Raspberry Silicon update: RP2040 on sale now at $1

Re:Raspberry Silicon update: RP2040 on sale now at $1 by tinus_hn on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:13AM (#27352850)

This device doesn’t do video but for a computer like device you’d want it to drive a 1920x1080 display, which is about 6 mb of framebuffer already. And then you need content to put on it.

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Re:Raspberry Silicon update: RP2040 on sale now at $1 by HALtheWise on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @11:05PM (#27364327)

While your point in general stands, I do want to point out that 1080p video from a RP2040 has actually been done, and is mind-blowing.

https://youtu.be/mjFwR3feyV0

This definitely isn't the sort of programming where you can just wastefully allocate ram for a full uncompressed frame buffer, but that also opens the door to sub-frame latencies.

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Re:Raspberry Silicon update: RP2040 on sale now at $1 by guenthert on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @03:46PM (#27373161)

I don't have the need for a FHD display driven by a MCU, but 'racing-the-beam' seems feasible with a RP2040.

(which would allow using the screen at high resolution for, say, game graphics -- actual video is a different story)

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Re:Raspberry Silicon update: RP2040 on sale now at $1 by cjdaly on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:32PM (#27364118)

the chip can do some video, but low res:

- https://excamera.com/sphinx/store.html#gameduino-3x-dazzler-... - https://www.adafruit.com/product/4984

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Re:Raspberry Silicon update: RP2040 on sale now at $1 by pjmlp on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @08:42AM (#27353564)

Nah, for C64 or SAM coupé class hardware would be quite alright.

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