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2017.4 vs 2018.1 PetaLinux Tools Reference Guide Diff
This post presents the differences of substance between the 2017.4 release of the PetaLinux Tools Reference Guide and the 2018.1 release....


Are HDF Files Going Away?
This post looks at statements made in the 2018.1 and 2018.2 versions of the PetaLinux Tools Reference Guide that seem to indicate that...


Links to Xilinx Annual Reports from 1995
Links to annual reports for Xilinx from 1995.


ZCU102 Development Using 2018.2 on a Linux VM Running on Windows: Part 1
This post is part 1 of a series that contains everything you need to develop software for the ZCU102 using a Linux VM running on Windows...


Xilinx's 2018.2 Release of Vivado, SDK and PetaLinux Tools Only Runs on CentOS 7.3: 64-bit
This post shows why as of Apr 17th 2018, the only OS that will run 2018.2's Vivado, SDK and PetaLinux Tools is CentOS 7.3: 64-bit. 2018.2...


Enable Copy/Paste Between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 16.04.3 on Oracle VM VirtualBox
Enable copy/paste and folder sharing between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 16.04.3 running on Oracle VM VirtualBox Version 5.2.12 r122591


Enable Copy/Paste and Folder Sharing Between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 16.04.3 on Oracle VM VirtualBox
This post gives the steps to enable copy/paste between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 16.04.3 on Oracle VM VirtualBox Version 5.2.12 r122591...


Disable Cursor and Cell Movement Animations in Word and Excel
This post describes a method to disable Excel cell movement animations and Word cursor animations


Convert .docx to .txt for Linux
This post lists the settings you should use to convert a .docx Microsoft Word file to a .txt for Linux. Use the following options to...


Windows, Linux and Classic Mac OS Line Endings
This post lists the line endings that Windows/DOS, Linux/Unix and Mac prior to macOS use. Windows/DOS Carriage Return (CR) + Line Feed...


TCPEchoServer.c Inspired Echo Server
This post contains an echo server that was adapted from TCPEchoServer.c. See the client at [link]. Reference Image from [link]


Set Up & Fix a Buffer for Linux kernel Coding Style in Vim
This post lists the Vim commands to set up and fix a buffer so that it adheres to Linux kernel coding style guidelines. Commands Set up...


"Can you grab or delete between parentheses in vi/vim?"
This post extends a good stackoverflow [answer] answer to "Can you grab or delete between parentheses in vi/vim?" from by [hop] (asked by...


TCPEchoClient.c With More Error Checking
This post contains a derivative of TCPEchoClient.c that performs more error checking. See the server at [link]. Reference Image from [link]


Grab Bag of TCP/IP Socket Create Code, Implicit Make Debug and Finding Include Paths
This post presents code to open and close a TCP/IP socket, a command to make it, method to find include files, commands to browse...


Fix E_FAIL Virtual Machine Launch
Short Right-click Discard Saved State... to fix E_FAIL (0x80004005) on Version 5.2.12 r122591 (Qt5.6.2). Step-by-Step If you see this...


$0.796 / Hour to Try Xilinx FPGA Accelerated OpenCL on AWS
A walk-through of setting up an AWS account to use Xilinx FPGA accelerated OpenCL (SDAccel) as shown in the quick start guide at...


Amazon AMI charges are billed separately from AWS infrastructure charges
This post lists a case I opened with Amazon to get clarity on whether AMI charges are billed separately from AWS infrastructure charges. Ans


Make Sure the ZC706 Hardware is Working
This post shows how to ensure the ZC706 hardware is working by running the Built-In Self-Test. It follows UG961, the ZC706 Getting...


Xilinx 2018.1
This post lists the links for Vivado, SDK and PetaLinuxTools 2018.1.


Save a VirtualBox VM
This post show you how to save the images and state of a virtual machine managed by Oracle's VM VirtualBox Manager.


Unboxing a Seagate STEL4000100 4 TB
This post shows an unboxing of the Seagate STEL4000100 4 TB USB 3.0 Desktop Backup Plus Hub Hard Drive (STEL4000100) Item : 2431928 / Model


Xilinx 2018.2 Software Tool Installation Overview and Assessment
This post enumerates the size of the Xilinx tool installers, the system requirements and installation documentation. It also provides a high
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