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Offline mikej

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2234 from previous page: January 26, 2013, 11:34:56 PM »
I really hope so...
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2235 on: January 27, 2013, 12:53:40 AM »
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I really hope so...


Dancing banana time!!!  :)
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2236 on: January 27, 2013, 12:56:51 AM »
When can the average person, such as myself :) , get their hands on the board?
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2237 on: January 27, 2013, 11:01:52 AM »
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Dancing banana time!!!  :)


Sounds Good to me ;-)
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2238 on: January 27, 2013, 04:05:26 PM »
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When can the average person, such as myself :) , get their hands on the board?


A couple of weeks/months/year?
It's a spare time project. But it is however evolving :)
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2239 on: January 27, 2013, 04:07:23 PM »
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If I have asked this already then nvm, but:
Has the board been designed for easy and frequent FPGA updates? I'd rather not be a disc-jockey (card-jockey?) if I ever try developing something. Thx.


I think you just need to update the files on the SD-card and of you go at next boot :)
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2240 on: January 27, 2013, 04:14:19 PM »
In a word yes.
I need to sync up with Jakub exactly how we merge our code together.

Lots of boards are arriving shortly - they are being assembled now but the big China holiday is close which could mean a delay to end Feb.

I have new bootloader for the ARM SW which lets you re-flash over USB - holding the menu button when powering on puts it in this mode.

For the cores they are just files on the SD card. For development I use a download cable connected to the JTAG header. The ARM will re-init the board and file system if the chip is reprogrammed, so I can build and test very rapidly now without taking the SD card out.

Most of the IO is new and generic, including the full colour OSD, audio/video interfaces and PS2 (which is now controlled by a tiny soft micro-controller).

I am also modifying the menu system so firmware options are loaded from an ini file - this is necessary for multi-platform support (and the Atari ST is next)....

Finally I have a USB adapter which is soldered on in place of the PS2 connector. This has a VNC2 chip and adds one internal and one external USB port. Hubs, mouse and keyboard are currently supported. This is working on the dev board and the real PCB should be here tomorrow.

/MikeJ
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2241 on: January 27, 2013, 06:37:13 PM »
Hi Mike ;)

I hope receiving the new firmware sooner for making some new videos of it and making them available on my webserver and dropbox ;)

Thanks to you and Jakub for all your hard work !
Great to see Boing4000 will be able to test and program for your firmware ;)
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2242 on: January 28, 2013, 02:54:17 PM »
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The ARM will re-init the board and file system if the chip is reprogrammed, so I can build and test very rapidly now without taking the SD card out.


Does this mean that if you saved anything on a virtual .ADF floppy on the flashcard those contents will be lost at re-init?
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2243 on: January 28, 2013, 05:35:23 PM »
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Finally I have a USB adapter which is soldered on in place of the PS2 connector. This has a VNC2 chip and adds one internal and one external USB port. Hubs, mouse and keyboard are currently supported. This is working on the dev board and the real PCB should be here tomorrow.


Is it possible for my beta board to get the hardware updates aswell ?

//Espen
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2244 on: January 28, 2013, 06:36:11 PM »
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Does this mean that if you saved anything on a virtual .ADF floppy on the flashcard those contents will be lost at re-init?


No, nothing lost!
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2245 on: January 28, 2013, 06:37:22 PM »
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Is it possible for my beta board to get the hardware updates aswell ?

//Espen


Yes - but removing the PS2 connector is a bit tough. If you have a good soldering iron you can try cutting the connector off then pulling each pin out in turn.
Or, you can return the board to me for this update.
/MikeJ
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2246 on: January 28, 2013, 07:43:54 PM »
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Yes - but removing the PS2 connector is a bit tough. If you have a good soldering iron you can try cutting the connector off then pulling each pin out in turn.
Or, you can return the board to me for this update.
/MikeJ


I might take you up on that later in the year when I go on one of my month-long business trips.
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2247 on: January 29, 2013, 02:03:32 AM »
Has there been any damage or failures when connecting or disconnecting devices when the FPGA Arcade is powered?
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2248 on: January 29, 2013, 03:23:07 PM »
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Yes - but removing the PS2 connector is a bit tough. If you have a good soldering iron you can try cutting the connector off then pulling each pin out in turn.
Or, you can return the board to me for this update.
/MikeJ


Or use solder tin sucker for removing the solder :-)
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #2249 on: January 29, 2013, 05:07:43 PM »
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Has there been any damage or failures when connecting or disconnecting devices when the FPGA Arcade is powered?


No, the PS2 ports have a resistor between the FPGA and the connector which limits the current. This is a necessary to get 5V toll (sort of), but has the side affect of protecting the FPGA a bit. There are protection diodes on the video interfaces as well.
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