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Introduction Just one month ago, we published our Quake port running on the EFR32xG24 microcontroller series, which feature only 276 kB RAM. Despite we think this was a remarkable achievement, there was still a big limitation: the port only supported… (READ MORE)
2024/11/02 Important update! Now the code supports the full retail Quake level as well, provided that two 32-MB external flash ICs are used to store the data files. Introduction: Inspiration from real “old” news Last year, a video from 2022… (READ MORE)
Introduction: new board, new console! Last year, we ported Doom to the Sparkfun MGM240P Matter board, and for that project, we designed a DIY minimalistic handheld gaming console. That console included only the minimum amount of hardware to play Doom…. (READ MORE)
12/03/2024 Update! We have implemented a dynamic partial screen update algorithm so that the peak frame rate is 35 fps even with the full 320 x 240 resolution!Also we have fixed an issue that prevented sounds coming from doors/lifts from… (READ MORE)
“… if it exists, it can run Doom.” It’s again Doom time! Time to add one more device to the list of unusual things that run Doom! Now, as the title says, we will be targeting a $13 (excluding shipping)… (READ MORE)
Introduction In the previous articles, we always uploaded the game to uSVC directly. While this is useful when developing a game, it is quite unpractical for a game console. In this brief article we are going to explain how to… (READ MORE)
Introduction Last time we started our journey about producing sounds on uSVC. We hope that you played in the meantime with the various patch commands! If you are curious about some effects you might achieve, you can download the source… (READ MORE)
Introduction Even if you can create a game without sound, adding some effects or music will greatly improve its quality, the feel, and the player engagement. For instance, Chris Hülsbeck’s masterpieces made the Turrican saga what it is on Amiga,… (READ MORE)
On the previous article of this section, we described how to perform a first customization on a LED widget on our nice Emoncms visualization interface. Now it’s time to go on and teach you some further hints, which aim is… (READ MORE)
As well described on the home page of the project: “Emoncms is a powerful open-source web-app for processing, logging and visualising energy, temperature and other environmental data.”To explain a bit, Emoncms collects data from different sources and lets you store… (READ MORE)