de10-nano VS Main_MiSTer

All signals are by default internal in qsys if you don't explicitly export them. So, if you want something out of the FPGA e.g. GPIO/LED you must export them. The column named export in qsys makes the signals appear in input/output ports of the module instance so that you can put them in top module i/o and assign pin locations using assignment editor. Partially explained here: https://github.com/zangman/de10-nano/blob/eef52965cba1386c441b738010e149589b8a0ed5/docs/Simple-Hardware-Adder_-Wiring-the-components.md

The Absolute Beginner's guide to DE10NANO (https://github.com/zangman/de10-nano/wiki for those who don't know) does have all the information you need for the fpga side.

what kind of help do you need? Given the wording, I guess you are talking about intel FPGAs. In that case, this is a nice guide even if you don't have that specific board: https://github.com/zangman/de10-nano/wiki

Anyways, feel free to just download and use the debian and archlinux images, perhaps you may still find them useful :).

Btw - just noticed you're using the de10-nano. In case you want to learn more about the SoC side of things, I have an absolute beginner's guide here - https://github.com/zangman/de10-nano/wiki. It walks you through the steps to building your own linux OS and writing your first HPS to FPGA project.

About a year ago, I published my wiki on the "Absolute beginner's guide to DE10-Nano". Here is the reddit post I made back then detailing all the topics covered (Build your own Debian OS, setting up dev environment etc).

And for a fancier alternative, consider miSTer.

You need to update your mister ini. The ypbpr=1 setting is no longer supported and you need to use vga=ypbpr instead. This was changed when s video got added. You can get the latest ini here https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/blob/master/MiSTer.ini

I went ahead and read the thread on it and... yeah, Sorg is firm. He cites a couple reasons which I understand though fundamentally disagree with. Oh well.

Consider getting an actual A500 or a miSTer at that point.

MisterFPGA project on GitHub

Just get a pc and get a new microsd card and follow this https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki/Setup-Guide and see if it works.

Hello all, I recently started Youtube channel, I want to focus on gaming & especially retro games/systems. Each week I plan to upload video of this type, I have interest in both hardware emulation eg Mister fpga & software emulation such as; OpenEmu etc. For example FPGA emulation acts the same as original hardware so it is higher quality & software emulation relies solely on mimicking original hardware. Which do you prefer/why? https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki/Arcade-Cores-List The link above; will be were I go through each core & decide which to make Youtube content of.