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Improving A Discrete Boost Converter Circuit
Fixing Up A Boost Converter Design
Some Disassembly Required
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6502 Development: NOPerator Debugging Aid
A Very Simple 6502 Accessory That can Catch Very Complex bugs. Debugging is hard. Anyone who programs computers knows how hard it is to get stuff working reliably. Tiny oversights can lead to massive problems, often in ways that aren’t obvious. Patches get churned out on a daily basis. Hardware engineers have it much, much…
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Discrete VGA Graphics Adapter: Framebuffer and DAC
Putting Actual Graphics Into the Graphics Adapter Last time, I threw together a VGA time base. I didn’t spend much time elaborating on it, because honestly it bores me. There is only so much you can say about a counter that hasn’t already been said. This time around the goal is to display an actual…
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Discrete VGA Graphics Adapter: Time Base
Part 1: VGA Time Base Generation Ever since I started designing computers, I knew I needed to come up with some kind of graphics interface. Preferably one that didn’t require specialty hardware, licensing, or only worked with very old displays. There is one, and only one, interface that does the job: VGA. Despite being completely…
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