FPGA Replay Board

[mikej]

Well, it's not so simple for me. I can't imagine fancy itx case without backpanel, not everyone likes huge hole on the back.. I'd say I need it, but the price for the backpanel is still ridiculously high in my opinion. Of course I appreciate others opinions and I respect them. I also respect Fahrenheit right to make a business and Mike effort to get it all right.. However I still see this as a problem, maybe not for you, but for me then.. :-(

Kokos, I am happy to send you the engineering drawings of the back panel if you wish to get your own fabricated.
Best,
MikeJ

[psxphill]

Kokos, I am happy to send you the engineering drawings of the back panel if you wish to get your own fabricated.
Best,
MikeJ

Are you going to do a backplate that works with the usb option ? I guess if you don't have the svhs/composite option the holes will still be there, but the hole for the ps2 connectors isn't going to be the right shape for usb.
 
Also what about the daughter board connectors? I would prefer not to have to buy another back plate when that comes out....

[bbond007]

How is a back panel 20 euros.. I can 3d print one for $5 a piece in ABS plastic.

I'm just going to cut my own out of an asbestos sheet and paint it with lead based paint.

[freqmax]

I'm just going to cut my own out of an asbestos sheet and paint it with lead based paint.

Does it come with free 200 000 EUR free medical gift voucher?

[JimS]

Getting the ATX panels was a real nightmare.
If you want 100K, no problem, they are sub 1USD.
The tooling cost is huge to cut out the holes.
Eventually I found a supplier in Taiwan who would laser cut them from blanks.
/MikeJ

Back when I was working my way through school, I did a summer at a sheet metal fabber, They had a rotary turret press that would be handy for this kind of thing. You'd mount a selection of stock punches - say a rectangular hole for a USB jack - in the press. Then you'd make a template with a small round hole in the center of each punch. Each type of punch would be connected with a colored marker. The template screwed down to the work table on the press. The working stock would be held by air clamps by a thing like a gaming joystick on X-Y rails. Follow the colored lines on the template and punch all the holes of one type, click the shifter and go to the next punch... Easier to do than to describe. ;-)

[JimS]

I'm just going to cut my own out of an asbestos sheet and paint it with lead based paint.

Make it out of brass instead... then you get extra bonus points for being steampunk. ;-)

[whiteb]

Hi all

In the board page, you'll be able to see a little video showing it in action (with the old firmware for the moment).
When we receive the new firmware, we'll post a new video

Link is on the board page, but no video on the link.

[Kokos]

Kokos, I am happy to send you the engineering drawings of the back panel if you wish to get your own fabricated.
Best,
MikeJ

Hi Mike,

That'd be great to have those backpanel drawings published. I'm interested in composite+usb variant, however someone can be interested in other.

Thank you Mike.

Kind regards,
Kokos

[Haranguer]

Guys, stay on topic please.  This is the FPGA Replay Board thread, not the XMOS thread ...

[eliyahu]

@thread

we've had a request to split the XMOS-related discussion into a new thread. anyone second the motion?

-- eliyahu

[ferrellsl]

Yes, I second it!

[eliyahu]

Yes, I second it!

seconded and carried. please continue the XMOS-related discussion in this new thread. thank you.

-- eliyahu

[ElPolloDiabl]

Can the FPGA replay fit in a 5 1/4 inch drive bay?

[mfilos]

Can the FPGA replay fit in a 5 1/4 inch drive bay?

I can't see a reason why not (put in length though and not the fascia). You'd have to make some custom extension cables in order to drive them on the back but not something a modder can't do

[kamelito]

The replay board is emulating an Amiga, but what about others cores if any? How one can play the games on the FPGA Arcade site? It seems that the card is shipping but I can't find any doc about how to use it.  Any help? Thanks Kamelito

[Blinx123]

Still haven't received a reply.

Damn it Mike! It's time you hire a secretary