FPGA Replay Board

[gaula92]

Yes, I'd like to get the board, too, and I don't know where/who to ask
Will ir be mass-procuded soon or should I place an order to be sure?

[digiflip]

YOU have to email mikej to get on list not sure whos on list i think the next batch is between 40 and 50 not sure exact figure.

[espskog]

Can we see some pictures of your Replay in the new case?

Sure. Let me snap some pics of it when I get back to work on monday.

Espen

[amigadave]

I'm just got back home.
I have the new boards and almost all the components to get them built
/MikeJ

That is good news!  Is this the second batch of boards that have the fix for the spacing of the audio connectors?  How many boards are in this second batch, another 50, or was it 100?  I hope I am on the list to get one of them?

I hope your efforts to turn this into a commercial product are going well and you will soon have the opportunity to sell thousands of them, but finding retailers that will commit to purchasing large numbers of them is probably a hard thing to do for any small startup company.  Plus the cost of packaging, marketing and peripherals, like the case, PSU, etc. all add up and may make the product too expensive for large retail distribution.

Still, I wish you luck MikeJ and I still think that the Replay board is a large step beyond the original MiniMig, so you might find that someone like ACube or AmigaKit is interested in selling them.

Edit:  What is the amount of time it takes to complete the production of this second batch of boards?  Is it a certain number per day, or does the production facility assembly all 50 or 100 boards in a few hours, since they are mechanically assembled, not hand assembled?

[Methanoid]

YOU have to email mikej to get on list not sure whos on list i think the next batch is between 40 and 50 not sure exact figure.

I recall that mikej asked us NOT to email him and said he had a list. However, despite saying I wanted a board many months ago I've yet to see any list or know if I am on the list. So I emailed and asked (and got no response to that question).

Easiest would be a published waiting list somewhere IMHO

[hai_ok]

Oops.  I have e-mailed him.  Didn't mean to if it was the wrong thing to do.  Put me on the list somewhere, if you could please, MikeJ.  This project looks amazing!

[mikej]

It's ok to email, I try to respond to everybody!
There is 50 in this batch. The FPGAs will not be delivered until mid June, so if all goes well I can get the boards built first week in July. It normally just takes a day or two to build.
Best,
MikeJ

[oddmvea]

Hi.
I cannot seem to find a price, how much is it ?

[freqmax]

1-2 days to build one board?

Manual or machine assembly?

[digiflip]

@mikej If im on the list for the batch to be completed in July 2011 would i be able to get before for 13th July? since im going on holiday then. If not can I still pay for mine. Then you ship it to me once im back in the uk?

[mikej]

@mikej If im on the list for the batch to be completed in July 2011 would i be able to get before for 13th July? since im going on holiday then. If not can I still pay for mine. Then you ship it to me once im back in the uk?

I won't know until the FPGAs have arrived. All I know is late June at the moment.

"1-2 days to build one board?
Manual or machine assembly? "

1-2 days to build all of them. Machine assembly of course, but some final hand assemble of through hole components is required currently.
/MikeJ

[digiflip]

cool ill email you mikej closer to time.

[gaula92]

@MikeJ: is it OK to email you at the address in the fpgaarcade page? I emailed you there.I'm not in a hurry, I would like to know it that's the right address, that's all-

[joemango]

Hey MikeJ,

Congrats on getting so far with the boards.  I've been following this thread since way back.  I'm probably going to order one, but cash is tight.  I tend to like to go with a 1.2 rev with new tech just so I can get some help using it from the early early adopters.  I do have a question/idea which never got addressed in this thread:

Would it be possible to add another FPGA thru the expansion port?  Does the expansion bus have direct i/o lines to the spartan, or is it like a FSB setup?  (I'm only a little versed in hardware tech talk, enough to get myself in trouble)  I'm thinking you could expand this board without having to do a rev. C no?

Just some thoughts to keep you busy...

Keep up the great work man!  All my friends want a replay when they become widely available, I talk about it so much.

[freqmax]

You can connect another FPGA to the expansion port. The base FPGA is wired directly to the expansion port (no FSB).
(So picasso96 etc.. could be implemented)

Asfaik, lest mikej says something else.

[espskog]

Maybe someone wants to buy my board (in a black mini itx case) -- all working and very cool ...do I hear ...hmm...€300 ? )))))))