FPGA Baseball 05

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FPGA Baseball 05
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How do you play baseball on an FPGA, with no
external hardware?
Images from the Handheld Game Museum,
www.handheldmuseum.com
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Electronic Baseball Accessories Sold Separately

• Implements an Electronic Baseball game.
• Uses Just the Available Hardware/User Interfaces
• So it is a one-sided game, all batting, no
  pitching
• It is a who-can-set-the-highest-score game
• It does get harder, the speed of the pitching is
  variable.

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Design Blocks
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Key Modules

• BIST - test switches, 7-segments, push-buttons,
  LEDs
• Counters
• StrikeCounter
• OutCounter
• InningCounter
• ScoreCounter
• ManOnBaseCounter

• Timing
• DifficultyLevel
• ThrowBall
• ControlTiming
• State Machine
• Display Control

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Functionality

• Hitting, Stealing, and getting out by Stealing
• Counters
• Strikes
• Outs
• Inning
• Score
• 2 difficulty settings, (currently)
• Diamond

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Game Play

• LEDs signify the pitch
• Hit hit push button and left most LED
• Steal steal push button and right most LED
• Seven segment displays show results
• High score game

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User Interfaces
Reset Push-Button
Steal Push-Button
Hit Push-Button
Difficulty Level Switch Low Easy, High
Medium
Built-in-Self-Test Switch Low Game, High
BIST
LEDs Represent the Ball in Flight
7-Segment Displays Show Score, Inning, Outs,
Runner Location, and Strikes
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Available in Select Marketsin time for the
Holiday Season

• Scrolling Text
• Automatic Difficulty Level Incrimination between
  Games (when played continuously)
• Multiplexed 7-Segment Text

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Labor Log

• Austin Albright
• Proposal
• Difficulty Level
• Hit Timing
• Man on Base Counter
• Presentation
• Self-Test

• Landon Davis
• All 4 Counters
• Pitch Timing
• 7-Segment Sequencer
• Presentation
• Final Report

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BATTER UP!

• Are there any question?