diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f22f1bb..842a853 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 # Initialize SDK
 pico_sdk_init()
 
-# include(example_auto_set_url.cmake)
-# Add blink example
-# add_subdirectory(blink)
-# Add hello world example
-# add_subdirectory(hello_world)
-
 add_compile_options(-Wall
         -Wno-format          # int != int32_t as far as the compiler is concerned because gcc has int32_t as long int
         -Wno-unused-function # we have some for the docs that aren't called
@@ -41,6 +35,8 @@ pico_add_extra_outputs(ceda2vga)
 target_link_libraries(ceda2vga
         pico_stdlib
         hardware_pio
+        hardware_dma
+        hardware_irq
         )
 
 # add url via pico_set_program_url
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a17d0a2..d040039 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "hardware/clocks.h"
+#include "hardware/dma.h"
 #include "hardware/pio.h"
 #include "hardware/pll.h"
 #include "hardware/structs/pio.h"
@@ -107,6 +108,15 @@ void setup_clocks(void)
 	clock_configure(clk_peri, 0, CLOCKS_CLK_PERI_CTRL_AUXSRC_VALUE_CLK_SYS, 126 * MHZ, 126 * MHZ);
 }
 
+static int dma_channel;
+
+void dma_handler()
+{
+	dma_hw->ints0 = 1 << dma_channel;
+	dma_channel_set_read_addr(dma_channel, &frames[0].data[5120], true);
+	// printf(".");
+}
+
 int main()
 {
 	setup_clocks();
@@ -116,7 +126,7 @@ int main()
 	// "draw" an horizontal dotted line (?)
 	for (unsigned int c = 0; c < 5; c++)
 	{
-		frames[0].data[80 * 64 + 30 + c] = 0x55;
+		frames[0].data[80 * 64 + 60 + c] = 0x55;
 	}
 
 	// PIO and state machines
@@ -145,22 +155,30 @@ int main()
 
 	// VGA pixel program
 	uint offset0 = pio_add_program(pio, &vga_free_run_program);
-	uint sm0 = pio_claim_unused_sm(pio, false);
+	uint sm0 = pio_claim_unused_sm(pio, true);
 	printf("Starting VGA pixel machine on %u...\n", sm0);
 	vga_pixel_program_init(pio, sm0, offset0);
 	pio_sm_put_blocking(pio, sm0, 640 - 1);
 
+	printf("Setting up DMA...\n");
+	dma_channel = dma_claim_unused_channel(true);
+	dma_channel_config dma_config = dma_channel_get_default_config(dma_channel);
+	channel_config_set_transfer_data_size(&dma_config, DMA_SIZE_32);
+	channel_config_set_read_increment(&dma_config, true);
+	channel_config_set_write_increment(&dma_config, false);
+	channel_config_set_dreq(&dma_config, DREQ_PIO0_TX2);
+
+	dma_channel_set_irq0_enabled(dma_channel, true);
+
+	irq_set_exclusive_handler(DMA_IRQ_0, dma_handler);
+	irq_set_enabled(DMA_IRQ_0, true);
+
+	dma_channel_configure(dma_channel, &dma_config, &pio0_hw->txf[2], &frames[0].data[0], 80, true);
+
+	// dma_handler();
+
 	printf("Start!\n");
 
-	while (true)
-	{
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(frames[0].data);)
-		{
-			// feed pixel machine
-			pio_sm_put_blocking(pio, sm0, frames[0].data[i++]);
-			// printf("%d.", i);
-		}
-		// sleep_ms(1000);
-		// printf(".");
-	}
+	for (;;)
+		;
 }