13 Nov
2011
13 Nov
'11
5:53 p.m.
The board has VGA,serial ,SDRAM that have to be
programed for use.
I would have to re-event the wheel to recreate the design the hardware
is programed with. A nice 6809B computer is looking better and better.
You don't have to program anything you don't want to use. Besides, developing a
simple serial port or VGA controller is a great way to introduce yourself to digital
design, whether on an FPGA or with discrete logic. A DRAM controller is a good next step
(hint: an SDRAM controller isn't much more complex than a DRAM controller).
Reinventing the wheel is half the fun sometimes; in comparison to a CPU of any complexity
the above examples are small potatoes.
- Dave