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Application:  simon
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This application displays the Simon game through both, the DVI port, and the
LEDs above the (N,E,S,W,C) pushbuttons.  Players are prompted to repeat the
LED sequence presented to them using the pushbuttons.  Game sounds are produced
on the piezo transducer.  Messages are displayed on the character LCD and on
the video screen. 

Note: This demonstration requires a DVI monitor or a VGA monitor with a
      DVI-to-VGA adapter connected to the ML501 DVI port.
 
   CONFIG Switch Settings:  00010101 

1. Connect the Host PC to the ML501 (J1 header) using a PC-IV or
   Platform USB JTAG cable

2. Connect the Host PC serial port to the ML501 serial port using a null
   modem cable and launch a terminal program on the Host (eg. TeraTerm)
   with the settings: 9600 baud, 8-N-1, No flow control

3. Connect the ML501 to a DVI monitor or to a VGA monitor with the
   appropriate adapter 

4. Launch XPS and open the ML501 EDK project (system.xmp)

5. Launch a Shell window using XPS menu selection: Project > Launch EDK Shell

6. Download bitstream in shell window by typing: impact -batch etc/download.cmd

7. XPS menu selection: Debug > Launch XMD

8. At XMD% prompt type: cd microblaze_0/code

9. At XMD% prompt type: rst

10. At XMD% prompt type: dow simon.elf

11. At XMD% prompt type: con

12. Press any one of the pushbutton switches (N,E,S,W,C) to begin the game

13. Try to beat the high score by remembering and playing back the sequence of
    sounds and illuminated LEDs presented by the processor


LCD Output:
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Simon
for ML50x

DVI/VGA Output:
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The video out port will show an image of 5 colored squares corresponding
to each of the pushbutton switches (N,E,S,W,C)