Ideas

Here we have room for all the ideas for practical work in combination with the GECKO4-Education platform.

KEM4

  • Class D Amplifier (Full-Bridge possibly w Sigma-Delta Modulator)

  • 3 Phase Motor Inverter

  • DC/DC-Converter (digitally controlled Up/Down-Converter)

MHT1

  • Breakout board to easily access all I/Os and, e.g., connect them to a breadboard for prototyping

  • Board to drive 2 to 3 step motors plus some relays (e.g. for a 2-D plotter or 3-D printer).

  • Board with 7-segment LCD display and connector to a DCF77 antenna

  • Board with 2 ADCs and 2 DACs, which are sufficiently fast to be able to exploit the speed of the FPGA and realize, e.g., a DSO and arbitrary signal generator. Maybe the board should also contain some 2-port DRAM if the FPGAs own memory ressources are not sufficient.

  • Sensor board: accellerometers, gyrometers, temperature sensor, pressure sensor, magnetometer, IR sensor, RFID reader

  • Adaptor for Arduino Shields, which would provide access to relative cheap peripherals that could be used in the projects of BTE5011-BTE5012 and BTE5021-BTE5024. E.g., a similar adaptor is available for the BeagleBone black.

  • Adaptor for BeagleBone Capes.

  • Adaptor to use the GECKO4-Education board as a BeagleBone Cape so that Roger could use it as peripheral in his courses.

HZD1 (translated by MHT1)

  • An adaptor board with 4 Pmod female connectors and a 40 pin plug to connect to the existing LogicPort analyzers could be developed for the existing GECKO4-Education board. This would allow to connect the following already bought modules: - ACM2009: SCA3000-E01 3-AXIS Ultra Low Power Accelerometer with digital SPI Interface VTI Technologies - RFR2010: RFID Reader mit EM4095 analog front end for 125kHz EM Microelectronic - IIR2012: IR Receiver mit TSOP34138 Module for Remote Control Systems - DAC2012: Digital Analog Converter mit LTC2604 Quad 16-Bit Rail-toRail DACs Linear Technologies - BMD2014: Brushless Motor Driver mit DRV8312 Three Phase PWM Motor Driver Texas Instruments - SMD2009: Step Motor Driver mit ULN2064B quad Darlington switches for Unipolar Step Motors - PmodCLP: 16×2 character LCD module Digilent - More PMOD modules are available, e.g., from Digilent or Analog Devices.

  • 6 seven segment displays on the GECKO4-Education board itself to realize the existing clock lab exercises

  • Instead of the two parallel multipoint connectors more GPIOs would be advantageous

  • HDMI instead of VGA display interface on the GECKO4-EDU board to ensure compatibility with screens without VGA support