Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based
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Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based
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Re: Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based
#2What is the difference from a mister?
Re: Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based
#3What is the difference from a mister?
A Mister uses a more powerful FPGA + ARM CPU board along with extra SDRAM (I believe) to simulate known retro systems.
This was a personal project to make a custom video game console in this case using an FPGA, a couple of years back I finished one using microcontrollers and an actual CPU.
This project uses just enough SRAM and external components and a just enough powerful FPGA to be a retro-styled video game console. I wanted to learn how to use FGPAs and continue to learn how video game consoles worked while building something unique.
So in a way, in terms of the technology, they're similar, except of course a Mister is something a lot more useful, I would say, as it simulates "real devices" and has a huge game library and this is just an educational project.
Re: Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based
#4Looks like you’re having fun. While you’re having fun you should really try getting your hands wet with electronic design :)
Re: Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based
#5Looks like you’re having fun. While you’re having fun you should really try getting your hands wet with electronic design :)
I've been prototyping for some time now and never really focused on getting my projects into PCBs.
But yeah I guess you're right I can't really argue with you, I should improve my electronic design skills.
Re: Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based
#6Looks like you’re having fun. While you’re having fun you should really try getting your hands wet with electronic design :)
I've been prototyping for some time now and never really focused on getting my projects into PCBs. But yeah I guess you're right I can't really argue with you, I should improve my electronic design skills.
No pressure, I just think you’d enjoy yourself!
Re: Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based
#7Looks like you’re having fun. While you’re having fun you should really try getting your hands wet with electronic design :)
I could be over exposed to the wrong data but I looked at getting some board spins recently and it seems to be very expensive at the moment.
Retail Chinese PCB fabs are up a bit, PCBA like macrofab seems up a lot.
Re: Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based
#8What is the difference from a mister?
A Mister uses a more powerful FPGA + ARM CPU board along with extra SDRAM (I believe) to simulate known retro systems. This was a personal project to make a custom video game console in this case using an FPGA, a couple of years back I finished one using microcontrollers and an actual CPU. This project uses just enough SRAM and external components and a just enough powerful FPGA to be a retro-styled video game consol…
Just so you know, the exta SDRAM on MiSTeris only needed for some of the bigger emulated systems (e.g. CPS2). You can emulate a fair number of systems without it.
Re: Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based
#9It's like an NES with a Z80 heh. Cool project!
Re: Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based
#10It's like an NES with a Z80 heh. Cool project!
More like a Colecovision that used a Z80 CPU.