RVPC – a one Euro educational board with VGA and PS/2
Meet RVPC, the world lowest cost Open Source Hardware all-in-one educational RISC-V computer with VGA and PS2 keyboard connections. It will be available for DIY soldering workshop at Open Fest in Sofia this year.
The idea about EURO 1.00 do-it-yourself educational RISC-V computer came at TuxCon 2024 (video below).
Goals:
Easy to solder DIY kit
Complete all in one RISC-V computer with bare minimum Woz like monitor which will allow learning the RISC-V instructions by poking, peeking and disassembling the memory
Price of EUR 1.00!
Here’s the result:
CH32V003 low-cost microcontroller in SO8 package – chosen for easy soldering. It has just 6 GPIOs
PS2 takes two GPIOs
VGA takes three GPIOs – Vsync, Hsync and RGB
One more GPIO where audio buzzer is connected
All done in beginner friendly PTH components
This board will be available as a soldering kit at www.olimex.com when complete. The price will be EUR 1.00!
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