[Coco] Run of RGB2VGA boards

[Salvador Garcia]

Not an expert on the DE-0 or the Arduino, but from what I do know of them I would assume that the Arduino can't handle this task. Hopefully I'll be corrected. :-)


The DE-0, as such, and as I understand is an open ended device. The "program"that is loaded onto it configures is components so that it behaves a certain. For example, when it loads Gary's program for the FPGA Coco the, the DE configures it self not only as a 6809 microprocessor, but specifically as a Color Computer 3.


On the other hand, the Arduino is a microcontroller based computer that just runs code. Of course, given enough code, any processor based product could be used to convert the RGB signals to VGA, but I suspect that the Arduino just does not have the necessary hardware resources to accomplish this task.


I would ask the same question about a Raspberry Pi. This computer is a step up from the Arduino and has more hardware resources, plus it is not much more expensive than the Arduino.


I hope someone else chimes in. If any of the above information is wrong I would like to corrected for the benefit of all. Salvador




-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sat, Aug 15, 2015 11:06 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Run of RGB2VGA boards


I have a question, rather than a DE-0 Nano, could an Arduino Due be used to
perform the video processing if software was developed to run on it? It has a 32
bit processor running at 84 Mhz and is much less expensive than the DE-0 Nano.
In theory it looks to me as if it might work...

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