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  • Proof of concept - TTY to VGA

  • This component serves 2 purposes:- illustrates that microcoding can easily be used for non-CPU circuits such as display, I/O, disk, or any other custom controllers- useful in the project to trace main CPU instructions executing for debugging or illustration...
  • Telstra T-Hub rooting/repurposing

  • # # Voipac VPACLink # # http://voipac.com/27M-JTG-000 # telnet_port 4444 gdb_port 3333 #interface ft2232 #ft2232_device_desc "VPACLink" #ft2232_layout oocdlink #ft2232_vid_pid 0x0403 0x6010 #adapter_khz 100 interface ftdi ftdi_device_desc "Dual RS232-HS"...
  • Parallel Bus

  • The displays arrived a few days ago, but I really didn't have the energy to get them working until today. Yesterday I found my Universal Display Breakout Board™ and soldered the display to it. Today I connected a Feather RP2040 to it, and tried to get...
  • Quick and Dirty

  • The code from the previous log does its job, and is not too slow. But we can do much better! The display is organized into 8 "pages" of memory, each containing 8 lines of the display. Instead of updating every page on every refresh, we can keep track...
  • Progress on a Game

  • With the hardware finalized, the remaining work is to actually write at least one game, to prove that it's possible. I decided to make a game inspired by such classics as Dig Dug, Digger and Boulder Dash — you dig tunnels, collect gems, avoid monsters...
  • Nothing Good Comes Easy MK2

  • I had a post up here the other day to show how to augment an existing wireless access point with the encoded SPS SSID data (on a Billion BiPAC 7800VDPX). As it turns out, the method I was using (URL encoding) had issues with sending the correct data...
  • The Audio Interface

  • The Audio InterfaceConnecting the microprocessor (uP) to an 8 ohm speaker and to an 8 ohm speaker used as a microphone is tricky. Tricky if you want it clean (no PWM in the out put) and simple (i.e. low part count and garden variety components).Op AmpsThe...
  • Driving OLED Displays Directly

  • There are many monochrome OLED display modules available for really reasonable prices out there. They can be really useful for a small and simple display in a project. However, many libraries available for driving them are rather big and slow. In this...
  • Mechanical Details

  • This log contains the details of the mechanical stuff -- the dimensions and materials. I will attempt to generate a concise description of how to build the seismometer in the Instructions section. I believe these drawings are accurate. Sorry for the...