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12 years ago

Quadcopter using Cyclone II. How to implement gyro inputs and ESC outputs?

Hey guys, I'm planning on using de2 board as the brains of a quadcopter for my final project in digital systems design. The only experience I have with FPGAs and verilog are from this semester but I ...
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12 years ago

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requires i2c thingy which I really don't know how to do.

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What part of the I2C thingy did you get confused on?

A good starting point is here:

http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/i2c_(opencores)

Or if you're OK with software, the bit-banged master in pseudo-C on the I2C wikipedia page is good starting point as well.

But if you are determined to write your own HDL version, the specification starts here:

http://www.nxp.com/documents/user_manual/um10204.pdf