VGA is relatively simple and a basic 16Mhz 8-bit Arduino UNO can=20 generate decent low-res VGA. The Arduino VGAX library has examples that=20 will generate QVGA (IIRC) with a handful of colors (IIRC 4 or 8) and=20 play pong or other games. I'd expect a Cortex M4 to generate quite good VGA. https://github.com/smaffer/vgax Cheers, -Neil. On 7/8/2017 12:56 AM, Bob Blick wrote: > The STM32F411 is quite capable, don't know anything about generating VGA = but it sounds like a cool idea. > > If you get tired of mbed or want a full dev and debug package I heartily = recommend Atollic TrueStudio. The free edition is very nice. Easy to instal= l and they have lots of videos and papers on their website. Also STMCubeMX = is good for getting your clocks and peripherals set up. I use the standalon= e version but they also have a plugin for TrueStudio. > > Best regards, > Bob > ________________________________________ > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu on behalf of c h = > Sent: Friday, July 7, 2017 2:35 PM > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: [EE] NUCLEO-F411RE based educational project idea needed. > > Thinking of giving a try to NUCLEO-F411RE STM32 devboard I bought some > months ago. The project is for local school to teach EE basics. I think o= f > using mbed.org online platform. I tried it with demo blinks using C, it > works and its easy. > > Maybe demo oscilloscope using the devboard to illustrate programming a > microcontroller in C? The devboard to generate VGA output to use big scre= en > or a projector? Some analog front-end to boost input impedance and range? > The oscilloscope could later be used in educational process. > > Thanks. > > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .