FPGA pong

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Not exactly a robotic project, but close to it.

It is using purely FPGA to play old Pong game.

One pad is "ai" controlled, second is controlled by a player.

Project is made from these parts:

  • Lattice FPGA developer board - LCMXO2280C-3B256C
  • 8x8 LED matrix
  • 3 buttons

Source code included

Update V2

New source code with same functionality. First version took 44% of space in FPGA. Second version takes 20%.

 

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/fpga-pong
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FPGA Programming

How do you find the ease of programming the board?

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It is my first game with

It is my first game with FPGA, so it is more programmed in PC style (Basic, C) than in FPGA style. It takes a lot of space in FPGA (44%) so now I am trying to reprogram in more FPGA style.

But it is not so hard to program FPGA board.

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FPGA Game

Thanks for posting. Good to see someone using these devices. They are generally (IMO) harder to get started with than a traditional CPU but offer greater performance and flexibility.

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Nice! I second ggallant’s

Nice! I second ggallant’s comment. Really cool to see someone use an FPGA.