Who will be first??? Working MiniMIG v1.1

[whiteb]

I am within a week of this, Boards arriving along with the parts.

The biggest stubmling block right now, will be the lack of ability to understand the FPGA core compiling software (ISE), and PIC firmware compile.

Without those, nobody can go anywhere.

One stays with me in Australia, two will end up in the USA, with an ultimate destination of some obscure Chinese factory to be dissected again for *MASS* production.

[whiteb]

Great, thanks for that jk

Just the Pic firmware now.  Needs compiling in a 18LF252 compatible C compiler.

[whiteb]

tonyyeb wrote:

whiteb wrote:

One stays with me in Australia, two will end up in the USA, with an ultimate destination of some obscure Chinese factory to be dissected again for *MASS* production.

Here is hoping it can be done cost effectively. How much has it cost you so far if you don't mind me asking?

ROFL, Dont ask.

In an ideal world, I would have just done 100 and reaped the discounts, but I saw what happened with Xenepp, and with definate people with a YES, and Reserve, he was still left with boards he couldn't ship.

All up, so far its worked out to 98 GBP, 208 USD, or 230 AUD. (EACH).

On top of that, will be the cost of an MMC card, and a powerpack.

The biggest hit, was $70USD postage from Digikey. (FPGA, Ram etc).

Made a MASSIVE error on Ebay with the boards, Instead of ordering three boards, I had ordered 3 lots of three, but that was sorted out quicky.

[whiteb]

Plaz wrote:

The biggest hit, was $70USD postage from Digikey. (FPGA, Ram etc).

So do you have a copy of that parts invoice from digikey? I'm thinking I could just place the same order with my account.

Plaz

Yes I do.

You could probably get a large number of the items from Digikey, but it was easier (And cheaper for me) to get SOME items from Farnell in AU$.

From Digikey, I got.

122-1519-ND (FPGA)
706-1048-ND (SRAM)
MC68SEC000AA16-ND (CPU)
PIC18LF252-I/SP-ND (PIC)
296-8326-5-ND (74HC4060)
P833-ND (100uf 16V elect)
PCC1828CT-ND (.1UF 0805)
478-1617-1-ND (Tant 100uf 6.3V)
PCC103BNCT (10000pf 0805)
P819-ND (22uF 35V elect)
PCC220CNCT (22pf 0805)
PCC470CGCT-ND (100pf 0805)
Cp-102AH-ND (Power jack)
160-1579-1-ND (Blue Led)
L6241CT-ND (Red Led)
160-1414-1-ND (Green LED)
401-1828-ND (Push button Switch)
BAV99FSCT-ND (Sot23 Diode)
AE9828-ND (IC Socket for PIC)

Farnell:

1200113 (PS2)
9778187 (LM117MP-ADJ)
1099289 (9Pin R/A Female for Serial, and Joy)
9712739 (4.33619 xtal)
9712755 (20 mhz Xtal)
9333363 (560R)
1160303 (1M Res)
9332383 (1000R)
9332812 (2K2/2.2K Resistor)
9333266 (4k7 Res)
9332375 (100R)
9332936( 270R)
9332707 (180R)
1215639 (Dsub 15 R/A for VGA)
1248135 (2x5 header)
3418297 (1x3 Header)
3417888 (1x6 Header, Jtag)
9386947 (RS-232, this is the *NEW* suggested Item from Dennis)
9186212 (MMC)
152204 (3.5 Jack, Audio)

[whiteb]

Crom00 wrote:
Mass production costs still require pruchase of the MC68000 and FPGA chip, those prices will be hard to adjust and I've been informed that there are no low cost Chinese replacement parts for these chips.

If there was any, you would probably find some pretty awful side effects in the opcode no doubt.

[whiteb]

jkonstan wrote:
Here is the rapid share link to the complete ISE project for MiniMIG1 Spartan3 FPGA including the Compiled FPGA code and sources. The file minimig1.bit is the binary image to the Spartan3 FPGA. This code is under GPL etc ......

http://rapidshare.com/files/60756155/MiniMIG1_Verilog.zip

Also, I am still assembling my MiniMIG1; thus, I have not been able to test the binary FPGA code yet.

 :-)

Okay, according to the manual, Minimig1.bit, must be called MINIMIG1.BIN, along with KICK.ROM in the MMC's ROOT Directory.

[whiteb]

jimbo100 wrote:
Can I ask what you guys are going to do with them once they are built?

Sacrifice them to the Semiconductor God.  What do you think ?

[whiteb]

Sell some of my other museum pieces, that way I got room to set it up, and play games.

I mean, its the size, square, that a CD/DVD is round.  Its footprint is BLOODY SMALL, compared to the space being taken up by my 2 A500's, A1200, and A4000.

[whiteb]

jimmyboy wrote:
For those of you who are inexperienced with soldering or want an easy way. Try this method.

Its not the soldering thats foremost on my mind, its getting the Pic firmware compiled. .........

[whiteb]

Well, if it works, great for them....., but Some people have wives that like to use Toaster Ovens for food and *FREAK RIGHT OUT* if you use it for something like that.

[whiteb]

Don't worry, getting it done.

[whiteb]

 Somehow I have messed up my order.

My 15 pin (For VGA) is *NOT* a HIGH DENSITY.............

Its a normal density.

HIGH DENSITY is P/N 107-5303 (Farnell).

[whiteb]

amigadave wrote:
Is there anyone in the USA that has bought all their parts for building a MiniMig that could send me the BOM and the names of the suppliers they used?  I am expecting the delivery of my v1.1 MiniMig PCB within the next 7 to 10 days now since the Royal Mail strike has allowed some shipments.

Thanks in advance

SOME shipments ?

I have officially been waiting 2 weeks so far and my guy I lined up to do my soldering is packing up and leaving the state.  So here i sit, with all the parts, Boards "Supposedly" somewhere, and nobody to solder.