FPGA Replay Board

[Greg.0]

What a great news !

Could you make a video of the production run (like Gideon did for his 1541 Ultimate) ?

I'm fascinated by this robots

[mikej]

What a great news !

Could you make a video of the production run (like Gideon did for his 1541 Ultimate) ?

I'm fascinated by this robots

I can ask.
The machine building them is a Siplace S27 chip shooter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDMGaSTbVpY&feature=youtu.be

[wizard66]

What a great news !

Could you make a video of the production run (like Gideon did for his 1541 Ultimate) ?

I'm fascinated by this robots

Yes Mike, what ever happend to the first video of the production is it lost?

[espskog]

How much of the boards are finished on your side. All connectors and stuff, or is everything done at the plant so you get a 100% ready-to-power-up board in return ?

[mikej]

I hand soldered the through hole connectors on the last batch.
All the SMD components are fitted by the assembler.
The problem is (on double sided boards) you need to mask off the bottom before you wave solder it. The components need to be hand fitted anyhow, so for the number I have on this board it's nearly as fast to do the whole thing by hand.
I don't fancy doing 500 though, the Chinese can solder them...

/Mike

[_ThEcRoW]

On the x68000 thing, some time ago i stumbled across a japanese page where it had text regarding fpga. It was a page about the x68000, but as i don't know read japanese i'm not sure if it's for a fpga core or an expansion thing. In that page there was talking about a 030 expansion and 060 boards.
Maybe someone who can read japanese can translate it.
When i found the link will post here for all to see.

P.D: Here is the link: http://xps.jp/060turboX/060turboX.html
The main page showing photos of a lattice based fpga i think: http://xps.jp/

[freqmax]

Thecrow, Interesting!

@MikeJ, How many boards are taken out those 50 ?

[Ezrec]

On the x68000 thing, some time ago i stumbled across a japanese page where it had text regarding fpga. It was a page about the x68000, but as i don't know read japanese i'm not sure if it's for a fpga core or an expansion thing. In that page there was talking about a 030 expansion and 060 boards.
Maybe someone who can read japanese can translate it.
When i found the link will post here for all to see.

Unfortunately, the project was cancelled in 2007 due to the high cost and low availability of MC68060 processors: (courtesy of Google Translate)

　Last year (December 2006) up to the time of the technical problems so far has been a challenge (PCB design =), but I was almost clear, concrete implementation (prototype-PCB) preparations PGA socket is the stage to perform (= MPU socket) or it is difficult to arrange, but now I get a very high bid MC68060RC50. At a price you can distribute to everyone as it is so because the price goes away, I somehow can not be resolved, I tried my hand was useless foam. Quantity ordered by a weak capital and we are still absolutely free to do so is to cut it.

　MC68060 to drive, the passion and feelings in common with like-minded myself and everyone is there, the cost is infinite as a practical matter "it is impossible" is. In the heartbreak is only to seek a new way to solve it is there.

[espskog]

Thecrow, Interesting!

@MikeJ, How many boards are taken out those 50 ?

+1.
I am also interested in hearing this, as I know of people who wants to buy if there are boards available of the current batch.

Espen

[Everblue]

Hi there - sorry to jump in like this but I've been interested in this FPGA board - and the thread is a bit too technical for me to follow. Anyway I was wondering...

1. When we can buy one (a ready to gone one, that is - no soldering involved!)

2. What will the price be (last I read somewhere was "much less than 200 euro").

3. What CPU speed and RAM will it have.

4. Will I be able to hook it up to a TV via HDMI, with audio coming out of the TV speakers.

Cheers

[whiteb]

Unfortunately, the project was cancelled in 2007 due to the high cost and low availability of MC68060 processors: (courtesy of Google Translate)

So how is that going to affect the 060 add on for the FPGA ?

Will people who are planning to get one (Like myself), have to play the sensitive game of trying to get the chip off of the Cyberstorm without cracking the socket ?

[mikej]

1. When we can buy one (a ready to gone one, that is - no soldering involved!)

2. What will the price be (last I read somewhere was "much less than 200 euro").

3. What CPU speed and RAM will it have.

4. Will I be able to hook it up to a TV via HDMI, with audio coming out of the TV speakers.

1 - Pre-orders being taken this week possibly, delivery in 2-3 weeks. I'll update as soon as things are firm.
2 - 200Euro+VAT for this batch - subject to confirmation due to assembly cost.
3 - 64MByte RAM, CPU speed is being optimized at the moment. 30MHz, maybe much more.
4 - Yes, with a DVI to HDMI cable. For the audio you will need to run a separate cable from the 3.5mm jack to the RCA inputs on the TV.
Cheers,
Mike

[mikej]

So how is that going to affect the 060 add on for the FPGA ?

Not at all. 68060 chips are still easy to get hold of.
/Mike

[Everblue]

Thanks for the reply mikej - one more thing, what form factor is the motherboard? (if it has a standard form factor )

[mikej]

Thanks for the reply mikej - one more thing, what form factor is the motherboard? (if it has a standard form factor )

170mm x 80mm.
It's half ITX size, so it will fit in any ITX/ATX case and two holes that can line up do. All the connectors (apart from debug rs-232) are in the standard ATX IO window.
/Mike

[Everblue]

That's great. I'd really love to get one now but I am a bit short of cash (aren't we all). Guess will wait for the next run