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Nexys A7

FPGA Sprite with VGA, Thruster Sound, and Flame

Over the past few days I’ve been working on a fun FPGA project: getting a sprite (my little ship) to move around the screen on a Nexys A7 board, complete with a starfield background, rotation, and even thruster sounds when…

Hookpad → SystemVerilog: Programming Music on the Nexys A7

Posted at September 24, 2025 by Michael Earls in Programming ⋅ Tech

Programming music directly into an FPGA can feel like a grind—especially if you’re hand-coding note tables and timing values. When working with the Digilent Nexys A7 (100 MHz), I wanted a more direct way to take melodies I’d written and…