Primary Hardware Project Goals:

• 2-4 cores of a custom 8bit CPU running at 100MHz with a 24bit address bus
• 512KB RAM
• 640x480 GPU supporting an editable 16 colour palette, 70x50 character map, and 10-20 sprites
• PS/2 Keyboard
• SD Card for storage
• Audio Synthesiser

Primary Software Project Goals:

• Cross-assembler for compiling on the desktop
• BASIC interpreter
• Emulator for the desktop

Secondary Hardware Project Goals:

• Swap PS/2 to USB, and support USB Hubs (assuming this is possible with the USB port on the Nexys)
• Ethernet support
• Some form of joystick support (either via USB, or DB9 based via Pmod sockets or something)

Secondary Software Project Goals:

• C compiler