stacksmashing

stacksmashing.bsky.social

07 October 2026 08:06

I got the original, unmodified Commander Keen running on the Pico 2 😀 This uses Frank-x86, a new ILI9341 driver, and (ab)uses the flash on the Pico 2 as swap RAM (which I'm sure is great for it's longevity - sorry, didn't have a PSRAM at hand) Next: Input support!

Catherine

whitequark.org

12 August 2026 09:49

the impact on the user experience has been greater than i thought. i didn't realize how much mild avoidance to bitstream swaps i've built up over the years, and how much it guided how i use the tool. not *that* much, but more than would be optimal! anyway, have fun with instant bitstream loads

Tomb💀Time

tubetime.bsky.social

29 July 2026 08:42

Chip companies: you pick QFP or LCC NXP: this one is both!

Erin Rose

erinrose.bsky.social

25 July 2026 23:49

🫠 (the 16gb pi 5 is actually more than $350 now but shh)

Daniel Mangum

danielmangum.com

22 June 2026 05:49

Saw there was some space left on the @tinytapeout.com GF 26B shuttle that closes tomorrow, so I had to get a quick design in! Extremely simple hardware implementation of demosaicing using nearest neighbor interpolation, with pixel data being delivered over UART.