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Revision as of 02:24, 17 November 2012
Contents
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:GAMEDUINO
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
Cautions
Schematic
Download: Schematic of Gameduino for Arduino
Specification
Pin definition and Rating
Mechanic Dimensions
Usage
Hardware Installation
Programming
FAQ
Support
If you have questions or other better design ideas, you can go to our forum to discuss or creat a ticket for your issue at linksprite support.
Resources
How to buy
Here to buy Gameduino for Arduino GAMEDUINO on LinkSprite Cart
See Also
Other related products and resources.
Licensing
This documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 Source code and libraries are licensed under GPL/LGPL, see source code files for details.
