Absolutely! I was speaking entirely in the theoretical - I am not equipped to verify any design changes beyond building it an popping it in my 102 and seeing if the magic smoke comes out or not. :)
My only goal right now is to help the community meet the current demand for the current REX unit -- which currently stands at 45 boards according to the poll responses. I personally think this is doable. -Josh On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 2:22 PM, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote: > Regarding changing the design. > > I would not do so unless you plan to verify the design. > > Right now we have a fair amount of history with the current design. There > are >1 hundred rex out there. I have 20 model T I test with and still make > plenty of mistakes. > > Introducing hardware variants sounds like a disaster for support.. who > Would want to have multiple sw streams or worse firmware and or software > streams aligned to different hardware ? > > The cpld must be xcr3064xl vq 44 and can be purchased. I can make some > flash chips available. > > I hope that is good enough! > > Steve > > > On Monday, October 2, 2017, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Regarding flash. >> >> I will return the favor that John H gave me. I Have several hundred rex >> flash chips on hand and will make a quantity available for someone to build >> with. >> >> Contact me directly to discuss.... >> >> Steve >> >> >> On Monday, October 2, 2017, Jerry Stoner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> XCR3064XL-10VQG44I is listed as the replacement for XCR3064XL-10PCG44I. >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> On 2 October 2017 at 12:42, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> What i have done in the past is buy trays of of eBay. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, October 2, 2017, Ken Pettit <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yes, that is an error. I have noticed that before also, but this part >>>>> is in fact EOL. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/customer_notices/xcn07022.pdf >>>>> >>>>> Ken >>>>> >>>>> On 10/2/17 10:04 AM, Josh Malone wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Ken Pettit <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Actually, the CPLD is also obsolete and no longer in production. >>>>>>> There are no current in-production CPLD or FPGA devices that are 5V >>>>>>> tolerant. There is still a market for 5V tolerant CPLDs/FPGAs in the >>>>>>> hobiest community, but not the commercial sector, therefore they are no >>>>>>> longer manufactured. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ken >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> #include <sadtrombones.h> >>>>>> >>>>>> It seems odd, then, that Digikey lists a manf lead time on the >>>>>> XCR3064XL-10VQG44I which is 5v tolerant: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&itemSeq=239918050&uq=636425420847306637 >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ----------------------------- >>> Jerry Stoner >>> [email protected]
