Develop a display that can be controlled wirelessly (or wired) through an app or web interface.

Convert a text message to Morse code with Verilog.  Can you read a Morse code message into text (it shouldn’t be too difficult).

Altera supplies support for an embedded processor (called NIOS II) for its FPGA’s.   Use the processor to demonstrate a simple calculation/task.

Implement a multiplication ALU in Verilog (without using the built-in multiplication operator).  Perhaps  try using either a Wallace Tree or a Dadda Tree (two faster algorithms than “traditional” shift-and-add multiplication)

Build a simple PWM controller in Verilog to control the brightness of an LED.

Implement a serial port in Verilog and connect to a computer or to one of the peripherals on the DE2 board.

Implement a simple correlator in Verilog, an application is DNA sequence comparison.

Implement a very simple (4 bit) processor in Verilog

Implement a digital (FIR) filter using FPGA hardware.  You can either do this from scratch, or figure out how to use the IP supplied by Altera (called DSPBuilder).  This is a increasingly common application for FPGA’s and would impress many potential summer (or even post-graduation) employers.   Talk to me (or do a quick search) to learn more.

Implement a reaction timer.  The DE2 board lights an LED at a “random” time, and counts how long it takes the user to react by pushing a button.

Read about some of the heuristic logic minimization techniques (e.g., Espresso), and implement all (or part) of it.

Implement a floating point package (at least multiplication) for the MSP430.   As an addition, compare the time for your implementation vs the implementation in the C compiler.