive and adaptible.
So, the first step towards this goal is to make sure we have all the materials to develop and test the algorithm. We will use the X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 board, that is easy to use and install on PYNQ.
Vivado design
The next step is to create an appropriate design for communication with the X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2; in fact you can
Introduction
Have you heard the news about the VCK5000 development card being on discount? We are here with a small tutorial on how to get started and use this board for your future projects.
Xilinx provides scripts which are really useful on installing the principal packages required. However, sometimes someone can run into errors that have no answer anywhere online. Therefore, the aim of this article is to help anyone having troubles setting up the VCK500. Moreover, as an extra, we have a special section on how to reduce the loud noise
Introduction
FPGA programming is not only based on a hardware design, you also can also create software that runs on different soft processors on it, called “MicroBlaze”. This kind of design is useful in specific applications, such as protocol implementation, system orchestration, and soft-realtime systems.
The aim of this article is to reproduce a little architecture that supports this soft processor, controlling a simple peripheral such as a GPIO, using the PYNQ framework for instantiation and controlling.
What is a MicroBlaze
The MicroBlaze IP describes a soft microprocessor, that is a microprocessor core completely
Introduction to Musebox Certification
Musebox Certification from Xilinx is here! But what Musebox is? It is a real-time machine learning system which runs on FPGAs using Deep Learning Processing Unit (DPU) from Xilinx.
Musebox currently supports 5 different certification tasks:
Face Analysis
People Analysis
Audio Analysis
Object Analysis
Medical Analysis
In detail, Musebox offers 24 pre-trained AI models to solve the 5 tasks previously detailed. Those AI models can be re-trained in order to solve slightly different
Introduction
PYNQ is a perfect framework for beginners and advanced users of FPGA, it provides a great base bitstream that manages some peripherals on the board without any effort. However, if you need custom IPs for your application (and also for custom pinout), you need to know how to create a specific bitstream using the Xilinx IP Cores, which are quite documented but not often ready to use. In this article, we can show you how to implement a design that can output multiple PWM signals on the PMOD of a
Introduction
This article shows how to create a PYNQ-DPU application on CorazonAI with the acceleration of the whole AI pipeline flow for video analytics . Specifically this article is a follow-up of the previous article on CorazonAI which can be found here: https://www.makarenalabs.com/pynq-on-corazon-ai-ai-applications-for-all/
AI pipeline and PYNQ
PYNQ is a framework which allows us to use python bindings on the FPGA.
However, having the bindings for python, doesn’t necessarily just mean the possibility of working very easily with our custom IP cores.
In fact, python is a gold standard programming language in computer science and