FPGA-Based Tetris

Build a tiny FPGA console that plays Tetris in real-time, rendered entirely in Verilog on a BeagleVFire.

Project Domains Mentors Project Difficulty
FPGA, Digital Design, Embedded Graphics, UART I/O Suchit, Sarvesh Medium

Project Description

Turn a BeagleVFire into a one-game console:

  • Re-use an existing Verilog “VideoCard” to push pixels over HDMI.
  • Write the entire Tetris game—state machine, collision logic, score—with pure Verilog.
  • Read player input via simple GPIO buttons or a UART-connected keyboard.
  • If logic resources run tight, add on-chip RAM for the framebuffer.

By the end you’ll have a self-contained bitstream that boots straight into Tetris and shows real-time graphics on any HDMI display.

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