Problem: I followed the instructions mentioned by Xilinx at http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/OpenCV+Installation in order to cross compile the OpenCV-2.4.9 with FFmpeg for Xilinx Zynq Platform on Ubuntu 14.04. While configuring the FFmpeg, it gave me the following warning: “WARNING: arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-pkg-config not found, library detection may fail.” The FFmpeg did compile ok and generated all the necessary SO files …
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DIY Hand Soldered SMD PCB with FPGA – Papilio Duo
Assembled the Paplio Duo board by completely hand soldering and it works! Could not have done it without the help and guidance of my fellow makers at RLAB. So proud to be able to successfully solder the Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA on this board :). Website for this Open Source board is at Gadget Factory .
Installing Altera Modelsim on 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 – Linux
I downloaded and the ModelSim-Altera Starter Edition for Linux from Altera (now part of Intel) website at the following webpage: http://dl.altera.com/?product=modelsim_ae#tabs-2 I then installed it on the 64-bit Ubuntu-14.04. After which I ran the following command from within the bin directory of the installed Modelsim and despite the executable present I got the following error: command$> …
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Cross Compiling OpenCV for Xilinx Zynq Arm on Ubuntu Linux OS
I am writing this to keep a log for myself and others whenever I want to cross compile OpenCV for Xilinx Zynq – ARM platform for Ubuntu 14.04. I have followed instructions mentioned on Xilinx-Wiki however I had to tweak quite a few instructions for me at a few places in order to successfully compile OpenCV. I …
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