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ZX Spectrum ROM mods

In this blog, I will show you how to interface an Atari-style joystick to the Altera DE1 FPGA board running a Spectrum implementation, how to change the ROM to enable you to input some game-cheat...

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Development PC Setup

This blog post describes the various tools that I use for both work and hobby projects, on my development PC. Most people already have their own go-to tools installed on each computer they use for...

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Z80 Explorer

Z80 Explorer is a Zilog Z80 netlist-level simulator capable of running Z80 machine code and also an educational tool with features that help reverse engineer and understand this chip better. Z80...

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A Calculator

The idea for this project came about during a week of freezing winter arctic events here in Austin, Texas, with a failed power grid (as well as the Texas government), while keeping close to a gas...

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A Calculator (2): Basic Four Functions

This is the second article in a series on making our calculator. This article is about prototyping and the verification of fundamental algorithms. We need to investigate and pick algorithms we will...

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A Calculator (3): Practical Numerical Methods

In the last post, we verified and quantified the precision of the basic four functions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). Now, we can use them as a stepping stone for more complex...

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A Calculator (4): The Framework

For as long as I remember, I had played with LEGOs. Those simple blocks would transform into complex objects whose final shapes only existed in the supple thoughts of creative imagination. The kind of...

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A Calculator – Completed!

It has been a while since I wrote the last post on this project. In the meantime, I could dedicate all my limited free time to work on the implementation. It took a long time, but I did make...

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Z80 Explorer v1.06 released

Z80 Explorer is a visual netlist-level simulator for the Zilog Z80 microprocessor. You can read more about it in my main blog article. This release adds some features and improvements I felt were...

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Porting a Qt Project to WebAssembly: Challenges and Solutions

In this post, I describe porting a small application, a calculator called SpeedCrunch, to WebAssembly and some common issues that need to be addressed. I hope you may find some solutions helpful and...

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