Trying to make an open-source project

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I'm trying to make the following open-source board for a Panasonic 3DO RGB mod:

I have the soldering skills to put the whole thing together, but I actually don't know much about programming and was wondering if someone could help me understand how to go about doing so. My main questions are:

  1. Which chips need to be flashed with the firmware?
  2. Which firmware files go with which chips?
  3. How to I go about flashing these chips and what equipment would I need.

I really appreciate any guidance. Also not entirely sure if this is the correct place to ask these, so my apologies if there is a better topic to place these questions in.

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There is no Arduino code on that GitHub. It all appears to be for a CPLD, not a microcontroller.

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Thanks so much for this info. I was hoping I'd be able to use an arduino to achieve this but I appreciate you leading me down the right path in figuring this out!

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I have no idea what this project does (no info on the README except for a Copyright notice) or even what a "3DO RGB" is. Perhaps you could do whatever it does with an Arduino, but as-is, it uses a CPLD.

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I was curious. It appears to be a mod for an old video game console that provides RBG video output instead of "composite video" by connecting new electronics to the video chip in the console.

It is quite unlikely that an Arduino would be able to do anything similar :frowning:

(In addition to the electronics, the "mod" seems to involve a lot of clever mechanical hacks in order to fit properly in the case. So while it's theoretically "open source", it would be pretty difficult to actually implement (having several PCBs manufactured, including a flex PCB...)
Youtube video of 3DO RGB installation.

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