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Most projects that interface with the real world need some sort of input device. Obviously this article is being written from a standardized “human interface device” but when the computers …read more Continue reading Capacitive Touch Controller for FPGAs
The PS/2-style port was once about as ubiquitous on PCs as USB connectors are today, and more than a few of us accumulated a fair collection of keyboards and mice …read more Continue reading The Wireless PS/2 Keyboard That Never Was
The MOS Technology 6502 CPU was a popular part in its day. In various modified versions, it powered everything from the Commodore 64 to the Nintendo Entertainment System, and showed …read more Continue reading Here’s A 100 MHz Pin-Compatible 6502 Replacement
The classic Game Boy remains a firm favorite in the realm of retrocomputing. Revolutionary as it was at the time, by today’s standards its display is rather primitive, with no …read more Continue reading FPGA Boards Add VGA and HMDI Interfaces to the Original Game Boy
We are accustomed to seeing RISC-V implementations in Verilog or VHDL, but [Low Level JavaScript] has one in TypeScript. Before you dismiss it as a mere emulator, know that the …read more Continue reading RISC-V in… Typescript?
Part of the reason that retrocomputers are still so popular despite their obsolescence is that it’s possible to understand the entire inner workings of a computer like this, from the …read more Continue reading FPGA Retrocomputer: Return To Moncky
I’m back with another of the talks from Hackerspace Gent’s NewLine conference, fresh from my weekend of indulgence quaffing fine Belgian food and beers while mixing with that country’s hacker …read more Continue reading Hey, MiSTer Emulator, Gimme Almost Any Classic Platform!
No matter what the size or shape of an LED, it brings out the curiosity in every hardware nerd, and is the lifeblood of badge life around the planet. Then …read more Continue reading DIY LED Cube for the Masses
We will have all at some point seen a fascinating project online, only to find not enough information to really appreciate and understand it. Such a project came [Bill Meara]’s …read more Continue reading Traditional Analogue And An FPGA Make This Junkbox HF Receiver A Bit Special
The new Real-Time HAT by InnoRoute adds IEEE1588 PTP support in hardware to a Raspberry Pi 4 nestled beneath. Based around a Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA and a handful of gigabit …read more Continue reading New Part Day: Raspberry Pi HAT for IEEE1588 Precision Time Protocol