September 2021 – Catrin Labs

Compy FPGAs and how I got here

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021| fcatrin

This post is part of a series of three post about the recent updates on the FPGA implementation of Compy. Compy FPGA – Palettes and line buffers Compy FPGA – VRAM and Cornet CPU Compy FPGAs and how I got here (this one) I had a lot of problems in the way. A lot! Fortunately […]

Compy FPGA – VRAM and Cornet CPU

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021| fcatrin

This post is part of a series of three post about the recent updates on the FPGA implementation of Compy. Compy FPGA – Palettes and line buffers Compy FPGA – VRAM and Cornet CPU (this one) Compy FPGAs and how I got here Video RAM Simultaneous access to RAM from the CPU and the video […]

Compy FPGA – Palettes and line buffers

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021| fcatrin

A long time have passed since I started implementing Compy in FPGA, and I’ve made a lot of mistakes but also I’ve learned a lot. I knew a lot less about computer architecture and design than I thought I did! After being stuck for a long time with basic issues, these last weeks I’ve been […]