Gigatron Hackers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RetNF7o3XzA
Quick YouTube video showing setup.

WhatsApp Image 2021-04-12 at 9.49.50 AM.jpeg Current state of the FPGA breakout board bringup. The video on the display is rotated 90 degrees and I'm currently hunting down the datasheet. If anyone has a Panelook account and can help me download it, it's the Epson 2.8'' L4S00242P00 (https://www.pan...

Welcome Hans! Nice work! "soldering is relaxation for me" - I totally get it! It's exactly the same situation for me. Nothing beats the leaded solder fume high:P Doubling the clock in hardware is the easy part. The VGA timing is tied to instruction count, and deviating from the current arc...

Reach out to me on the Discord. https://discord.com/invite/XywGzy5K88

UPDATE Current status as of 2/20/2021. 1 SOLD, 1 left

Nice work! We were just talking about whether anyone was going to pick this up again on the Discord today!

Current status as of 2/17/2021. I have another 2 kits available for sale, so let me know if you're in the US and interested in one!

UPDATE Current status as of 2/20/2021. 1 SOLD, 1 left

at67 wrote: ↑15 Feb 2021, 21:20 Congratulations on your progress and success, when does the Kickstarter/GoFundMe start and where do I sign up?

Thanks! If I ever get to that point, you will be the first to know! Probably because it'll be running software you wrote:P

Please see updates to OP and check out this YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-uxF432BU I'm on a quest for more native 640x480 display options for the Gametron. The one I'm using now is consuming ~650mA@5V just for the backlight! I'm thinking a 3.5" display would be a good size. ...

As an update to this thread. Interfacing directly from the FPGA to a native 640x480 display is very much possible, but any deviation from the native resolution of 640x480 will require non-trivial effort on the software side because the VGA timing is derived from the number of instructions executed a...

Key things to watch out for 1) Install the SD card library (which you can do through Tools>Manage Libraries in the Arduino IDE) 2) Install the Pro Micro Board Addon for the Arduino IDE (https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/pro-micro--fio-v3-hookup-guide/#windows_boardaddon) 3) When programming the A...