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G9 Impulse: Video Game System: Overview Details Name: 395_vgs Created: 11-Sep-2005 11:36:00 Updated: 16-Dec-2005 12:11:57 CVS: browse Other project properties Category :: Other Phaze :: FPGA proven Development status :: Beta Project maintainers Eric Sands James Cavanaugh Zuofu Cheng Statistics view Description CVS is currently out of date, update when I get the time (as well as things such as schematics) Custom built and designed video game system. Also includes hardware interface C routines and code for StarCell XF-1 (the 'release' game). All designs are open source and specification are free to be modified by the community. Specifications are currently for an early 16 bit system. Specifications Graphics accelerator (XESS XSA-50 Spartan II based development board) 320x240 resolution at 64 colors, plus 64 possible intensity field colors 8 MB graphics RAM (approximately 7.5 MB available for user data) Accelerated background and sprite drawing with transparency VGA video generation and output (single and double buffered operation) Dual PIC18 Microcontrollers (Main and Sound Processors) 2 x 18F4520 at 50 Mhz (25 MIPS total) 32 KB program memory, 32 KB PCM wavetable memory Capable of tracking over 128 sprites Other Hardware Software controlled MP3 player (to be removed) PIC16F628 (serializes controller I/O) ICSP for PIC microcontrollers Status Here is a movie of the Impulse running StarCell XF-1 https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/zcheng1/www/impulse.mov The hardware unit: Some screenshots: