Click here for rules and additional information on Conway's life game . Push buttons single step and reset the processor. Also contains an 8 by 8 character font that might be of use for other projects needing character display. A newer version of this model can be found on our book's CD-ROM and is described in more detail in the last chapter. Click here for more info on the MIPS VHDL model.
Students write a simple state machine to control the trains and avoid crashes.
The student state machine is tcontrol.vhd. Ideal first VHDL state machine lab assignment, many different variations on train operation can be given as different assignments. A newer version of this model can be found on our book's CD-ROM and is described in more detail in chapter 7. Very simple design that contains just the basics of VGA video signal generation. Uses both RLE encoding and color dithering.