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Re: TG68 Accelerator?
« on: February 23, 2010, 12:07:29 AM »
Quote from: Dr_Righteous;544446

By DIY I mean those interested may purchase a PCB, buy their own parts and whip out the ol' soldering iron.

Cyclone 2 comes in either BGA or TQFP package. While TQFP is possible, soldering a BGA component to a board is beyond most home users skills, and requires a professional hot air working station.
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Re: TG68 Accelerator?
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2010, 12:17:00 AM »
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The drawback: the Altera DE2 board costs more than 495 USD alone, imagine if you want to create a market for that product!!! :(

http://www.altera.com/education/univ/materials/boards/unv-de2-board.html


I believe the OP was not talking about using a development board, but a custom designed one to fit in a miggy. The price of a Cyclone 2 chip alone is not that much (definitely cheaper than a second hand 68060 these days).

The only drawback here is that Cyclone 2 is a 3.3v chip, and it may require some work to interface it to the Amiga bus. I wonder if the DE2 Tobias used is 5v tolerant ?
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