Hi Ed, no problem, feel free to use the files as you will, they belong to the S100 community now. The gerber files are in a subfolder but check them over yourself in the KiCad gerber viewer.
best regards David Fry On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 8:53:50 PM UTC+1, Edward Snider wrote: > Thanks David, I'm going to have a few of these PCBs made. I had the same > problem with the MiniPro and Lattice GALs. > > Anybody enjoying using these GALs for logic might want to look at CPLDs. > I've been using Xilinx CPLDs in some projects and > they are fantastic for getting a lot of logic on one chip. Using a > schematic for your top-level design in the ISE suite makes things very easy, > and a simple programming header on the PCB makes circuit > corrections/enhancements doable with minimal board changes (if any). > Bit of a learning curve at first, but they're great. > > Thanks again for uploading the GAL programmer files to the Wiki! :) > > - Ed > > > On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 1:10:27 PM UTC-5, David Fry wrote: >> >> To all, >> >> I have now uploaded the construction/testing notes and KiCad project >> files for the ELM Simple GAL programmer to the N8VEM wiki >> >> it can be found at >> http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder¶m=ELM%20Simple%20GAL%20Programmer >> >> Regards >> >> David Fry >> >> On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 2:08:58 PM UTC+1, David Fry wrote: >> >>> One PCB left folks !!!! >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> David Fry >>> >>> On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 6:16:32 PM UTC+1, David Fry wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> Whilst recently building up my S100 XVGA board I stumbled upon a >>>> problem with programming the Lattice GAL22V10's, my Chinese MiniPro >>>> programmer claims to be able to program them but alas it failed to burn >>>> any >>>> of the GAL22V10B's I had. Interestingly it would program GAL22V10's >>>> (without the A,B,C or D suffix) but this left me with a problem as I have >>>> about 20 x GAL22V10B's and only 2 x GAL22V10's, internet research seems to >>>> suggest that the programming requirements may vary between different GAL >>>> suffixes and even different manufacturers of the same part. >>>> >>>> In the end I tracked down and old internet webpage for a simple Lattice >>>> GAL programmer that programs various Lattice GALs via a PC parallel port. >>>> The software is very basic being MSDOS command line stuff but it works for >>>> me and gets the job done. So far I have erased and programmed Lattice >>>> GAL22V10B's and Lattice GAL16V8D's I cannot vouch for any other GAL >>>> models or GAL manufacturers. >>>> >>>> More details can be found on the following link. >>>> >>>> http://elm-chan.org/works/pgal/report_e.html >>>> >>>> As a one off I have had a short PCB run done of 10 boards (they >>>> actually supplied 12) but unfortunately the PCB house made a small but >>>> correctable error in the fabrication of the board (see image GALprogPCB >>>> Error.jpg), I have received a full credit for the boards and so I got them >>>> for free. >>>> >>>> I would like to offer these PCB's for FREE to anyone out there *who >>>> does not have the facility to program GALS*, with the restriction of >>>> one board per person and you pay the P+P (shipping) cost which will be UK >>>> £3.75p to USA/Canada (1st class airmail) or UK £3.50p to Europe (1st class >>>> airmail). >>>> >>>> If anyone is interested submit your name to this post and payment can >>>> be sorted once the names are in. >>>> >>>> >>>> I'm happy to upload the KiCad files if someone can tell me which folder >>>> to put them in. >>>> >>>> regards >>>> >>>> David Fry >>>> >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
