FPGA Replay Board

[bbond007]

Hub

I have this logitech wireless keyboard and mouse that are both paired to the same usb dongle viw windows, but they also work paired when connected to A1200 with a combo of usb->ps2 to Amiga adapters.... hopefully it will work with FPGA Replay as well... that would be one way...

[Kokos]

I've started to ship

This is really good news! Thanks for that info, Mike!

So, I've just started looking around for proper case for the FPGAA. I've found two good looking types:
- http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/customised_minimig_case.htm
- http://www.minimig.net/viewtopic.php?p=3180#p3180

Guys, do you think FPGAA will fit without any problem (I also hope that any FPGAA's slots or sockets won't be covered by the case), or maybe I should wait for some new cases when FPGAA will be released?

Thanks.

[AJCopland]

@Kokos
I think MikeJ has made it to fit a half-mini-itx case

[AJCopland]

@MikeJ,
Congratulations Mike

Well done on getting through all the issues and getting them shipping. I'm looking forward to seeing what people do with them once they're in the wild!

Andy

[psxphill]

@Kokos
I think MikeJ has made it to fit a half-mini-itx case

Like this http://www.envizage.com/products/cscitmtx006b-envizage-mtx-006b-black-mini-itx-case-with-300w-psu.html ?

[Kokos]

@Kokos
I think MikeJ has made it to fit a half-mini-itx case

Thanks, but well.. it's still not so clear to me what specific standard is recommended. Mike tell in his news entry on the website that it 'fits in standard itx/atx case'. I prefer ITX, and I guess the smaller case the better for me - I do not plan to use dautherboard, so I'm wondering if the Nano-ITX format is the best solution for me (or it's rather too small for this board?).

Also it'd be great to buy the case with amiga/fpgaarcade signature, I hope there will be available some, before I buy any other case.

[mfilos]

Awesome news!
The internal USB header is pure awesome for cases like Loriano's X500/Evo or custom mods.
Can't wait for sure!!! Cheers for the teaser pics Mike \o/

[Johan Samuelsson]

How high is it with the daughterboard? Maybe this one would work?
http://viako.trustpass.alibaba.com/product/106207901-101414435/Mini_ITX_Case.html?tracelog=ggsotherproduct1

[mikej]

How high is it with the daughterboard? Maybe this one would work?
http://viako.trustpass.alibaba.com/product/106207901-101414435/Mini_ITX_Case.html?tracelog=ggsotherproduct1

I'm on my way to the music festival so I can't check exactly.
What I remember is the 68060 with heatsink does not exceed the height of the ps2 connectors - and certainly it is all within the atx panel height.

The board is half-size itx (17cm by 8cm), mechanical drawings are on the website, but I'm going to put all the docs in a cleaner fashion on the new website. It fits in any itx/atx case with two screws.

I tried hard to get two USB connectors on the back, but it would not fit on the adapter.
You can cable off the internal header to an external connector, or use a hub. Note, in this batch nearly all the boards are PS/2 - the USB ones are really for Loriano's case. I don't have the modified ATX panel yet.

For testing, the jig connects to all the IO it can. There is a loopback on the rs232 connector so all four wires there are tested. The video outputs are tested with a couple of different ramp outputs and a scope. Same for composite / svhs. Audio is connected to a pair of speakers. For audio, it's a serial bus, so it works completely or not. PS/2 is tested by the on board pico-blaze PS/2 controller and external devices.

I am working on a probe test for volume production, but for a few 1000 devices function test is ok.
/MikeJ

[freqmax]

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

(Murphys law..)

[AmigaClassicRule]

I'm on my way to the music festival so I can't check exactly.
What I remember is the 68060 with heatsink does not exceed the height of the ps2 connectors - and certainly it is all within the atx panel height.

The board is half-size itx (17cm by 8cm), mechanical drawings are on the website, but I'm going to put all the docs in a cleaner fashion on the new website. It fits in any itx/atx case with two screws.

I tried hard to get two USB connectors on the back, but it would not fit on the adapter.
You can cable off the internal header to an external connector, or use a hub. Note, in this batch nearly all the boards are PS/2 - the USB ones are really for Loriano's case. I don't have the modified ATX panel yet.

For testing, the jig connects to all the IO it can. There is a loopback on the rs232 connector so all four wires there are tested. The video outputs are tested with a couple of different ramp outputs and a scope. Same for composite / svhs. Audio is connected to a pair of speakers. For audio, it's a serial bus, so it works completely or not. PS/2 is tested by the on board pico-blaze PS/2 controller and external devices.

I am working on a probe test for volume production, but for a few 1000 devices function test is ok.
/MikeJ

Any idea when FPGA be release in retail stores like AmigaKit and so forth?

[espskog]

Mike: When do you expect to start full production on the daughterboard now that the main boards are shipping ?

[wrath of khan]

shipping already!! dammit im tempted. Had to pull out of getting lorianos case and fpga replay due to money issues.
**** im gonna have to get one of these sooner or later... planning on selling my cdtv anyhow.

[bbond007]

shipping already!! dammit im tempted. Had to pull out of getting lorianos case and fpga replay due to money issues.
**** im gonna have to get one of these sooner or later... planning on selling my cdtv anyhow.

I'm on board. funds ready to go. Waiting for email. My A1200 needs recapped or something and is getting less reliable although it did work perfectly yesterday.

Maybe I finally have something I can use with that atrix dock.

[Duce]

Haha, I thought I was the only one that got suckered into the Atrix and dock package.    Seemed like a hell of a good idea at the time, I guess.

Looking forward to getting my email, Mike.  Will be nice to run my BBS on the FPGA Arcade with the daughterboard.  I'm probably one of the few people that plays zero games on the Amiga so really looking forward to seeing how well this works as a 24/7 BBS machine.

[freqmax]

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)