New TerASIC DE0 FPGA board - MiniMIGtg68?

[RedskullDC]

Hi All,

Just released, new Altera based FPGA board from TerASIC:

http://de0.terasic.com/

$119.00 plus shipping.

I ordered one to have a tinker with. Should arrive early next week.

With 15,000 logic units, should be possible to shoehorn a version of Minimitg68 into it

Cheers,
Red

[RedskullDC]

Hi Alexh, long time no chat..
et al.

"VGA output. Uses a 4-bit resistor-network DAC"

I do hope that is 4-bit per colour component, i.e. 12-bit colour.

Board arrived today (day ahead of schedule actually).

Definitely 4bits per colour, and the PS/2 port supports the Y cable.

No audio output, but will be easy to add via one of the 40pin sockets if necessary.

Board comes with a DVD containing QuartusII V9.0, 4 sample projects with source, datasheets for all components, the control panel application etc.
One of the projects has an SDRAM controller, including source, which may come in handy for Minimig porting. Licence for the SDRAM code says "free to use on Altera designs".

Few pics attached showing the contents of the box, plus size comparison against a DE1 board.
Full size pics (for those who are interested):
http://au.geocities.com/redskulldc/dcp_1275.jpg
http://au.geocities.com/redskulldc/dcp_1278.jpg

Have a weeks holiday coming up soon, may make a nice project

Cheers,
Red