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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10553  | 
    
    
 Can anyone help diagnose this? This code is supposed to create a bitclock, a HSYNC pulse and a VSYNC pulse with VGA timings. It is development in preparation for trying to drive an RGB TFT display which needs a bitclock. The bitclock runs at 25.1MHz The HSYNC runs at 31.5 MHz with a 3.8uS sync The VSYNC runs at 60Hz with a 63.5uS sync http://www.tinyvga.com/vga-timing/640x480@60Hz All this works fine except that when you trigger on VSYNC you will see that HSYNC is drifting relative to it whereas given that they should both be triggered nearly simultaneously by the separate irqs. The problem looks like the hysnc timing is overunning (or visa versa) but I can't see the problem, fiddling with the underrun fudge factor on the vsync numbers changes the drift but it should be locked and the fudge factor of 1000 clocks should not be critical I've been looking at this too long to see the wood for the trees. Help appreciated. Option explicit Option default integer Dim p1,f1,e1,s1,o1,p2,f2,e2,s2,o2,p3,f3,e3,s3,o3 ' set pins that will be used as outputs SetPin gp4,pio1 SetPin gp16,pio1 SetPin gp17,pio1 ' o1=Pio(next line 1) 'note the start of the first PIO instruction for program 1 - will be 0 Print "compiling pclk" PIO assemble 1 .program pclk .side set 1 .line next 'we can always use next unless we specifically want to place the code Pull block 'read in the loop counter which will define the timing of the second program .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 [4] 'we can use osr to keep this and re-use it .label loop 'loop as specified by the counter Nop side 0 [4] Jmp x--,loop side 1 [4] IRQ 0 side 0 [3] 'set a flag for the second program IRQ 4 side 0 'set a flag for the third program .wrap .end program list ' create the setting to initialise program 1 p1=Pio(pinctrl 1,,,,gp4) f1=252000000 e1=Pio(execctrl GP0,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap)) s1=Pio(shiftctrl 0,0,0,0,0,0) ' o2=Pio(next line) 'note the start of the second pio program Print "compiling hsync @ line: ";o2 PIO assemble 1 .program hsync .side set 1 .line next 'this will pick up o2 automatically Pull block side 1 'get the length of the front port Mov y,osr side 1 'store the length of front porch in y Pull block side 1 'get the length of the sync pulse into osr .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 'get the length of the synch Wait 1 irq 4 side 1 'this instruction waits for irq 4 to be set and automatically clears it ' this happens at the start of each line .label loop1 Jmp x--,loop1 side 0 Mov x,y side 1 'restore the front porch value .label loop2 Jmp x--,loop2 side 1 Nop side 1 'we will trigger the data transfer here .wrap .end program list ' create the setting to initialise program 2 p2=Pio(pinctrl 1,,,,gp16) f2=252000000 e2=Pio(execctrl GP0,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap)) s2=Pio(shiftctrl 0,0,0,0,0,0) o3=Pio(next line) 'note the start of the second pio program Print "compiling vsync @ line: ";o3 PIO assemble 1 .program vsync .side set 1 .line next 'this will pick up o3 automatically Pull block side 1 Mov y,osr side 1 'store the length of the front porch in y Pull block side 1 Mov isr,osr side 1 'store the length of the rest of the line in isr Pull block side 1 'get the synch length .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 'get the synch length Wait 1 irq 0 side 1 'this instruction waits a line end which we use to be beginning of frame .label loop3 Jmp x--,loop3 side 0 'synch loop Mov x,y side 0 .label loop4 Jmp x--,loop4 side 1 'front porch loop Mov x,isr side 1 .label loop5 Jmp x--,loop5 side 1 'rest of line loop .wrap .end program list ' create the setting to initialise program 3 p3=Pio(pinctrl 1,,,,gp17) f3=252000000 e3=Pio(execctrl GP0,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap)) s3=Pio(shiftctrl 0,0,0,0,0,0) ' initialise and start program 1 but note it will block on pull block PIO init machine 1,0,f1,p1,e1,s1,o1,1,0,0 PIO start 1,0 ' initialise and start program 2, it will block waiting for the irq PIO init machine 1,1,f2,p2,e2,s2,o2,1,0,0 PIO start 1,1 PIO write 1,1,2,48*10-2,96*10-2 ' initialise and start program 3, it will block waiting for the irq PIO init machine 1,2,f3,p3,e3,s3,o3,1,0,0 PIO start 1,2 'rest of line value is reduced to make sure no overun but also don't miss a line PIO write 1,2,3,8000*33-1,8000*490-1000,8000*2-1 ' trigger the whole shebang by writing to program 1 fifo PIO write 1,0,1,800 ' loop, although the PIO will keep running anyway even if the program finishes Do Loop Edited 2025-11-02 05:15 by matherp  | 
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| darthvader Regular Member Joined: 31/01/2020 Location: FrancePosts: 95  | 
    
    
 Hi Peter , Last time i get problems with VGA , it was the front and back porch that was not as expected. I'm not a PIO programmer , so , check this if it can help , who knows   Cheers. Theory is when we know everything but nothing work ... Practice is when everything work but no one know why ;)  | 
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10553  | 
    
    
 Solved. Had to clear the accumulated irq before waiting for it in the VSYNC loop. Next step to try and get data in and out  | 
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10553  | 
    
    
 If anyone is interested. Here is the fixed version. I found a couple of commands that weren't implemented in the PIO assemble IRQ NEXT and IRQ PREV. These allow a state machine on one PIO to communicate with a state machine on another PIO. I need these as I have run out of commands on PIO 1 so the data output will have to be on PIO 2. These will be in RC10. I'm using IRQ 3 to tell the data output that it can start a new line and IRQ 4 to synchronise the start of frame. You can run the program as-is on a standard PicoMite and if you connect PIN 17 to VSYNC on a VGA monitor and pin 16 to Hsync you will find the monitor locks up happily at 640x480 @ 60Hz. The 25.2MHz pixel clock is on GP4. Option explicit       Option default integer Dim o ' set pins that will be used as outputs SetPin gp4,pio1 SetPin gp16,pio1 SetPin gp17,pio1 Const cyclesperpixel=10 Const hwholeline=800 Const hvisible=640*cyclesperpixel Const hsync=96*cyclesperpixel Const hfrontporch=16*cyclesperpixel Const hbackporch=48*cyclesperpixel Const vwholeframe=525*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vvisible=480*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vsync=2*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vfrontporch=10*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vbackporch=33*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const clock=Val(MM.Info(cpuspeed)) ' o=Pio(next line 1) 'note the start of the first PIO instruction for program 1 - will be 0 Print "compiling pclk" PIO assemble 1 .program pclk .side set 1 .line next 'we can always use next unless we specifically want to place the code Pull block 'read in the loop counter which will define the timing of the second program .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 [4] 'we can use osr to keep this and re-use it .label loop 'loop as specified by the counter Nop side 0 [4] Jmp x--,loop side 1 [4] IRQ 0 side 0 'set a flag for the second program IRQ 1 side 0 [3] 'set a flag for the third program .wrap .end program list 'PIO CONFIGURE pio, sm,clock [,startaddress][,sidesetbase] [,sidesetno][,sidesetout][,setbase] [,setno] [,setout] '[,outbase] [,outno] [,outout][,inbase][,jmppin] [,wraptarget] [,wrap][,sideenable] [,sidepindir][,pushthreshold] '[,pullthreshold] [,autopush][,autopull] [,inshiftdir][,outshiftdir][,joinrxfifo] [,jointxfifo][,joinrxfifoget] [,joinrxfifoput] ' create the setting to initialise program 1 PIO CONFIGURE 1,0,clock,o,gp4,1,1,,,,,,,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) ' create the setting to initialise program 1 'PIO init machine 1,0,f1,p1,e1,s1,o1,1,0,0 ' o=Pio(next line) 'note the start of the second pio program Print "compiling hsync @ line: ";o PIO assemble 1 .program hsync .side set 1 .line next 'this will pick up o2 automatically Pull block side 1 'get the length of the sync Mov y,osr side 1 'save the length of the sync pulse into y Pull block side 1' get the length of the visible data + front porch in osr .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 'get the length of the active+frontporch Wait 1 irq 1 side 1 'this instruction waits for irq 1 to be set by the pixel clock and automatically clears it IRQ NEXT 3 side 1 ' this happens at the start of each line .label loop1 Jmp x--,loop1 side 1 Mov x,y side 1 'restore the sync value .label loop2 Jmp x--,loop2 side 0 Nop side 1 'we don't need to consider the back porch as we don't trigger again until the start of a new line .wrap .end program list ' create the setting to initialise program 2 PIO CONFIGURE 1,1,clock,o,gp16,1,1,,,,,,,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) o=Pio(next line) 'note the start of the second pio program Print "compiling vsync @ line: ";o PIO assemble 1 .program vsync .side set 1 .line next 'this will pick up o3 automatically Pull block side 1 Mov y,osr side 1 'store the length of the back porch in y Pull block side 1 Mov isr,osr side 1 'store the length of sync in isr Pull block side 1 'get the synch length .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 'get the length of the active + front porch Wait 1 irq 0 side 1 [1]'this instruction waits a line end which we use to be beginning of frame IRQ NEXT 4 side 1 .label loop3 Jmp x--,loop3 side 1 'main data loop Mov x,isr side 1 'restore the sync value .label loop4 Jmp x--,loop4 side 0 'sync loop Mov x,y side 0 .label loop5 Jmp x--,loop5 side 1 'rest of line loop IRQ CLEAR 0 side 1 .wrap .end program list ' create the setting to initialise program 3 PIO CONFIGURE 1,2,clock,o,gp17,1,1,,,,,,,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) ' initialise and start program 1 but note it will block on pull block PIO start 1,0 ' initialise and start program 2, it will block waiting for the irq PIO start 1,1 PIO write 1,1,2,hsync,hvisible+hfrontporch-2 ' initialise and start program 3, it will block waiting for the irq PIO start 1,2 'rest of line value is reduced to make sure no overun but also don't miss a line PIO write 1,2,3,vbackporch-2,vsync,vvisible+vfrontporch-2 ' trigger the whole shebang by writing to program 1 fifo PIO write 1,0,1,hwholeline ' loop, although the PIO will keep running anyway even if the program finishes Do Loop  | 
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1599  | 
    
    
 So, for example, The count value of a quad decoder on PIO0 can be shared with the other PIOs?  | 
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10553  | 
    
    
 No: you just have 8 flags that can be shared  | 
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10553  | 
    
    
 Here is the final program - VGA running from the standard PicoMite firmware. You will have to wait for RC10 to try it. With RC10 you can load the standard non-VGA firmware onto a Pico RP2350 installed on a VGA board with the usual RGB121 connections. Set the CPU speed to 252MHz then load and run the attached and you will get a very simple 640x480 demo entirely coded in MMbasic. It won't run on an RP2040 as there isn't enough memory for the framebuffer. Option explicit Option default integer Dim o ' set pins that will be used as outputs SetPin gp4,pio0 'clock pulse SetPin gp16,pio0 'hsync SetPin gp17,pio0 'vsync SetPin gp7,pio1 'DE SetPin gp18,pio1 'Blue SetPin gp19,pio1 'low green SetPin gp20,pio1 'high green SetPin gp21,pio1 'Red const hsync=96 const hfrontporch=16 Const cyclesperpixel=10 Const hvisible=640 Const hbackporch=48 const vsync=2 const vbackporch=33 const vfrontporch=10 Const vvisible=480 const pixelsperinteger=16 const pixelsperword=8 const wordstotranster=hvisible*vvisible\pixelsperword Const vlines=vsync+vbackporch+vvisible+vfrontporch Const hwholeline=hsync+hfrontporch+hvisible+hbackporch Const hvisibleclock=hvisible*cyclesperpixel Const hsyncclock=hsync*cyclesperpixel Const hfrontporchclock=hfrontporch*cyclesperpixel Const hbackporchclock=hbackporch*cyclesperpixel Const vwholeframe=vlines*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vvisibleclock=vvisible*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vsyncclock=vsync*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vfrontporchclock=vfrontporch*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vbackporchclock=vbackporch*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const clock=Val(MM.Info(cpuspeed)) Dim i,b(hvisible*vvisible\pixelsperinteger-1) Dim badd=Peek(varaddr b()) ' o=Pio(next line 1) 'note the start of the first PIO instruction for program 1 - will be 0 Print "compiling pclk" PIO assemble 0 .program pclk .side set 1 .line next 'we can always use next unless we specifically want to place the code Pull block 'read in the loop counter which will define the timing of the second program .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 [4] 'we can use osr to keep this and re-use it .label loop 'loop as specified by the counter Nop side 0 [4] Jmp x--,loop side 1 [4] IRQ 0 side 0 'set a flag for the second program IRQ PREV 2 side 0 IRQ 1 side 0 [2] 'set a flag for the third program .wrap .end program list 'PIO CONFIGURE pio, sm,clock [,startaddress][,sidesetbase] [,sidesetno][,sidesetout][,setbase] [,setno] [,setout] '[,outbase] [,outno] [,outout][,inbase][,jmppin] [,wraptarget] [,wrap][,sideenable] [,sidepindir][,pushthreshold] '[,pullthreshold] [,autopush][,autopull] [,inshiftdir][,outshiftdir][,joinrxfifo] [,jointxfifo][,joinrxfifoget] [,joinrxfifoput] ' create the setting to initialise program 1 PIO CONFIGURE 0,0,clock,o,gp4,1,1,,,,,,,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) ' create the setting to initialise program 1 'PIO init machine 1,0,f1,p1,e1,s1,o1,1,0,0 ' o=Pio(next line) 'note the start of the second pio program Print "compiling hsyncclock @ line: ";o PIO assemble 0 .program hsyncclock .side set 1 .line next 'this will pick up o2 automatically Pull block side 1 'get the length of the sync Mov y,osr side 1 'save the length of the sync pulse into y Pull block side 1' get the length of the visible data + front porch in osr .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 'get the length of the active+frontporch Wait 1 irq 1 side 1 'this instruction waits for irq 1 to be set by the pixel clock and automatically clears it ' this happens at the start of each line .label loop1 Jmp x--,loop1 side 1 Mov x,y side 1 'restore the sync value .label loop2 Jmp x--,loop2 side 0 Nop side 1 'we don't need to consider the back porch as we don't trigger again until the start of a new line .wrap .end program list ' create the setting to initialise program 2 PIO CONFIGURE 0,1,clock,o,gp16,1,1,,,,,,,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) o=Pio(next line) 'note the start of the second pio program Print "compiling vsyncclock @ line: ";o PIO assemble 0 .program vsyncclock .side set 1 .line next 'this will pick up o3 automatically Pull block side 1 Mov y,osr side 1 'store the length of the back porch in y Pull block side 1 Mov isr,osr side 1 'store the length of sync in isr Pull block side 1 'get the synch length .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 'get the length of the active + front porch Wait 1 irq 0 side 1 [1]'this instruction waits a line end which we use to be beginning of frame IRQ PREV 3 side 1 .label loop3 Jmp x--,loop3 side 1 'main data loop Mov x,isr side 1 'restore the sync value .label loop4 Jmp x--,loop4 side 0 'sync loop Mov x,y side 0 .label loop5 Jmp x--,loop5 side 1 'rest of line loop IRQ CLEAR 0 side 1 .wrap .end program list ' create the setting to initialise program 3 PIO CONFIGURE 0,2,clock,o,gp17,1,1,,,,,,,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) o=Pio(next line 0) 'note the start of the first PIO instruction for program 1 - will be 0 Print "compiling datamaster @ line: ";0 PIO assemble 1 .program datamaster .line 0 Pull block side 0 Mov y,osr 'store the count of active lines .wrap target 'main loop Mov x,y 'get the active line count Wait 1 irq next 3'wait for the start of frame .label loop6 Wait 1 irq next 2 'wait for the next line to start IRQ 5 'trigger the output Jmp x--,loop6 .wrap .end program list PIO CONFIGURE 1,0,clock,o,,,,,,,,,,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) o= Pio(next line) Print "compiling data @ line: ";o PIO assemble 1 .program linedata .line next .side set 1 Pull block side 0 Mov y,osr side 0 'store active pixel count divided by the number of pixels per word .wrap target Mov x,y side 0'get the active pixel count divided by the number of pixels per word Wait 1 irq 5 side 0 [9]'wait for next valid line to start .label loop7 Pull side 1 'get the next data - don't block Out pins,4 side 1 [9] Out pins,4 side 1 [9] Out pins,4 side 1 [9] Out pins,4 side 1 [9] Out pins,4 side 1 [9] Out pins,4 side 1 [9] Out pins,4 side 1 [9] Out pins,4 side 1 [9] Jmp x--,loop7 side 1 Set pins, 0 side 0 [2] .wrap .end program list ' create the setting to initialise program 3 PIO CONFIGURE 1,1,clock,o,GP7,1,1,GP18,4,1,GP18,4,1,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) PIO SYNC 'this is a new command that syncs the clocks of the PIO. It is needed for IRQ to work between PIO PIO start 1,0 PIO write 1,0,1,vvisible-1 PIO start 1,1 PIO write 1,1,1,hvisible/pixelsperword-1 ' initialise and start program 1 but note it will block on pull block PIO start 0,0 ' initialise and start program 2, it will block waiting for the irq PIO start 0,1 PIO write 0,1,2,hsyncclock-1,hvisibleclock+hfrontporchclock-1 ' initialise and start program 3, it will block waiting for the irq PIO start 0,2 'rest of line value is reduced to make sure no overun but also don't miss a line PIO write 0,2,3,vbackporchclock-1,vsyncclock-1,vvisibleclock+vfrontporchclock-1 ' loop, although the PIO will keep running anyway even if the program finishes PIO dma tx 1,1,wordstotranster,b(),redo ' trigger the whole shebang by writing to program 1 fifo PIO write 0,0,1,hwholeline PIO sync Do mycls 1 Pause 1000 mycls 8 Pause 1000 rectangle 100,100,199,199,&H6 rectangle 0,0,hvisible-1,0,&HF rectangle 0,vvisible-1,hvisible-1,vvisible-1,&HF rectangle 0,0,0,vvisible-1,&HF rectangle hvisible-1,0,hvisible-1,vvisible-1,&HF Pause 1000 Loop Sub redo PIO dma tx 1,1,wordstotranster,b(),redo End Sub Sub mycls col Local c=col c=c+(c<<4) c=c+(c<<8) c=c+(c<<16) Memory set word badd,c,wordstotranster End Sub Sub rectangle x1,y1,x2,y2,c Local x,y,x1p,x2p,p,q,t,bc=(c<<4) +c For y=y1 To y2 x1p = x1 x2p = x2 p = badd + y * (hvisible >> 1) + (x1 >> 1) If x1 Mod 2 Then t=(PEEK(BYTE p) And &HF) + (c<<4) Poke byte p,t Inc p Inc x1p EndIf If (x2 Mod 2) = 0 Then q = badd + y * (hvisible >> 1) + (x2 >> 1) t=(PEEK(BYTE q) And &Hf0) + c Poke byte q,t Inc x2p,-1 EndIf If x2p>x1p Then Memory set byte p,bc,(x2p-x1p+1)/2 Next End Sub Edited 2025-11-03 22:08 by matherp  | 
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10553  | 
    
    
 Now working in RGB222 @ 640x480   Is this the next VGA variant? Option explicit Option default integer Dim o ' set pins that will be used as outputs SetPin gp4,pio0 'clock pulse SetPin gp16,pio0 'hsync SetPin gp17,pio0 'vsync SetPin gp7,pio1 'DE SetPin gp18,pio1 'low Blue SetPin gp19,pio1 'high blue SetPin gp20,pio1 'low green SetPin gp21,pio1 'high green SetPin gp22,pio1 'low red SetPin gp23,pio1 'high red Const hsync=96 Const hfrontporch=16 Const cyclesperpixel=10 Const hvisible=640 Const hbackporch=48 Const vsync=2 Const vbackporch=33 Const vfrontporch=10 Const vvisible=480 Const pixelsperword=5 Const wordsperline=hvisible\pixelsperword Const wordstotransfer=wordsperline*vvisible Const vlines=vsync+vbackporch+vvisible+vfrontporch Const hwholeline=hsync+hfrontporch+hvisible+hbackporch Const hvisibleclock=hvisible*cyclesperpixel Const hsyncclock=hsync*cyclesperpixel Const hfrontporchclock=hfrontporch*cyclesperpixel Const hbackporchclock=hbackporch*cyclesperpixel Const vwholeframe=vlines*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vvisibleclock=vvisible*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vsyncclock=vsync*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vfrontporchclock=vfrontporch*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const vbackporchclock=vbackporch*hwholeline*cyclesperpixel Const clock=Val(MM.Info(cpuspeed)) Const HRes=hvisible Const VRes=vvisible Dim i,b(wordstotransfer\2-1) Dim mask_table(4)=(&H3F,&HFC0,&H3F000,&HFC0000,&H3F000000) Dim currentfont=MM.Info(font) Dim fontadd=MM.Info(font address currentfont) Dim fontdetail=Peek(word fontadd) Dim fontbytes=(fontdetail And &HFF) * ((fontdetail>>8) And &HFF)/8 Dim asciioffset=((fontdetail>>16) And &HFF) Inc fontadd,4 'pont to the actual characters Dim badd=Peek(varaddr b()) ' o=Pio(next line 1) 'note the start of the first PIO instruction for program 1 - will be 0 Print "compiling pclk" PIO assemble 0 .program pclk .side set 1 .line next 'we can always use next unless we specifically want to place the code Pull block 'read in the loop counter which will define the timing of the second program .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 [4] 'we can use osr to keep this and re-use it .label loop 'loop as specified by the counter Nop side 0 [4] Jmp x--,loop side 1 [4] IRQ 0 side 0 'set a flag for the second program IRQ PREV 2 side 0 IRQ 1 side 0 [2] 'set a flag for the third program .wrap .end program list 'PIO CONFIGURE pio, sm,clock [,startaddress][,sidesetbase] [,sidesetno][,sidesetout][,setbase] [,setno] [,setout] '[,outbase] [,outno] [,outout][,inbase][,jmppin] [,wraptarget] [,wrap][,sideenable] [,sidepindir][,pushthreshold] '[,pullthreshold] [,autopush][,autopull] [,inshiftdir][,outshiftdir][,joinrxfifo] [,jointxfifo][,joinrxfifoget] [,joinrxfifoput] ' create the setting to initialise program 1 PIO CONFIGURE 0,0,clock,o,gp4,1,1,,,,,,,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) ' create the setting to initialise program 1 'PIO init machine 1,0,f1,p1,e1,s1,o1,1,0,0 ' o=Pio(next line) 'note the start of the second pio program Print "compiling hsyncclock @ line: ";o PIO assemble 0 .program hsyncclock .side set 1 .line next 'this will pick up o2 automatically Pull block side 1 'get the length of the sync Mov y,osr side 1 'save the length of the sync pulse into y Pull block side 1' get the length of the visible data + front porch in osr .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 'get the length of the active+frontporch Wait 1 irq 1 side 1 'this instruction waits for irq 1 to be set by the pixel clock and automatically clears it ' this happens at the start of each line .label loop1 Jmp x--,loop1 side 1 Mov x,y side 1 'restore the sync value .label loop2 Jmp x--,loop2 side 0 Nop side 1 'we don't need to consider the back porch as we don't trigger again until the start of a new line .wrap .end program list ' create the setting to initialise program 2 PIO CONFIGURE 0,1,clock,o,gp16,1,1,,,,,,,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) o=Pio(next line) 'note the start of the second pio program Print "compiling vsyncclock @ line: ";o PIO assemble 0 .program vsyncclock .side set 1 .line next 'this will pick up o3 automatically Pull block side 1 Mov y,osr side 1 'store the length of the back porch in y Pull block side 1 Mov isr,osr side 1 'store the length of sync in isr Pull block side 1 'get the synch length .wrap target Mov x,osr side 1 'get the length of the active + front porch Wait 1 irq 0 side 1 [1]'this instruction waits a line end which we use to be beginning of frame IRQ PREV 3 side 1 .label loop3 Jmp x--,loop3 side 1 'main data loop Mov x,isr side 1 'restore the sync value .label loop4 Jmp x--,loop4 side 0 'sync loop Mov x,y side 0 .label loop5 Jmp x--,loop5 side 1 'rest of line loop IRQ CLEAR 0 side 1 .wrap .end program list ' create the setting to initialise program 3 PIO CONFIGURE 0,2,clock,o,gp17,1,1,,,,,,,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) o=Pio(next line 0) 'note the start of the first PIO instruction for program 1 - will be 0 Print "compiling datamaster @ line: ";0 PIO assemble 1 .program datamaster .line 0 Pull block side 0 Mov y,osr 'store the count of active lines .wrap target 'main loop Mov x,y 'get the active line count Wait 1 irq next 3'wait for the start of frame .label loop6 Wait 1 irq next 2 'wait for the next line to start IRQ 5 'trigger the output Jmp x--,loop6 .wrap .end program list PIO CONFIGURE 1,0,clock,o,,,,,,,,,,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) o= Pio(next line) Print "compiling data @ line: ";o PIO assemble 1 .program linedata .line next .side set 1 Pull block side 0 Mov y,osr side 0 'store active pixel count divided by the number of pixels per word .wrap target Mov x,y side 0'get the active pixel count divided by the number of pixels per word Wait 1 irq 5 side 0 [9]'wait for next valid line to start .label loop7 Pull side 1 'get the next data - don't block Out pins,6 side 1 [9] Out pins,6 side 1 [9] Out pins,6 side 1 [9] Out pins,6 side 1 [9] Out pins,6 side 1 [7] Out NULL,2 Jmp x--,loop7 side 1 Mov pins, NULL side 0 [2] .wrap .end program list ' create the setting to initialise program 3 PIO CONFIGURE 1,1,clock,o,GP7,1,1,,,,GP18,6,1,,,Pio(.wrap target),Pio(.wrap) PIO SYNC 'this is a new command that syncs the clocks of the PIO. It is needed for IRQ to work between PIO PIO start 1,0 PIO write 1,0,1,vvisible-1 PIO start 1,1 PIO write 1,1,1,hvisible\pixelsperword-1 ' initialise and start program 1 but note it will block on pull block PIO start 0,0 ' initialise and start program 2, it will block waiting for the irq PIO start 0,1 PIO write 0,1,2,hsyncclock-1,hvisibleclock+hfrontporchclock-1 ' initialise and start program 3, it will block waiting for the irq PIO start 0,2 'rest of line value is reduced to make sure no overun but also don't miss a line PIO write 0,2,3,vbackporchclock-1,vsyncclock-1,vvisibleclock+vfrontporchclock-1 ' loop, although the PIO will keep running anyway even if the program finishes PIO dma tx 1,1,wordstotransfer,b(),redo ' trigger the whole shebang by writing to program 1 fifo PIO write 0,0,1,hwholeline PIO sync Do mycls &H3C Pause 1000 mycls &H3 Pause 1000 rectangle 100,100,199,199,&H6 rectangle 0,0,hvisible-1,0,&H3F rectangle 0,vvisible-1,hvisible-1,vvisible-1,&H3F rectangle 0,0,0,vvisible-1,&H3F rectangle hvisible-1,0,hvisible-1,vvisible-1,&H3F printstring "Hello",300,300,3,&H3F,-1 Pause 1000 Loop Sub printchar s$,x,y,scale,fc,bc Local address=(Asc(s$)-asciioffset)*fontbytes+fontadd drawbitmap x,y,MM.FONTWIDTH,MM.FONTHEIGHT,scale,fc,bc,address End Sub Sub printstring s$,x,y,scale,fc,bc Local currentx=x,currenty=y Local j For j=1 To Len(s$) printchar Mid$(s$,j,1),currentx,currenty,scale,fc,bc Inc currentx,MM.FONTWIDTH*scale Next End Sub Sub redo PIO dma tx 1,1,wordstotransfer,b(),redo End Sub Sub mycls col Local c=col c=c+(col<<6) c=c+(col<<12) c=c+(col<<18) c=c+(col<<24) Memory set word badd,c,wordstotransfer End Sub Sub rectangle x1,y1,x2,y2,col Local x,y,p,t,wo,sw,ew,sp,ep,mask,w,i,count Local c=col c=c+(col<<6) c=c+(col<<12) c=c+(col<<18) c=c+(col<<24) ' Pre-calculate common masks (major speedup!) For y=y1 To y2 wo=y*wordsperline sw=x1\pixelsperword sp=x1 Mod pixelsperword ew=x2\pixelsperword ep=x2 Mod pixelsperword If sw=ew Then ' Single word case mask=0 For i=sp To ep mask=mask Or mask_table(i) Next p=badd+(wo+sw)*4 t=Peek(word p) t=t And INV mask t=t Or (c And mask) Poke word p,t Else ' Handle first partial word If sp<>0 Then mask=0 For i=sp To 4 mask=mask Or mask_table(i) Next p=badd+(wo+sw)*4 t=Peek(word p) t=t And INV mask t=t Or (c And mask) Poke word p,t sw=sw+1 EndIf ' Handle full words in the middle - use MEMORY SET WORD count=ew-sw If count>0 Then p=badd+(wo+sw)*4 Memory SET WORD p,c,count EndIf ' Handle last partial word If ep<>4 Then mask=0 For i=0 To ep mask=mask Or mask_table(i) Next p=badd+(wo+ew)*4 t=Peek(word p) t=t And INV mask t=t Or (c And mask) Poke word p,t Else ' End pixel is exactly at word boundary (pixel 4) p=badd+(wo+ew)*4 Poke word p,c EndIf EndIf Next End Sub Sub DrawBitmap x1,y1,width,height,scale,fc,bc,bitmap Local f,b,i,j,k,x,y,final_width,final_height Local draw_x_start,draw_y_start,draw_x_end,draw_y_end Local src_y_start,src_x_start,draw_background Local bit_index,byte_index,bit_position,pixel_on Local x_start,x_end Local p,wo,sw,sp,mask,t,px Local c_word,mask_table(4) ' Pre-calculate pixel masks mask_table(0)=&H3F mask_table(1)=&HFC0 mask_table(2)=&H3F000 mask_table(3)=&HFC0000 mask_table(4)=&H3F000000 ' Convert 6-bit colors to full word (5 pixels) f=fc And &H3F f=f Or (f<<6) Or (f<<12) Or (f<<18) Or (f<<24) If bc>=0 Then b=bc And &H3F b=b Or (b<<6) Or (b<<12) Or (b<<18) Or (b<<24) draw_background=1 Else draw_background=0 EndIf ' Calculate final dimensions final_width=width*scale final_height=height*scale ' Early exit if completely off-screen If x1>=HRes Or y1>=VRes Or x1+final_width<=0 Or y1+final_height<=0 Then Exit Sub ' Calculate clipping bounds If x1<0 Then draw_x_start=0 Else draw_x_start=x1 If y1<0 Then draw_y_start=0 Else draw_y_start=y1 If x1+final_width>HRes Then draw_x_end=HRes Else draw_x_end=x1+final_width If y1+final_height>VRes Then draw_y_end=VRes Else draw_y_end=y1+final_height ' Calculate starting bitmap position (for clipping) If y1<0 Then src_y_start=(-y1)\scale Else src_y_start=0 If x1<0 Then src_x_start=(-x1)\scale Else src_x_start=0 ' Optimize for scale=1 (common case) If scale=1 Then For i=src_y_start To height-1 y=y1+i If y>=VRes Then Exit For If y<0 Then Continue For wo=y*wordsperline For k=src_x_start To width-1 x=x1+k If x>=HRes Then Exit For If x<0 Then Continue For ' Get bit from bitmap bit_index=i*width+k byte_index=bit_index>>3 bit_position=7-(bit_index And 7) pixel_on=(PEEK(BYTE bitmap+byte_index)>>bit_position) And 1 ' Calculate word and pixel position sw=x\5 sp=x Mod 5 p=badd+(wo+sw)*4 If pixel_on Then ' Draw foreground pixel mask=mask_table(sp) t=Peek(word p) t=t And INV mask t=t Or (f And mask) Poke word p,t ElseIf draw_background Then ' Draw background pixel mask=mask_table(sp) t=Peek(word p) t=t And INV mask t=t Or (b And mask) Poke word p,t EndIf Next k Next i Else ' Scaled version For i=src_y_start To height-1 ' Process scale lines for this source row For j=0 To scale-1 y=y1+i*scale+j If y>=VRes Then Exit For If y<0 Then Continue For wo=y*wordsperline For k=src_x_start To width-1 ' Get bit from bitmap bit_index=i*width+k byte_index=bit_index>>3 bit_position=7-(bit_index And 7) pixel_on=(PEEK(BYTE bitmap+byte_index)>>bit_position) And 1 ' Determine color to draw If pixel_on Then c_word=f ElseIf draw_background Then c_word=b Else Continue For ' Skip transparent pixels EndIf ' Draw scale pixels horizontally x_start=x1+k*scale x_end=x_start+scale ' Clip horizontal span If x_start<0 Then x_start=0 If x_end>HRes Then x_end=HRes If x_start<x_end Then ' Draw the horizontal run of pixels For px=x_start To x_end-1 sw=px\5 sp=px Mod 5 p=badd+(wo+sw)*4 mask=mask_table(sp) t=Peek(word p) t=t And INV mask t=t Or (c_word And mask) Poke word p,t Next px EndIf Next k Next j Next i EndIf End Sub Edited 2025-11-04 08:46 by matherp  | 
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5413  | 
    
    
 Hi Peter, I could not find a "spare" pico2 in my parts stock, the pico2 I have are soldered onto a board (GameMite and HDMI board). I am currently wiring up the GameMite to show VGA video over the keyboard pins (the GameMite does not have successive range of 6 pins on GPIO free, but as long as you do not press any keyboard key you can use GP8..GP15). The code is running, I see HSYNC and VSYNC, now searching for a DB15 connector. Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS  | 
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10553  | 
    
    
 For VGA use you can remove the sidesets that drive GP4 and GP7. These create the pixel clock and the DE signals needed for RGB TFT displays  | 
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