[Coco] Electronic Computer Festival Badge Idea

[John W. Linville]

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 01:21:55PM -0500, Zippster wrote:
> And plenty of room for images to put on that display in the SD card.
> Maybe even video driven by the 6809...
> 
> Looking at the LCD driver data sheet, this looks very doable as it even has a
> parellel interface mode and the video ram is in the controller (no messing with
> refreshing the screen directly).  A shift register setup for com with the SD in the
> CPLD (and various decoding/registers) and everything should be pretty straight
> forward from there.
> 
> If Jim wanted to nail down the hardware design I’d be willing to tackle the firmware,
> but I sense maybe the modern components would be objectionable to some in this case…
> 
> Although a 40th anniversary tribute showing the old still alive and kicking, and melded to 
> the new sounds kind of cool to me.
> 
> - Ed

Frankly, I find the clever use of constrained resources in that 6502
badge design to be much more impressive.

But, build what you want! Clearly there is no need to impress me... :-)

John
 
> > On Aug 30, 2017, at 12:50 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Actually, I was visualizing something similar. Such a display would be an eye catcher and a wow factor when the uCoco is seen operated by using the touch screen!
> > 
> > I liked RETRO I's design, but have to admit that I find looking at an EPROM's exposed window just cool.
> > 
> > Salvador
> > 
> > From: Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 11:48:00 AM CDTSubject: Re: [Coco] Electronic Computer Festival Badge Idea
> > That would be really neat.  :)
> > 
> > Would it be too much to put one of these on there for the display?
> > 
> > <http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4-TFT-LCD-Display-Shield-Touch-Panel-ILI9341-240X320-for-Arduino-UNO-MEGA/192163706724?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D41375%26meid%3De646d71cc57e467a97141f670a75c8f9%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D8%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D192163706724&_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042 <http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4-TFT-LCD-Display-Shield-Touch-Panel-ILI9341-240X320-for-Arduino-UNO-MEGA/192163706724?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=41375&meid=4bd683138c46436b9e7f250d00300131&pid=100033&rk=3&rkt=8&mehot=pp&sd=162640966748&_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042>>
> > 
> > It would make for a pretty cool badge programming possibilities.
> > 
> > - Ed
> > 
> 
> 
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