terminal/framebuffer.vhd

library ieee;

use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
use ieee.std_logic_unsigned.all;
use ieee.numeric_std.all;

use std.textio.all;
use ieee.std_logic_textio.all;

entity framebuffer is
    generic (
        input_clk: integer
    );
    port (
        clk: in std_logic;
        x: in std_logic_vector(9 downto 0);
        y: in std_logic_vector(8 downto 0);

        rgb: out std_logic_vector(23 downto 0);

        write_enable: std_logic;
        write_address: std_logic_vector(12 downto 0);
        write_data: std_logic_vector(7 downto 0)
    );
end framebuffer;

architecture logic of framebuffer is
    type rom_type is array(0 to 127) of std_logic_vector(63 downto 0);

    impure function read_font(filename: in string) return rom_type is
        file rom_file: text is in filename;
        variable rom_line: line;
        variable rom: rom_type;
    begin
        -- skip comment in first line
        readline(rom_file, rom_line);

        for i in rom_type'range loop
            readline(rom_file, rom_line);
            hread(rom_line, rom(i));
        end loop;

        return rom;
    end function;

    constant font: rom_type := read_font("font.hex");

    signal read_address: std_logic_vector(12 downto 0);
    signal current_char: std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);

    signal current_glyph: std_logic_vector(63 downto 0);

    -- delay by 2 cycles to match the delay of x/y -> rgb
    constant glyph_pos_length: integer := 2;
    type glyph_pos_type is array(1 to glyph_pos_length) of integer range 0 to 63;
    signal glyph_pos: glyph_pos_type;
begin

    read_address <= x(9 downto 3) & y(8 downto 3);

    terminal_buffer: entity work.ram_2port generic map (
        WIDTH_BITS => 8,
        DEPTH_BITS => 13
    ) port map (
        clk => clk,
        ra => read_address,
        do => current_char,
        we => write_enable,
        wa => write_address,
        di => write_data
    );

    process(clk)
        variable current_glyph_pos: integer range 0 to 127;
    begin
        if rising_edge(clk) then
            current_glyph_pos := to_integer(unsigned(current_char));
            current_glyph <= font(current_glyph_pos);
        end if;
    end process;

    delay_glyph_pos:
    process(clk)
        variable combined: std_logic_vector(5 downto 0);
    begin
        if rising_edge(clk) then
            combined := y(2 downto 0) & x(2 downto 0);
            glyph_pos(glyph_pos_length) <= to_integer(unsigned(combined));

            -- move all elements one index down
            for i in 1 to glyph_pos_length - 1 loop
                glyph_pos(i) <= glyph_pos(i + 1);
            end loop;
        end if;
    end process delay_glyph_pos;

    -- actually currently BRG
    rgb <=
        "111111111111111111111111" when current_glyph(glyph_pos(1)) = '1' else
        "000000000000000000000000";

end logic;