FPGA Replay Board

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For any serious Amiga implementation a XC3S1600E is more or less a minimum requirement. Or else one will be stuck with a slight incompatible 68000 without AGA/RTG.

Seems Pipistrello can handle HDMI directly with its Spartan-6 LX45 board for 150 USD. But the hackaday articlle hints that the picture is somewhat unstable?
Anyway it's the way past HDMI association
(though the legality of a soldered HDMI connector is cloudy at best)

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When I owned an original Dreambox DM800s, which is an HD box, it had a DVI connector on the back. It came with a DVI to HDMI cable and HAD audio. So I guess there is a way around it.

But what does physically generate the signals if the FPGA I/O isn't up to it?

Regarding HDMI at large it has the attributes of legal entrapment and should be avoided as much as possible. Ie don't use HDMI encoders, HDMI connectors, select players and TVs without it etc. Make use of DisplayPort and similar free video interfaces.

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Ok so can Spartan-6 LX FPGA make HDMI video+audio signals or is that "too hard" for it to accomplish?

Is "RocketPort" uncapable of this too?

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Alright so it's just a question of changing the line coding and stuffing the right data to get HDMI with audio. Of course as soon as commercial standard TVs comes with open interfaces such as DisplayPort the whole HDMI crap will be dumped.

So now we have a development roadmap where HDMI video+audio compatibility can be accomplished without getting entrapped.

Amiga coders hopefully generate a strong force field of wings and prayers

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I also have it running OS3.9, but the old core had a few bugs that stopped certain things working correctly (or more likely it was the old 68020 soft core).

Sounds slightly worrying. I thought bugs related to running stock OS was fixed by now. Any specifics on which events that trigger the bug(s) ?

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Extra surcharge for "La familia"

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Just a quick tip for those stuck with displays that require video and audio integrated into the same HDMI signal:



The converter has input for DVI + S/PDIF and output for HDMI signal with video and audio integrated. All for $69.95 (NZ dollar?).

Alternatively wait for a more powerful FPGA with Rocketport etc and DVI connector that will make "upgrade" possible
Anyone that can find a cheaper one?

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Could there be legal implications by bundling a board with DVI output and a DVI-to-HDMI adapter?

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http://www.fpgaarcade.com/?q=node/10

"~68030/50mHz" I think it should read 50 MHz or it would mean that the device crawls along at 0.05 Hz

amiga with big A because it's a name.

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What's the status of the various ports?

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PFGArcade&06DB ..?

There's always the option to take the specifications and write code for an FPGA development board if you don't have the patience to wait for this board

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When Amiga breaks down you can't order new spare parts. When the FPGA implementation breaks down you can just order another chip from the usual suppliers.

If any cool chips are missing from the FPGA board, one just fire up a PC and code it

Regarding "real" hardware there is one use. To compare the HDL implementation to the real chip behaviour.

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If you got FPGA with memory, video output, keyboard/joystick input and a PC to develop. And enough juice in these things, you can create anything within physical limits.

In essence your limits is FPGA matrix size and your imagination. So is XX possible?, yes provided you spend the hacky-hacky hours on it.

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The reason that x86 ranks and ships low is that the design is power hungry, inefficient and complex. It just sucks.

Funny thought.. one could implement a 80386 "sidecar" in HDL for an FPGA platform

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And the point is?

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The revolutionary was to make the most use of the hardware that was possible which made things possible at a price point that were previously not possible. The "chips" were designed with 74-series chips in the beginning and chipfabs just made it all more cheaper.