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Z80 Computer on DE1 Development board

Arquitecture
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SW9     - Reserved - Reset
SW8     - Reserved
LEDR9   - Reserved
LEDR8   - Reserved

Memory
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0000H - 3FFFH - ROM
4000H - 52BFH - VIDEO RAM
52C0H - 57FFH - System Variables
5800H - 5FFFH - Characters RAM
6000H - FFFFH - RAM memory

Registers
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52C0H         - Z80SOC VERSION  (0 = DE1, 1 = S3E)

IO (Ports)
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01H     - Out   - Green Leds (7-0)
02H     - Out   - Red Leds (7-0)
10H     - Out   - HEX3 - HEX2
11H     - Out   - HEX1 - HEX0
20H     - In    - SW(7-0)
30H     - In    - KEY(3-0)
80H     - In    - PS/2 keyboard

GPIO Expansion pins
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All write operations to GPIO are buffered.
To write the buffered signals to the pins, the Z80 must
write any value to port C0 (GPIO0) or C1 (GPIO1)

A0      - GPIO0 (7-0)
A1      - GPIO0 (15-8)
A2      - GPIO0 (23-16)
A3      - GPIO0 (31-24)
A4      - GPIO0 (35-32)

B0      - GPIO1 (7-0)
B1      - GPIO1 (15-8)
B2      - GPIO1 (23-16)
B3      - GPIO1 (31-24)
B4      - GPIO1 (35-32)

C0      - GPIO0 Write
C1      - GPIO1 Write


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Reference sample ROM (for version 0.7.1a and 0.7.2)
It is provided a sample rom which demonstrate how to access the hardware using C language.
All needed low-level functions are also provide:
- crt0.s
- putchar
- getchar
- 7 segment displays
- leds
- push buttons
- dip switches
- sram
- vram
- character ram (can be redefined, providing up to 640x480 resolution monochromatic)

The rom is a simple game framework.
The only gun for the hero spaceship is dip switch 7. Switch it on to fire the most powerfull weapon in the universe!
Use the push buttons to move the spaceship left and right.
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Reference Sample ROM (for version 0.7)


It is provided a ROM with a reference application, and the correspnding
Z80 source codes.

To use the application you will need to connect the DE1 board to a
VGA monitor and PS/2 keyboard.

The program will show how to use:
        Input push buttons
        Input Switches
        PS/2 keyboard
        Video text out (memory mapped and port mapped io)
        Leds
        7seg display
        Redefinition of characters

The program starts waiting for keys to be typed in the keyboard.
The characters are shown on the 40x30 video (VGA).
If "A" is pressed, then the program starts another routine,
that will write bytes into SRAM. After 255 bytes are written,
the bytes are read sequencially.
The address read are displayed in the seven seg display, and
the byte read displayed in the leds (binary format).
When finished, waits for KEY0 (DE1 board) and then restart again.

The switches (7-0) are used as input to calculate delays. Try
changing these switches to speed up ou slow down the leds. It only
takes effect after a Z80 reset. 
To reset the Z80, use SW9.

The looping text inside the box demonstrates how to access the video ram.
To change speed of scrolling, use the switches (SW).

To modify the screen layout (rows x columns), edit the file z80soc_pack.vhd and find the constants:
- vid_cols  = number of columns (maximum is 80)
- vid_lines = number of lines (maximum is 40)
- pixelsxchar = 1 every character will be plotted using 8x8 pixels
- pixelsxchar = 2 every character will be plotter using 16x16 pixels

The column x lines total must not be over 3200, because this is the capacity defined for the video ram.
The characters can be redefined. Every character must have 8 bytes (8 x 8 bits). 

Hope you enjoy.

TO-DO:
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- (done)80x60 Video display
- Serial communication
- Monitor program to allow download of programs by serial communication
- Mass storage device (SD/MMC)
- Video colors