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Re: exxos blog - random goings on

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 12:37
by exxos
My TOS206 boards come :) I guess I forgot to order a stencil :roll: Oh well, I'm going to build it anyway :twisted:

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Now to check for those nasty shorts... (ran out of nasty trousers last week)

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Re: exxos blog - random goings on

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 13:38
by PhilC
C- Must try harder. They say the old jokes are the best, in this case they are wrong :lol:

Boards look good though. Be out of date by the time I get one again? :P

Re: exxos blog - random goings on

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 13:59
by exxos
PhilC wrote: 11 Feb 2020 13:38 C- Must try harder. They say the old jokes are the best, in this case they are wrong :lol:
Don't think I ever got a C, so thats pretty good for me 8-)
PhilC wrote: 11 Feb 2020 13:38 Boards look good though. Be out of date by the time I get one again? :P
Yeah probably :)

My test machine isn't booting currently :( I now understand why I stopped using the DIP 68K's... I seem to spend most of the day trying to get the Thing into the socket :roll:

Re: exxos blog - random goings on

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 14:19
by PhilC
I usually give up and put some female headers onto the chip and leave them on

Re: exxos blog - random goings on

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 14:31
by exxos
ah well arse biscuits!

It won't compile because of pin 38 :roll:

When I did the lib I read it as "I/O Enable 1" When its actually "I/Output Enable 1" meaning I used it as a output pin, when its input only... feking datasheets :roll: :headbang: :headbang:

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Re: exxos blog - random goings on

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 15:30
by exxos
So some track cuts and bodging... and now booting TOS206 :)

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Re: exxos blog - random goings on

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 15:40
by rubber_jonnie
Looks awesome!!

:bravo:

Re: exxos blog - random goings on

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 16:38
by PhilC
Looks good to me, does the other bit work too?

Re: exxos blog - random goings on

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 16:52
by exxos
PhilC wrote: 11 Feb 2020 16:38 Looks good to me, does the other bit work too?
You mean the booster ? Its being very fickle, been trying to work out why... it worked fine on the DEV-board :(

Re: exxos blog - random goings on

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 16:54
by PhilC
Sods law, no differences between the dev board and that board