So I got everything hooked up tonight, and the good news is that I have definitely made some progress! It appears to work, although the video is currently scrolling with multiple video problems, but I definitely have...
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switching design from DRAM to ALTRAMs
So as my last couple posts alluded to, I’ve been having problems with my DRAM-based design. My controller isn’t dual-port. And I’ve been trying to wrap my head around a time-slot method for arbitration...
maybe a big problem, memory arbitration on FPGAs
So far, I’ve been using a user-selectable mux, with a physical switch, to control which process is connected to the single-port memory controller. If the switch is in one position, you can upload via USB a...
more ordering of parts, soldered pins for lcx245 parts
So I was looking everywhere for a female-female header cable that has the right number of pins, to basically interface the Denise IC DIP Clip to my level converting solderless breadboard. I couldn’t seem to find...
on converting amiga video from 320×200 to 640×400
I had mentioned on the VSC project description page that I am looking at various methods for scaling my digital amiga video output from 320×200 to 640×400. My initial plan was just to do pixel doubling, or...
Visualizing amiga track data with matlab
So looking at a lot of raw data is pretty tough, but matlab handles it with ease. So the above image shows a sample amiga track from a brand new disk, just recently formatted, within the amiga. It is basically as...