Yah glad that worked! One of the issues with Rex is 5V compatibility. That's why the design has to use old parts..no room for level shifters.
So yes, old flash and old cpld. However both are commonly on ebay. ..steve On Friday, January 20, 2017, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > "I already happen to have an 8-bank PG Designs board." > ... which I believe it was Steve Adolph who who supplied the missing software to get that actually working, so, thanks yet again Steve! > > -- > bkw > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I didn't order quad boards because I already happen to have an 8-bank PG Designs board. (Well, 7 bank plus the original 1, total 8. The PGDesigns one doesn't conflict with or displace the internal ram.) I'll probably still do a set of quads anyway sometime. >> >> But I ordered a set of Rex boards and all the parts to populate them, but still waiting for the stuff to arrive. >> My digikey parts came in just yesterday, which is all components except the flash. The pcbs have shipped so I migh even get them today. That just leaves the flash ram. Had to order that from another site. That should show up any day now too. >> >> There are experiences already: >> The flash ram is apparently already obsolete and hard to source. >> Maybe there are other equivalents that could be swapped in, and I just don't know them. The data sheets for a part like that are a little complicated to be sure about figuring out a substitution. I didn't even try. >> Digikey didn't have it, but I got some from Verical. >> >> Had to guess at some values. >> What voltage for the caps? I chose 16v. >> What power rating for the resistors? I chose 1/4w. >> I guess no one can help the ram going obsolete. That will just always happen rapidly forever I guess. >> -- >> bkw >> >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> From Bitchin100: >>> >>> QUAD circuit board is now available on OSHPARK. You can build your own! >>> Let's get any and all build information and experiences people have captured here... parts lists, tips etc. Can't find it; could you paste a link, please? >>> >>> And while I'm at it, is the 8K board shared anywhere? >>> >>> TIA, >>> >>> m >> > >
