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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Stand-alone Pico VGA terminal

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cdeagle
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Posted: 03:51pm 19 May 2023
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As part of my Z80 retro computer "hobby", I'm using a VGA terminal from z80kits.com. The terminal uses an SMD RP2040 as the processor along with a uf2 file named PicoTerm (https://github.com/RC2014Z80/picoterm).

It supports a USB keyboard and SD Card. PicoTerm supports 80 by 30 text in several colors and a 40 by 20 mode. Here's a picture of the SMD version.



There is also a version that uses a Pico board.



The SMD version is mostly assembled.
 
okwatts
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Joined: 27/09/2022
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Posted: 04:58pm 19 May 2023
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For a complete non-bus oriented terminal checkout Versaterm https://github.com/dhansel/VersaTerm This is similar, it depends on if you want to get the boards and make it yourself or would rather buy ready made especially if you use the RC2014 bus.
 
cdeagle
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Posted: 08:52am 20 May 2023
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Thanks for the info. Versaterm has many useful features. Assembly looks straight-forward too.
 
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