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Verilog Tic Tac Toe

This is an implementation of "Tic Tac Toe" (noughts and crosses) in Verilog. The user plays against the FPGA. The FPGA knows what is the best next move, and should always win or draw against the user.

The gen_moves.pl works out the best X moves for each board state, producing a moves.txt file. The gen_xmove_module.pl script uses this to create the xmove.v module.

The top-level module is ttt.v which is basically a large FSM that gets a user move, validates it, updates the board, passes the board to xmove.v to get the X move, updates the board, and loops back.

The user.v module deals with user input and output. It uses the UART modules written by Dan Gisselquist.

The result.v module takes the board state and returns any result: X wins, O wins, a draw or no result yet.

The movemask.v converts a user's move in decimal into a bit pattern which can be ORed onto the 18-bit board state.

The project can be simulated in Verilator, and it now synthesises and runs on my TinyFPGA B2 and ULX3S FPGA boards. Note for the ULX3S: you need to disable hardware flow control on the serial connection to the board. With minicom, ctrl-A O, Serial port setup, F, Exit.

ULX3S HDMI Version

In the HDMI folder you will find a version of the code with HDMI display for the ULX3S board. This was contributed by emard. There is still a serial port user interface, but the board is also shown as nine coloured squares on the HDMI output.

Note: the squares are renumbered to to reflect the numeric keypad on most PC keyboards: top row is 7, 8, 9; bottom row is 1, 2, 3.