Microcontrollers are capable of sending pixels to a monitor via a VGA or DVI interface. Whether with the ESP32 or the Raspberry Pi Pico’s RP2040, significantly more than 256 colors are possible. Thanks to sprites, tiles, and a few tricks, today’s microcontrollers can generate graphics at least as sophisticated as classic game consoles of the 1990s.
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