Minimig PCB run - interest thread

[TheMagicM]

aah ok.. I prefer a fully assembled board (I'd rather not solder myself).  I'll wait for 1.1 if its fully assembled.

[Plaz]

Hattig wrote:
£25 = $50 given recent exchange rates.

I'll be waiting for the V1.1 board myself, but I hope the V1.0 buyers get a lot of fun out of it.

Typically I use www.oanda.com to check exchange rates. Nice site. And of course I made a mistake and did a Euro<>Dollar conversion instead of Pound<>Dollar. Duh.

I plan to have much fun, oh and I hope it works too when I get done.  :lol:

Plaz

[Plaz]

TheMagicM wrote:
when you say we need to supply the components, what components would that be?

FPGA, resistors, caps, IO connectors.... any thing that is not a trace or circuit board :-P

Do we have a parts list yet or do we need to generate one from the scematics? www.digikey.com has one of the best sites/search engines for this type project and the prices aren't bad either. Works well for North America. Not sure if that's the case for Europe, Oz and other places.

Plaz

[whiteb]

So whats the best PCB software to do the 1.0 patch with, I don't want to wait another year for the patch to be updated in the Gerber files.

What software did Dennis use to create the board with ?

Anyone in Australia know of a place to get boards done ?

[tonyyeb]

Count me in for a v1.1 fully assembled. If you need any cash up front then let me know.

[alexh]

I dont know about you lot, but I am going to phone up sales of Motorola, Xilinx, Microchip etc. and try and blag some free samples.

[tonyyeb]

Any idea when we can expect delivery on the assembled units? I know Dennis is making changes to the PCB but possibly before christmas, after christmas? And any further update on the cost of an assembled unit?

Cheers

[denli]

TheMagicM wrote:
when you say we need to supply the components, what components would that be?

Regarding needed parts, have a look at

http://home.hetnet.nl/~weeren001/minimig.html
and
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_Project

[Fixer]

tonyyeb wrote:
Any idea when we can expect delivery on the assembled units? I know Dennis is making changes to the PCB but possibly before christmas, after christmas? And any further update on the cost of an assembled unit?

It looks like v1.1 is on hold for now until Dennis has done the updates. It could be soon but if not we can only assume he's busy.

The original poster is doing a run of v1.0 PCBs though.

[tonyyeb]

Fixer wrote:

It looks like v1.1 is on hold for now until Dennis has done the updates. It could be soon but if not we can only assume he's busy.

The original poster is doing a run of v1.0 PCBs though.

Yeah but i want a complete one and preferably a 1.1 - dunno why - just newer seems better! lol

[amigadave]

tonyyeb wrote:

Fixer wrote:

It looks like v1.1 is on hold for now until Dennis has done the updates. It could be soon but if not we can only assume he's busy.

The original poster is doing a run of v1.0 PCBs though.

Yeah but i want a complete one and preferably a 1.1 - dunno why - just newer seems better! lol

Not always!  But I want both anyway.  The original v1.0 is a work of original Amiga art and genius.  The v1.1 boards will hopefully be even better, but I really like Dennis' PCB layout.  It is so clean and compact.

It is really amazing to me that Dennis has accomplished, single handed, what no other company has taken the time, effort and initiative to complete!  I know it was not easy for him to finish, but looking backward at what he has done it makes me wonder why no one had done it sooner.

My hat is off to Dennis.  He will be remembered (at least by me) as the first to complete such a project and crack the code of the Amiga's custom chips.  A remarkable feat that we all should be thankful for.  Dennis you are a part of Amiga history now and forever, enjoy your 15 minutes of fame.   :-D

[TheMagicM]

I would buy a v1.0 but like I said, I dont want to do any soldering.

[Xenepp]

Another update on these.

Dennis emailed me today and yes, he's been busy but we should see V1.1 next week so if that's the case, I may as well just start taking pre-orders for that instead of V1.0 as I can't place the order until next week anyway.

If you are seriously wanting a Minimig PM me and I'll add you to the list of pre-orders. Don't worry too much if you don't get a look in this time as I'm sure I'll do another run at some point.

As I said before there are two flavors of order, bare PCB or pre-assembled, but the pre-assembled boards are going to be limited to 5 per run. There is no limit to bare PCBs obviously.

Once I get the new files from Dennis I'll give you guys a week to get your orders in then it's off to China!

It's getting close guys!

 -Joel

[Xenepp]

As it goes, this thread's gotten pretty long, should I start a new thread for pre-orders so no-one misses out?

Admin?

 -Joel

[tonyyeb]

PM sent

[skurk]

Xenepp wrote:
As it goes, this thread's gotten pretty long, should I start a new thread for pre-orders so no-one misses out?

Start a new thread, take PM's, leave your email or home phone number - I don't care as long as I'm on that list

I'm still in for two pre-assembled boards.  I have a few friends who are interested too, so it might even be five.  I'll let you know the final number once we figure out how to pre-order properly.