jbshelton / GBPicoHDMI

An HDMI output device/project for the Gameboy (Color, Advance, etc.) using the Raspberry Pi Pico/RP2040.
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Gameboy to HDMI adapter using the RP2040 / Raspberry Pi Pico

Why does everyone keep telling me that FPGAs are better suited to do this kind of stuff? They're expensive to prototype and design with most of the time, difficult to program with open-source tools, and usually have high power consumption for a device that actually is capable enough for what would be normal(ish) battery-powered applications.


Purpose of this project

I think this project may be the largest/most complex project I've taken on aside from GBAudioPlayer, so I wouldn't be making this public without a good reason! The purpose of this on the surface is just to convert the Gameboy's LCD signals to display via HDMI, pretty simple. However, my motives for this project aren't as simple. I want to:


Documentation

Documentation about my journey and the info I gathered to make this project possible can be found in the docs folder. Since this is a relatively new project, I will be updating it frequently.


When's it going to be finished?

I don't know when I'm going to finish this project, but I predict that it's going to take a few months to get it fully working. However, I will get some parts of it working one by one, and I might even upload progress clips to YouTube and put the links here.