hi guys, just a little post to inform you that someone have made a Gameboy VGA Adapter. http://www.rival-corp.com/2010/12/02/gameboy-vga-adapter-2/ PS: I don't know if it has been report here before (i have search but...), if yes, feel free to remove this post.
That's pretty sweet, I'm going to have to check that out more later tonight once I have some free time. -Disjaukifa
On console with a digital screen it couldn't be easier, this has been done since forever ago. Brian Provinciano did it with 74 series chips and a parallel port no less to actually capture the screen: http://web.archive.org/web/20061113155755/www.bripro.com/low/hardware/vidcap/index.php Sorry for being cranky but this is like the FPGA "Hello World" next to wiring a button to LED.
i didn't know that it was an easy task (for a skilled person, what i'm not). i've just seen the link and tought that could interest someone here. so, sorry for this pointless thread. :redface: btw thanks for the link to Provinciano's work. I'm still learning everyday.
Easier than some handhelds. I've seen a few that use parallel signals that would be a royal bitch to try to do this with. Then again I don't have any experience with FPGA type hardware.
It's not your fault, more the peoples' who blog and Youtube everything showing off and explaining simple circuits* then end up on Hackaday etc where lots of other people go "wow!" and a few go "ok... really?". *this is not a bad thing as it creates interest in the fields (OK maybe debatable ), but Youtube blathering << education (be it institutional, self-study or watching actual lectures on Youtube)
i agree with you, it's just that i've acted like a noob (cause i'm not an hardware computer engineer, in fact i'm a mechanical enginneer but it's not very useful for this kind of field ;-) ). I reassure you, i'm self-studying (have already read "Digital Design and Computer Architecture", actually reading "Computer Organization and Design" and later "see mips run"). It's one of the reason why i'm here, cause i like to see practical application of all those theorical stuff. moreover, may i ask you some links to good lectures on youtube ?? maybe in 1 or 2 years, i will be able to understand all this stuff.
I haven't watched too many lectures, but found these OK: http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd They can put you to sleep but the lectures on amplifier feedback cleared up a few things I didn't understand from school. Over the last 6 years I've learned the hard way that it's important for digital guys to really understand analog circuits too.
Yeah no kidding. Shit gets real when you start dealing with high speed logic. Past 100MHz everything you know flies out the window.
Maybe if there was no leet attitude about stuff like this we could buy this thing in the stores for 10 euro 10 years ago?
Not likely, 10 years ago it would be hard to find a capable FPGA for 10 euros. The total part cost of the device (PCB, FPGA, RAM, passives) today would still approach 20 euros.
