FPGA Replay Board

[Lurch]

So is it possible to buy this board? Almost thinking about buying a minimig as the price seems reasonable, but if I can get my hands on a replay it might be a better option :-)

[TheGoose]

Yeah, would this be available before X-mas time? Hope I'm still on "the list" Mike. Gonna be great 68K Amiga solution.

[freqmax]

He proberbly awaits a production time slot from the assembler while doing other things @ work

[VuData]

Apologies for taking the thread in another direction but how feasible would it be to build a daughter board with Catweasel type functionality (and maybe a C64 disk port and for the hell of it, a c2n port)? Before anybody suggests 'why dont you do it' I cant even spell FPGA without giving it a huge amount of thought.

[billt]

Apologies for taking the thread in another direction but how feasible would it be to build a daughter board with Catweasel type functionality (and maybe a C64 disk port and for the hell of it, a c2n port)? Before anybody suggests 'why dont you do it' I cant even spell FPGA without giving it a huge amount of thought.

Learn it. :p

Presumably it's doable, but how it would be done is in question until we learn more about the expension port and if it's passed through the 68060 board from Yaqube or not.

Are there enough pins on this expansion port to do floppy port directly in the motherboard FPGA? Dunno. If not, then need an addon board with another FPGA or CPLD or or Xcore or something to bridge between the expansion port and whatever you imagine connecting to it, floppy or c2n (whatever that is) in your case.

[freqmax]

Are there enough pins on this expansion port to do floppy port directly in the motherboard FPGA? Dunno. If not, then need an addon board with another FPGA or CPLD or or Xcore or something to bridge between the expansion port and whatever you imagine connecting to it, floppy or c2n (whatever that is) in your case.

The FPGA Arcade (and proberbly Minimig too) have generic I/O pads which can be used directly with a using a few voltage level converters. And the usual power supply.

[billt]

The FPGA Arcade (and proberbly Minimig too) have generic I/O pads which can be used directly with a using a few voltage level converters. And the usual power supply.

Yes, but how many?

And do they pass through the 68060 board for others to use as well or do they not?

[freqmax]

Read the schematics and check out the pictures.

[billt]

Read the schematics and check out the pictures.

OK, I didn't realize they were avaiable. best I've seen is a still kindof vague description here
http://www.fpgaarcade.com/dev/drupal/?q=node/5

[mikej]

The /dev/drupal is a development site, please use the main page for now.
The schematics are a few posts down.

Im having some trouble getting commitment from my assembler. I'm talking to another guy, but what will probably happen is I'll take the parts back to China on Tuesday next week and drop them off with the company which is doing the volume production.
This will actually speed up the volume deployment, but is more risky as I wanted to test the boards before paying for the set up and production stencils (which is kinda expensive).

Either way, I will have boards available by the end of the month.

The 68060 board is still being defined, although the prototype is running well.
It is unlikely to have pass-through connectors for SI reasons, but there are other IO pins on the main board which can be used. I will add a breakout connector for any spare pins.
/MikeJ

[digiflip]

cool news mikej, so do you think we will have some fpga boards before xmas or not sure yet?

[mikej]

we will have some boards 1st week October.

[amigadave]

we will have some boards 1st week October.

Great news Mike!

[TheGoose]

I love this project because you get:

1. real information
2. developer feedback from consumer input
3. they use Drupal
4. updates on production, with realistic timelines
5. less hype more real...
6. Did I mention it's real?

:hammer:

Are you gonna hook up UberCart and sell & ship through that ?

[freqmax]

I'll take the parts back to China on Tuesday next week and drop them off with the company which is doing the volume production.
This will actually speed up the volume deployment, but is more risky as I wanted to test the boards before paying for the set up and production stencils (which is kinda expensive).

That bad with assemblers nearby?

Otherwise try at least to get one express mailed back for verification. And send som test-jig so the manufacturer can verify.Though anything "Chinese" should be heavily quality controlled

I just hope you don't end up with a few hundred circuit boards that can't even be repaired.

The 68060 board is still being defined, although the prototype is running well. It is unlikely to have pass-through connectors for SI reasons

Use some daisy chained method instead?

6. Did I mention it's real?

It's real? I thought we all lived in the McEwen matrix..

[mikej]

"That bad with assemblers nearby?

Otherwise try at least to get one express mailed back for verification. And send som test-jig so the manufacturer can verify.Though anything "Chinese" should be heavily quality controlled "

They will build the boards while I'm out there, and I will bring them back with me.
I can repair most build errors with the rework equipment I have here, but the assembly is normally pretty reliable.
Best,
/MikeJ