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Sprites What are sprites? Sprites are movable/dynamic graphics elements, typically the player, projectiles, enemies, bonuses, etc. As a such, they are extremely important, and in this tutorial we are going to show how to draw them on screen, using uSVC…. (READ MORE)
Note! If this is your first project, please refer to the previous article, in order to setup Atmel Studio for uSVC. The goal of this first tutorial is to draw something onscreen, but before actually drawing something, you need some…… (READ MORE)
The first steps… Instead of discussing and explaining a lot of functions, our opinion is that starting with a step-by-step example is the best way to get into uSVC programming. In the last news, we provided you with a template… (READ MORE)
Index Introduction Installation What it is and What is not uChip Game Map Editor The uSVC Palette and a Graphics Editor Suggestion The Tiles The Map Editor Choosing a Tile or Block of Tiles Placing a Tile or Block of… (READ MORE)
Index The story so far… The goal Input Storage Media Audio Credits where credits is due! The hardware Download uSVC KiCad design files A 9-bit console? To be continued… The story so far… Last year, uChip was presented and, to… (READ MORE)
Introduction A VGA output might come in handy for a number of applications, such as a terminal/monitor or, why not, a videogame console, which is, by the way, the final goal of this library : – ) So far, there… (READ MORE)
Introduction The Arduino Zero made quite popular the ATSAMD21 microcontroller, which was later adopter by a number of other compatible boards like Adafruit’s Feather M0 or Itaca-Innovation’s uChip. The SAMD21 is a 48-MHz Cortex M0+, with hardware multiplier, a nice… (READ MORE)
Introduction (tl;dr. source code and KiCAD project at the end of this page!) Although we were born in the 8 bit era, our first computer was an Amiga 500. It was a glorious 16-bit machine, and it featured stunning graphics… (READ MORE)
Introduction In the Internet of Things (IoT) era, being able of controlling everything is becoming more and more requested. The most common example is the home automation: one would like to control for instance lights, the gates, and even appliances…. (READ MORE)
Introduction Hi there! Last time we finally managed to get the Arduino playing a 20 fps (or more) 16-bit per pixel 160×128 video from an SD card. Is our journey finished? Of course not. We promised you a full audio+video,… (READ MORE)