VGADuino-II , New 256 Color Graphic Shield for Arduino - Kickstarter

An active project on Kickstarter now called VGADuino-II.

VGADuino is a shield that is made for arduino with all the libraries and samples that user can easily stack it on the arduino board and starts programming.

In this version (VGADuino-II) Based on NXP-LPC1756 ARM chip as a main microcontroller and XILINX XC95144XL CPLD for refreshing the display and taking care of the sync signals. there is also a SD Ram to keep the screen's pixel color data.

The new VGADuino-II's features are:

Internal functions to draw shapes like line, rectangle, circle and etc with AT-Commands and arduino libraries
11 Different font sizes with standard ASCII characters support
256 color, 8bit RGB format
having access to each pixel individually
Standard VGA DB15 output
Screen resolution: 800x600 60hz, actual pixels:400x300 60hz