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by J64C
Fri Mar 13, 2026 10:54 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Happy Pi Day
Replies: 18
Views: 2013

Re: Happy Pi Day Three Days Early

13/3 is Pi day is it? :D
by J64C
Sat Jan 31, 2026 9:41 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Flash ROM too fast?
Replies: 14
Views: 1193

Re: Flash ROM too fast?

GARTHWILSON wrote:
Oh, so it's a 1.2V FPGA.
For the core yes, but the I/O's max out at 4.6v, making them ideal for most scenarios.

My two chip board has been running fantastic at 25 MHz for months.
by J64C
Sat Jan 31, 2026 9:18 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Flash ROM too fast?
Replies: 14
Views: 1193

Re: Flash ROM too fast?

barnacle wrote:
Are logic levels the other way up in Australia?

Asking for a friend. I'll just get my coat...

Neil :mrgreen:
In what way?
by J64C
Sat Jan 31, 2026 6:53 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Flash ROM too fast?
Replies: 14
Views: 1193

Re: Flash ROM too fast?

by J64C
Sat Jan 31, 2026 4:51 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Flash ROM too fast?
Replies: 14
Views: 1193

Re: Flash ROM too fast?

BigDumbDinosaur wrote:
J64C wrote:
I’m using 5ns ROM without any issue, with the 6502 running anywhere between 1 Hz and 25 MHz.
From where are you sourcing those 5ns ROMs?  :D  I'd like a few to play with.  :lol:
Mouser
by J64C
Sat Dec 13, 2025 10:31 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Flash ROM too fast?
Replies: 14
Views: 1193

Re: Flash ROM too fast?

I’m using 5ns ROM without any issue, with the 6502 running anywhere between 1 Hz and 25 MHz.

So 55ns ROM doesn’t seem ‘too fast’ at all.
by J64C
Sat Nov 22, 2025 10:43 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: 6502 with the RA8875
Replies: 89
Views: 6082

Re: 6502 with the RA8875

BigDumbDinosaur wrote:
Yes, but they are all in one package.  :D  Whether there are two cars or 100 cars in a train, we still call it a train.  :mrgreen:
Even the package calls is itself ‘Quad’ :lol:
by J64C
Sat Nov 22, 2025 1:37 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: 6502 with the RA8875
Replies: 89
Views: 6082

Re: 6502 with the RA8875

BigDumbDinosaur wrote:
A single 74xx00 gate can generate both signals from RWB and Ø2.
We can finally give BDD’s “Minor pedantic note™” back to him. :lol:

That’s three gates in your pic.
by J64C
Fri Nov 14, 2025 7:10 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: The J64C
Replies: 62
Views: 19371

Re: The J64C

Having a severe case of "What now?". :?

I'm at the point where I can wrangle this thing to do whatever I like with it, which is leading me to the problem of "creators block". Any of the hardware challenges have now been resolved and I have a very stable little unit. Just don't know what I want to ...
by J64C
Fri Oct 31, 2025 11:28 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Fast Mem accessed slowly
Replies: 17
Views: 1659

Re: Fast Mem accessed slowly

I have a small SBC I created about a decade ago. It uses a W65C02 CPU, which is a static part and I use 10ns static ram and 45ns EEROM. The SRAM is the skinny dip SRAM they used to use for cache in 100MHz 486 mother boards. The slowest I've run that board at is down to 100Hz to troubleshoot some I ...
by J64C
Fri Oct 31, 2025 8:58 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: VGA Work
Replies: 37
Views: 2984

Re: VGA Work

Glad you are all up and running.
by J64C
Thu Oct 30, 2025 6:12 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: VGA Work
Replies: 37
Views: 2984

Re: VGA Work

Did you try my example? As I said, the timing is perfect on that. I wrote it and tested it last night, with a flicker free 640 x 480 60Hz screen right next to me.
I have not, I'm not sure how this would actually help me.
My timing is correct. Yours isn't.

Further, I do need those counts to ...
by J64C
Wed Oct 29, 2025 7:09 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: VGA Work
Replies: 37
Views: 2984

Re: VGA Work

Personally, I don't even bother taking the blanking periods in to account. If the horizontal counter isn't within the visible range, don't display anything.
by J64C
Wed Oct 29, 2025 5:02 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: VGA Work
Replies: 37
Views: 2984

Re: VGA Work

Dunno. I tend to avoid the quirky Verilog syntax in favour of the more C style in the example I posted.

And with the latter, I'd expect that to be running at half clock rate. Assuming HC increments with the base clock.

Did you try my example? As I said, the timing is perfect on that. I wrote it ...
by J64C
Tue Oct 28, 2025 9:41 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: VGA Work
Replies: 37
Views: 2984

Re: VGA Work

As an aside regarding timings, although TinyVGA.com indicates timings in pixels, all those timings are actually related to 8-pixel-wide character cells, which I find much easier to think in since that's directly related to when you need to sample video ram.

Related, loosely, but that’s where it ...