Looking for "alpha" testers

I'm currently looking for "alpha" testers for the upcoming 1.0 version, which uses the new Arduino IDE and a new, improved core.

In case you are interested in testing it, please drop me a note. !
Alvie

The new Extreme core

I just uploaded a new extreme bitfile, one which does only implement one emulated instruction (loadb, using an extra cycle). Implementation of other instructions is coming next.

Again, a Papilio One, S3E250, at 96MHz, AES benchmark:

Press ENTER to start benchmark                                                   
Doing 10000 runs...                                                              
Time: 1536 milisseconds, 104166 bytes/s 

Comparison with older core, with *many* more instructions implemented:

Press ENTER to start benchmark
Doing 10000 runs...
Time: 2101 milisseconds, 76154 bytes/s

Definitely, getting somewhere :)

Alvie

Upcoming VGA interface with SRAM

Just a photo for a start ;)



full image version here

This was done with new Spartan6 boards from Gadget Factory, which include a 512KB SRAM.

Alvie

ZPUino demo video with VGA

Jack made a wonderful demo video of ZPUino with VGA, running on Papilio One:

Watch it here.

Thanks Jack!

Sort of a demo

Sort of a VGA + ADC demo. This one is in simulator, I'll post pics later on it on real hardware.

Beta2 released

ZPUino Beta2 released

Download: http://www.alvie.com/zpuino/download.html

Release notes: http://alvie.com/zpuino/releasenotes.html

Have fun!

Working with simulator

I've been working on a real ZPUino simulator, one that can run all your sketches directly.

Although it's not a perfect one (proper timing is not implemented) it's fully functional, and I'm even putting out a GUI for it.

And it's a lot of fun! And it's rather easy to add simulation for your own devices.

Alvie