- Repository: github.com/ucsbieee/mapache64
- Website: mapache64.ucsbieee.org
- Discord Server: discord.ucsbieee.org
Mapache 64 is is a custom video game console based around the 6502 microprocessor. This console uses a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) written in SystemVerilog and runs on a Cmod A7-35T. The firmware and games are programmed using C, and can be compiled with a custom linker script and cc65, an open-source C to 6502 assembly compiler. This project was developed by UC Santa Barbara's IEEE chapter, led by Ethan Sifferman.
Video screen:
Breadboard circuit:
- W65C02S Microprocessor
- AT28C256 32kB EEPROM
- AS6C62256 32kB SRAM
- Cmod A7 FPGA board
- VESA, 640x480 @ 60 Hz Video Timing guide
- Ethan Sifferman (github)
- Matthew Tom (github)
- Kogan Sam (github)
- Neil Balch (github)
- Daniel Van Dalsem (consultant) (github)
- Ethan Sifferman (github)
- Neil Balch (github)
- Max Fletcher (github)
- Xingbu Qin (github)
- Nicolas Guglielmin (github)
- Mapache is the unofficial mascot of UC Santa Barbara (source)
- Mapache 64 has 64kiB of address space