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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)
A template project with the uSVC Kernel Source Finally, we are releasing a template Atmel Studio Project, which contains all the source code of the uSVC kernel! The source code can be found here. The project is organized as discussed… (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)
If you ever had the necessity to capture HDMI to USB, you’ll know that nowadays there are cheap HDMI to USB capture dongles available in Amazon, Aliexpress or Ebay, that allow to record your HDMI stream to your PC, using… (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 In a previous article we dealt with the problem of interfacing a 5V output signal to a 3.3V system. In this article we cover the opposite problem: we have a 3.3V output and we need to drive a 5V… (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)