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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #779 from previous page: November 16, 2010, 10:24:13 PM »
Looking good so far. Board is powered up, all supplies working well.
FPGA configured over JTAG and running so clocks are working.
Next step is to configure the ARM but I need to find my micro-usb cable for that first...
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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #780 on: November 16, 2010, 10:34:51 PM »
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I've posted a few more pictures now the boards are fully assembled.
MikeJ

Any case suggestions w/pictures?  And can you place something else in the picture to demonstrate the actual size again, once you have it in a case?

Great looking board Mike!  Looks like you might be ready to take orders before Christmas of this year and deliver not long after the first of the year (if all continues to go well).

Now all I need to figure out is which computer am I going to get rid of so I can justify replacing it with one of these.

Forgive me if these questions have already been asked and answered before, but ......

1. what is the power usage of the FPGAArcade?  Looking at the pics of the board, it appears to need a 15volt input, how many amperes, less than 1.0, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 amperes?

2.  Will you offer the board in kit form where everything is mounted except for the through-hole parts, so the buyer can finish putting it together and save a few dollars in the process?

3.  Have you determined what the price is going to be, or prices if you are offering it in more than one stage of completion?

4.  Have you contacted Colanto and asked them about a discounted bundle price for AmigaForever + FPGAArcade, so you could legally sell the FPGAArcade in a completed and loaded state, including the Amiga ROMs, for consumer type people that just want to buy a completed product and turn it on, instead of sourcing the ROMs themselves and setting up the SD card with ROMs and other copyrighted files?

Very cool project!  Good luck with what ever type of marketing you choose to do with it as a finished product and/or a kit project.
« Last Edit: November 16, 2010, 10:37:07 PM by amigadave »
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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #781 on: November 16, 2010, 10:40:14 PM »
PS/2 connectors... awww crap... I think I threw away all my old PS/2 keyboards and mice... I thought USB would see me through :( at least there is a DVI connector (I only have DVI monitors here now...)

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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #782 on: November 17, 2010, 02:11:08 AM »
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PS/2 connectors... awww crap... I think I threw away all my old PS/2 keyboards and mice... I thought USB would see me through :( at least there is a DVI connector (I only have DVI monitors here now...)


I notice most of the Amiga stuff uses PS/2 instead of USB, is PS/2 just a standard serial port where USB is a complex serial port?
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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #783 on: November 17, 2010, 04:43:54 AM »
Pretty much.

I know I would like to see a project come around that was a USB GamePad/Mouse/Keyboard to PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse and 9 pin joystick adapter.  Even better would be to have headers that would take different adapters to output to different systems.

Something like what the X-Arcade does, but instead of having the interface permenently built into the controller, have it as an adapter so that we could use any controller, as well as mice and keyboards.
 

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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #784 on: November 17, 2010, 05:01:07 AM »
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PS/2 connectors... awww crap... I think I threw away all my old PS/2 keyboards and mice... I thought USB would see me through :( at least there is a DVI connector (I only have DVI monitors here now...)


Dont forget these are prototypes. Also, look to the left of the sd card slot on the unpopulated board on the big picture. Right beside the pins for the jtag connector is a set of pins marked "usb". :D
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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #785 on: November 17, 2010, 05:20:45 AM »
usb to ps/2 converters can be found for almost nothing everywhere ...
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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #786 on: November 17, 2010, 05:31:15 AM »
Are you talking about the passive converters that only work with mice and keyboards that switch into PS/2 mode?
 

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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #787 on: November 17, 2010, 09:26:23 AM »
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No blocked at work (can't view anything 'game' related or any hard-core porn sites).

So, soft-core porn is OK?
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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #788 on: November 17, 2010, 09:37:58 AM »
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So, soft-core porn is OK?


In that case FPGA Arcade ought to be ok - all those hot pics of bare naked PCB's
 

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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #789 on: November 17, 2010, 12:32:36 PM »
It might be a good idea to clearify what memory modules that are suitable for the board. And maybe the softcore needs to take into account different sizes and data widths in memory modules.
 

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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #790 on: November 17, 2010, 09:16:36 PM »
"It might be a good idea to clearify what memory modules that are suitable for the board."

Doesn't need any, it has onboard 32MByte of RAM.

"what is the power usage of the FPGAArcade?"
5V input, depends on FPGA usage but 1A is more than enough. The polyfuse is 2A to allow power for the expansion boards.

"Will you offer the board in kit form where everything is mounted except for the through-hole parts"
no, fully assembled only. Option for no coded/SVHS to save cost.

"3. Have you determined what the price is going to be, or prices if you are offering it in more than one stage of completion?"
look a few pages back for pricing info.

"4. Have you contacted Colanto and asked them about a discounted bundle price for AmigaForever + FPGAArcade"
No, but it is on my list once the board is up and running :)
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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #791 on: November 17, 2010, 09:30:52 PM »
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"It might be a good idea to clearify what memory modules that are suitable for the board."

Doesn't need any, it has onboard 32MByte of RAM.



Only 32? :-(
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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #792 on: November 17, 2010, 09:50:32 PM »
A truly superb project, I had to part with my Amiga collection a while back and have been toying with getting a Minimig, but after seeing this project Im going to hold off a little to see how things progress, or may even just buy both..... more grovelling to the wife....
Great to hear that there will be no additional soldering required as no doubt myself and a few others havent got the confidence to use a soldering iron on intricate circuitry.
Eagerly awaiting the production versions becoming available... well done!!
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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #793 on: November 17, 2010, 09:55:56 PM »
"Only 32? :-( "
Sorry, it's 64MByte. The schematic is correct, my memory isn't :)
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Re: MiniMig with AGA
« Reply #794 on: November 17, 2010, 11:05:00 PM »
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So, soft-core porn is OK?


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