Switching topics to I/O and game controller support, this week we look briefly at the PIA for Project Ember

The Ember PIA — Initial Design Part 1: Peripheral Interface Adapter
https://skicat.medium.com/21f7f4abb2e8

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Boards look great! Starting the slow bring up with just the CPU, RAM, and ROM...and, of course, clock circuit and logic analyzer...

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Next, we'll explore the details of the GPU and the initial design of the first simple text mode display!

The Flame GPU — Initial Design Part 2: Tilesheets, Tilemaps, and Graphics Registers
https://medium.com/the-ember-project/the-flame-gpu-initial-design-part-2-tilesheets-tilemaps-and-graphics-registers-8c638a19ec4f

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The Ember Console — System Architecture Design: Basic Requirements
https://medium.com/the-ember-project/the-ember-console-system-architecture-design-basic-requirements-97de358a952a
Moving on to the system design, this is an overview of the remaining parts we need to design in order to create a working system capable of playing 80s and 90s-era homebrew video games.

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