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While it is mostly devastating traveling by train these days in Germany, in general I enjoy the journey, especially to #FOSDEM. You randomly sit next to #gnuradio and #openfpga maintainers and you have a lot of fun while getting a 3 hour deep dive in each of their projects.

Some thoughts on the #Analogue3D:

It is very cool and sleek hardware (see my terrible photo with my original #OcarinaOfTime module) and can be a lot of fun if you want to have a mostly authentic #N64 experience on modern FullHD or 4K screen.

There are a lot of things to consider if you are willing to invest so quite a bit of money into this console:

Despite being a #FPGA device the system is not open, so no #OpenFPGA in the future which would you allow other to #misterFPGA cores/systems (open alternatives: misterFPGA, #M64 and the #SuperStationOne).
Some promised stuff is missing such as save states and play time recording.
The official controller has to be bought if you don't plan to use an original N64 controller. the Wireless NSO N64 by Nintendo controller is not compatible.
The official #8BitDo controller does not correctly emulate an N64 controller which can be problematic in certain scenarios involving the C buttons.
Butchered PAL versions with less FPS /slowdown etc are still butchered.
A few games do have compatibility issues (which are being worked on).
HDMI-CEC support is broken and hasn't been fixed for weeks.
Analogue seems to fulfilling orders in a quite random sequence.
The integrated fan can be quite annoying/loud, especially for people sensitive for highly pitched noises.
Don't forget about import taxes.
No bluetooth audio, so your partner can "enjoy" the Yoshi Story soundtrack with you.
Maybe emulation is good enough for you? 🤷
Flash carts do at this work, just get/build a #SummerCart64. Emulators written for N64 hardware emulating other system do not work though.

#Nintendo64 #RetroGraming #RetroHardware #AnalogueInc #Analogue #Nintendo

Terrible photo of a Analogue 3D console with a PAL Ocarina of Time module inserted.

@vkc Looks cool, I will put it on my list once my SuperStation One (PlayStation inspired #OpenFPGA system) arrives some time later this year (maybe)

The Analogue 3D is the modern N64 fans have been waiting for https://arstechni.ca/QjJA #emulation #analogue #Nintendo #openFPGA #upgrade #Gaming #fpga #HDTV #n64

The iCEBreaker FPGA dev board V1.1 are now back in storeck in the US store! Get them while the inventory lasts! https://1bitsquared.com/products/icebreaker #opensource #fpga #ice40 #electronics #hacking #openFPGA

Hmm, is there a means to run ROMs created with #GBDK2020 directly on #AnaloguePocket without using a 3rd-party GB/C/A core?

I know I can use any of the OpenFPGA cores on GitHub that I'd otherwise use to run ROM backups but for some reason I'd love to use the built-in cores that are normally used to run physical cartridges.

I briefly stumbled across .pocket files and #GameBoyStudio support but didn't get a lot of details and the impression that those are fairly limited compared to native ROMs.

#openFPGA #FPGA #gameboycolor #RetroGaming #gameDev

Huh. Microchip started adding a 32 LUT FPGA to some PICs. Mark Omo decided to see how it is configured and found they internally use Yosys. Full RE details: https://mcp-clb.markomo.me/

#fpga #openfpga

If you're still using the spiritualized1997 #OpenFPGA GB and SGB cores for Analogue Pocket I'd recommend switching to Budude2's MiSTER port. It's open source, actively developed and includes features like SGB palettes without displaying the border

https://github.com/budude2/openfpga-GBC

#AnaloguePocket #GameBoy #SuperGameBoy #GB #SGB

Photo of an Analogue Pocket showing the title screen for Donkey Kong 94 running in full colour and full screen without the Super Game Boy border

The iCEBreaker FPGA dev board V1.1 is available in the US store right now! Get them while the inventory lasts. The new version features an RGB LED, additional PSRAM chip, USB-C connector, populated “ears”, as well as length matched Pmod signal connections! https://1bitsquared.com/products/icebreaker #opensource #fpga #ice40 #electronics #hacking #openFPGA

A blue PCB on white background. The PCB has a shape of a robot with flappy ears. It has a USB-C connector, FTDI chip and an iCE40up5k FPGA on board. A large SPI flash chip can handle the bitstream as well as additional application data. A PSRAM SPI chip can be used on the same buss as well as communication with the computer at 60MBit!

Ok. I know I’m super late to the party, but holy shit is the Analogue Pocket amazing. Whether playing portable or docked to the tv, it has easily been the most beautiful and responsive way to play my retro collection. Now I just need a link cable in hopes of friends picking one up as well!

Gonna be singing its praises for quite a while, I suspect-

#gaming #classicGaming #retroGaming #analogue #analoguePocket #openFpga

A photo of a black analogue pocket handheld device, sitting at the main menu for the game boy color version of Pokémon Pinball.

I asked #ChatGPT to show me the diagram of a CLB contained in the #CLEAR and I got this :)
Not exactly what I wanted, but beautiful draw ;)
#FPGA #openfpga #vpr #verilog #clb #ia

Beautiful hand-drawing of integrated circuits with some text keywords : LUT, Clear, multiplexers, flip-flops, carry, ...

I've made some "first/next steps" issues in my #AppleII #OpenFPGA #AnaloguePocket core repo if any more-experienced #FPGA / #Verilog / #Apple2 / #MiSTerFPGA devs would like to take a look and contribute: https://github.com/ryanfb/Apple-II_openFPGA/issues

#RetroGames #atari #lynx #openFPGA

Picked up an #AnalogPocket recently so I could play all my old #AtariLynx carts. It's amazing that the #fpga in this thing can be used to recreate all the electronic hardware of these old systems and run them exactly like the original. It's definitely a step up from software emulation.

https://www.analogue.co/pocket

collections of small video game cartridges for the Atari Lynx

Obsidian-dot-dev released a NEW #openfpga Core for the #analoguepocket

This time a multigame core with the following games:

Defender (by Williams)
Jin (by Falcon)
Mayday (by Hoei)
Colony 7 (by Taito)

Grap it here: https://github.com/obsidian-dot-dev/openFPGA-Defender/releases/tag/v0.9.0

budude2 updated his Gameboy/Gameboy Color #openfpga Core for the #analoguepocket and it worth updating!

Changelog:
Complete rework of save file handling, fixing the RTC reliability issues

https://github.com/budude2/openfpga-GBC/releases/tag/v1.1.0

🌗 保留視像遊戲歷史的未來 - openFPGA
➤ Spacewar！的誕生與視像遊戲的基石
✤ https://www.analogue.co/developer
openFPGA 是專為保留視像遊戲歷史而設計的第一個用途特定的 FPGA 驅動硬體和生態系統。開發者和使用者皆可在其中參與，開創了視像遊戲保存技術的最高峯。
+ 這項技術對於保留遊戲歷史來說真是一大突破。
+ 期待看到未來視像遊戲保存技術的發展，這對後代的研究與瞭解將有所助益。
#視像遊戲 #保留歷史 #openFPGA