RISC-VLAD the Non FPGA Handheld console

A RISC-V powered Handheld games console using the GD32VF103 or other suitable RISC-V based MCU

Gee Bartlett

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RISC-V has been the new hotness in the marker world for a little while now, this has fueled many FPGA based implementation of the ISA and subsequent processors. At last, we are starting to see a few RISC-V based commercial MCU's coming onto the market at first these were expensive and hard to come by but at last they are becoming low cost and ubiquitous.
RISC-VLAD is a project to create a handheld gaming platform around a processing core that uses the RISC-V instruction set. The major restraint I have set myself is that I will not be using any FPGA based processing cores and the parts must be of the shelf.

Details

This is a very early days in the project but what the features i would like RISC-VLAD are:

Display: at least the pixel area of the original GameBoy 160 × 144 pixels, 47 × 43 mm.
Buttons: that are responsive and comfortable to use.
Audio: can be DAC or PWM based either is acceptable.
SDcard: slot for storing extra sprites game code ect.
Power: Needs to be portable (batteries or can run from USBpower stick)
Programming: Be able to be programmed without additional hardware (Very important)

Optional:

Rechargeable power system onboard.
Wifi
BLE
USB

I have initially selected the GD32VF103RBT6 as the MCU which has a 32bit RISC-V based Processing core. This however may change as other options become available.