FPGA Replay Board

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What's a soak test?

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Guess the "soak" part confused me. I thought on dipping them in some chemical solution

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"Howdy-dodi the Swedish cook thinks the little circuit boards needs a nice warm bath to get rid of all those dirty bugs"

Anyway, here's a quick reference to the schematic - Replay 1.02 RevB:
fpgaarcade_replay_b02_schematic.pdf and placement.pdf + photo.jpg

Page 1: U4 - LM2853MH-3.3 (3.3V 3A) ; U12 - MCP1703 (3.3V 0.250A analog) ; U9 - LM2852YMXA-2.5 (2.5V 2A) ; U2 - LP2995MR (2.5V reference) ; U2 - LP2995MR (2.5V Vtt) ; U3 - APX809 (reset) ; U14 - LM2852YMXA-1.2 (1.2V 2A)

Page 2: U6 - AT91SAM7S256 (microcontroller) ; P13 - Micro USB type B (ARM CPU) ; P17 - SD/MMC ; U5 - XC3S1200E (bank 2/ config+jtag) ; P15 - JTAG

Page 3: U5 - XC3S1200E (bank0+1/ peripherals and memory)

Page 4: U5 - XC3S1200E (bank2+3/ video and I/O)

Page 5: U5 - XC3S1200E (Vcc+GND) ; U8 - 46V32M16-6T F (DDRx16 TSOP66 64 MByte)

Page 6: U10 - CH7301C-TF-QFP64 (DVI & DAC) ; U15 - MCP1703T (video TVdd) ; P22 - DVI-I connector

Page 7: U11 - THS7353 (video filter) ; P3 - joystick ; P7 - aux ; P16 - joystick/video ;

Page 8: U13 - WM8729 (audio D/A) ; U16 - AD723 (TV encoder) ; P20 - S-Video ; X1 - HC49-27.000 MHz (oscillator) ; U7 - CDCE906 (clock generator) ; P21 - PS/2 keyboard+mouse ; P1 - FPGA or ARM TxD (jumper selection) ; U1 - MAX232 (RS-232) ; P4 - DE9M (RS-232) ; P8 - BSE_080-01-L-D-A (expansion board) ; P18 - 2xDE9M (joystick)

FPGA: Overall schematic says XC3S1200E-FG320-4, but page 3 says fitted part is XC3S1600E-FG320-4

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I created the post because the schematic is made up of pictures such that a search is not possible. And scrolling 9 huge images takes time. Re-searching for those datasheets also tend to take its time. I think some of the chips are already EOL so perhaps those datasheets will only be of use to existing FPGA Arcades. Even the critical XC3S1600 FPGA has a "not for new designs" note which just emphasize the importance of chip implementation agnostic HDL-code. Unfortunately this may mean that future version may have to use hard to attach chip packages.. Otoh, RocketPort will make direct S-ATA interface a reality.

But the chips also shows in rough terms what is possible, and what isn't. For example no I/O port has any attached motors with rotor blades that makes the FPGA Replay fly

Btw, I have noticed this thread had about 30.6 views per hour today.

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Good that none of the periphial chips are EOL
Slightly worried about the FPGA thoe.

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Am I right that P21 - PS/2 keyboard+mouse has been replaced with a USB type A connector?

Btw, below "custom test jig" there's a picture that just hooks up the 2x joystick ports? and the picture below "dual host USB interface" seems to just be a board with one USB connector besides the one going to the ARM. Typo?

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No, the test jig has electronics on the under side. It has 2 cables which go to the joysticks to auto-test them from the FPGA. Each IO pin is driven high / low and used as an input. I can test for any open/short on the daughter-board expansion connector.

The PS/2 keyboard is replaced with a small board which has the VNC2 dual USB chip on it. It has a single external USB port and one internal USB port.
/MikeJ

So the jig has contact with the RS-232, SD-card, DVI, Toslink, Jtag, Analog audio 3,5mm, CVBS analog, S-video analog, PS/2 (?) all via the daughter-board expansion connector ..?

Hmm.. seems I missed the obvious. The PS/2 got replaced by an USB connector between replay_test.jpg and replay_usb2.jpg
But if there's only one USB port for keyboard, where will the mouse go?

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More cables..
Stacked USB connectors using on board hub would been better.

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The audio D/A chip may be faulty and work partially ..

(Murphys law..)

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Is there any CD32 setup for the FPGA Arcade? I thought especially on that it uses a 1 MB ROM and well.. CD which isn't implemented?

(The CD has a special MKE interface to add to the mess)

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Is Amiga CD32 "mode" available? I guess it would involve MKE-CD-ROM interface clone from the SD-card besides floppy and harddisk mode.

And can these things be tuned?
 * KS 1.2 vs 1.3
 * Chip mem 512kB - 1MB - 2MB
 * Floppy drive(s) 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
 * PAL - NTSC

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I was more interested in if the FPGA Replay could do this than some utility which can't really hide the hardware.

Oh and I read some games refuse to boot if you have modem connected to serial port.. doh

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Is CD-rom (amiga cd32 style) implemented?

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Is it going to be possible to switch from say Amiga to AtariST etc.. without switching the SD-card?

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How is payment done?

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I'm just going to cut my own out of an asbestos sheet and paint it with lead based paint.

Does it come with free 200 000 EUR free medical gift voucher?