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Refactoring Music Playback
In my post Working on game music... need storage, I had started building game music and ran out of EEPROM space to store the music. Also,...

rehsd
Jan 9, 20223 min read


Calling All SPI SD Card Wizards: Troubleshooting SD Card Access with SPI
Full data reading is now working! Progress Updates posted at the bottom... I am currently trying to get an SD Card reader working with my...

rehsd
Jan 4, 20226 min read


Working on game music... need storage.
I started working on some music for my game. In this video, I am using the sound card that I built for my 6502 system. All sound is being...

rehsd
Jan 1, 20222 min read


Dots connected... Retro gaming started...
I've finally been able to bring together many of the components of my 6502 system to support a retro-style game. The game will be a...

rehsd
Dec 30, 20211 min read


My Frankensteined 6502 - Five Months In
Over the past five months, I have built a few 6502 computers, starting with Ben Eater's 6502 kit. See My 6502+... a little background....

rehsd
Dec 30, 20213 min read


Enough Pieces to Build a Game?
I believe I have enough functionality in my 6502 system now to take a run at developing a retro-style game. So far, I have built support...

rehsd
Dec 24, 20211 min read


FPGA VGA for 6502 : First Run
I've made some decent progress getting my FPGA VGA working on my 6502 system. My goal is to have a "smart display" to replace the current...

rehsd
Dec 21, 20213 min read


Cmod A7 FPGA : Video Test Pattern Generator
Below is the configuration I used to get the Xilinx Video Test Pattern Generator (TPG) working on a Digilent Cmod A7 FPGA. This is based...

rehsd
Dec 19, 20211 min read


VGA from Cmod A7 Working
Update: I have it working. See postscript at the bottom of this post. I am attempting to get the Arty Pmod VGA Demo running on a Digilent...

rehsd
Dec 18, 20212 min read


Prepping My 6502 System for FPGA VGA
I made some updates to my 6502 system to get it ready for my FPGA VGA. Previously, my USB mouse took ten VIA pins (a bit of laziness on...

rehsd
Dec 18, 20211 min read


FPGA VGA for 6502 System - Initial Prototyping
I am currently working on building an improved VGA circuit for my 6502 build. My goal is to offload the video processing and have better...

rehsd
Dec 15, 20212 min read


Arty VGA Walkthrough
If you are looking to add the VGA Pmod to your Arty A7 and control output from MicroBlaze, the following are the steps I have taken to...

rehsd
Dec 13, 20215 min read


Arty VGA Output from MicroBlaze
Continuing from my post FPGA VGA for 6502: Brainstorming... I am trying to find a decent solution to control VGA output from MicroBlaze....

rehsd
Dec 11, 20211 min read


FPGA VGA for 6502: Brainstorming
I am currently brainstorming ways to add an FPGA-based VGA circuit to one of my 6502 builds. And... I have questions. :) As part of my...

rehsd
Dec 9, 20213 min read


VHDL 8-bit CPU - Runtime RAM Updates
I have added UART support to my VHDL 8-bit CPU, along with a Windows application that allows retrieving and setting RAM values at...

rehsd
Dec 7, 20211 min read


Troubleshooting a MicroBlaze UART
I am trying to determine why I am unable to communicate out through a UART on my Arty A7-100T. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot...

rehsd
Nov 30, 20212 min read


VHDL 8-Bit CPU (Ben Eater edition) Working!
As a continuation of FPGA VHDL Implementation of Ben Eater's 8-bit CPU - Progress Update, here's another update on my 8-bit CPU in VHDL...

rehsd
Nov 27, 20212 min read


FPGA VHDL Implementation of Ben Eater's 8-bit CPU - Progress Update
I've been working on a VHDL implementation of Ben Eater's 8-bit CPU. I have VHDL modules built for the clock, registers, bus, RAM, ROM,...

rehsd
Nov 20, 20211 min read


Connecting VHDL to MicroBlaze
Continuing my project of building Ben Eater's 8-bit CPU on an FPGA, I created the clock module in VHDL. I connected that VHDL to a...

rehsd
Nov 17, 20212 min read


Arty A7 & OLEDrgb Pmod Walkthrough
My first attempt at getting Digilent's OLEDrgb Pmod working with an Arty A7 was unsuccessful. After a fair amount of troubleshooting and...

rehsd
Nov 11, 20214 min read
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