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== Introduction  ==

Gameduino is a game adapter for Arduino (or anything else with an SPI interface) built as a single shield that stacks up on top of the Arduino and has plugs for a VGA monitor and stereo speakers. The sound and graphics are definitely old-school, but thanks to the latest FPGA technology, the sprite capabilities are a step above those in machines from the past. The adapter is controlled via SPI read/write operations, and looks to the CPU like a 32Kbyte RAM. (Unlike many 8-bit machines, there are no restrictions on when you can access this RAM). There is even a handy reference poster (which you can download below) showing how the whole system works.

Model:[http://www.cutedigi.com/arduino-shields/gameduino-for-arduino-a-game-adapter-for-microcontrollers.html GAMEDUINO]

[[File:gameduino.jpg]]

== Features  ==

*Video output is 400x300 pixels in 512 colors 

*All color processed internally at 15-bit precision 

*Compatible with any standard VGA monitor (800x600 @ 72Hz)
 
*Background Graphics 
*#512x512 pixel character background 
*#256 characters, each with independent 4 color palette 
*#pixel-smooth X-Y wraparound scroll 

*Foreground Graphics 
*#each sprite is 16x16 pixels with per-pixel transparency 
*#each sprite can use 256, 16 or 4 colors 
*#four-way rotate and flip 
*#96 sprites per scan-line, 1536 texels per line 
*#pixel-perfect sprite collision detection 

*Audio output is a stereo 12-bit frequency synthesizer 

*64 Independent Voices 10-8000 Hz 

*Per-Voice Sine Wave or White Noise
 
*Sample Playback Channel

== Application Ideas  ==





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== Schematic  ==

Download:

[http://www.linksprite.com/download/showdownload.php?lang=en&id=195 Schematic of Gameduino for Arduino]

== Specification  ==





== Pin definition and Rating  ==





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== Usage  ==





=== Hardware Installation  ===

*Physical Connection：
：Gameduino is the standard Arduino module. Arduino pins which have to be connected to it are as following picture shows: 

[[File:Physical Connection.png]]

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Gameduino is superimposed on top of Arduino directly. 


=== Programming  ===

== FAQ  ==
[http://answers.gameduino.com/questions/ Gameduino FAQ Forum]

== Support  ==

If you have questions or other better design ideas, you can go to our [http://www.linksprite.com/forum/index.php forum] to discuss or creat a ticket for your issue at [http://www.linksprite.com/support/ linksprite support].

== Resources  ==





== How to buy  ==

Here to buy  Gameduino for Arduino [http://www.cutedigi.com/arduino-shields/gameduino-for-arduino-a-game-adapter-for-microcontrollers.html GAMEDUINO] on LinkSprite [http://www.cutedigi.com/ Cart]

== See Also  ==

Other related products and resources.

== Licensing  ==

This documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0] Source code and libraries are licensed under [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL/LGPL], see source code files for details.