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Video controller in DIP-16 format

A small module that generates high-resolution graphics

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This project was created on 02/20/2016 and last updated 10 years ago.

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Another hardware project that has been sitting in my drawer for a while, waiting for renewed attention :-) This little module is a single-chip, mostly handled by software, solution to generate high quality graphics and text onto a standard display with VGA input. The generated graphics mode is 640x350 in 16 colours (anyone still remember those cards?), and text 80x43. The communication with a host is via SPI. There are a few simple commands doing things like drawing, filling, reading from the video memory, etc. The software solution for the video of this module was written by SbySpasov. The whole module has a single ATSAM4S8BA-UUR microcontroller, a crystal, and a small bunch of passive components, however making the fit into a DIP-16 format was a nice and fun challenge.

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    Kn/vD • 02/21/2016 at 12:37 • 0 comments

    Just created a GitHub repo for the project. As of the moment of opening, only the hardware files are there, but I will be pushing updates once available

    https://github.com/knivd/DTX1-1740P

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deʃhipu wrote 02/20/2016 at 21:44 • point

Sounds like a great thing for all those homebrew game consoles!

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Kn/vD wrote 02/20/2016 at 20:34 • point

Thanks!

The code is currently unfinished, though. I will check to see is it in 'publishable' form as it is now.

I am usually much more interested in making the hardware, while the software leaving to others ;-)

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danjovic wrote 02/20/2016 at 17:53 • point

Wonderful! Are you going to publish the source code as well?

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