Developing a complex embedded system like the CPC2.0 from scratch is a series of massive achievements in miniature, like a nano-scale thunderstorm. Huge steps forward are represented by a signal line going high, or a chip outputting a short sequence of bits, proving the framework of everything built to date. This project is just like that, so it’s tough to explain to people that those few numbers on the screen represent thousands of hours of coding in C, RTL and hardware design to get a coded sequence out of the HDMI chip. There can be a lot of effort behind a blinky LED.

So, to make it a more interesting post, I thought I’d start with this:

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