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Re: TF536 Rev 2 Design Complete (all gone)
Posted: 21 Apr 2020 12:12
by PaulJ_2.0
Woohoo mine arrived today, it seems the delay was due to it being sent to number 11 instead of number 111 :lol:
Looks really nicely done on the underside, for sure that is the way forward. The time saving alone is worth the cost of the card.
I'm a bit busy with other stuff today, but should be able to make a start on it tomorrow, so fingers crossed I will be pimping my SMD 500+ with this beauty.
Re: TF536 Rev 2 Design Complete (all gone)
Posted: 22 Apr 2020 17:29
by PaulJ_2.0
I'm such a knobbler!
I had everything ready, started to build it and it wow nice, it almost falls together! Having the underside prebuilt is a great time saver.
Anyhow, I get to the very last component, the oscillator and realise its supposed to be 100mhz. Doh, I only have 50 :(
RS should be delivering one tomorrow...
Great work on this though Stephen, it really is a nice looking and well designed board.
Re: TF536 Rev 2 Design Complete (all gone)
Posted: 22 Apr 2020 21:29
by terriblefire
PaulJ_2.0 wrote: 22 Apr 2020 17:29
Great work on this though Stephen, it really is a nice looking and well designed board.
A lot of effort went into making it simple and easy to build
Re: TF536 Rev 2 Design Complete (all gone)
Posted: 23 Apr 2020 05:14
by theq
Yeah, received mine and soldered it yesterday.
Top notch!
Re: TF536 Rev 2 Design Complete (all gone)
Posted: 23 Apr 2020 16:42
by Subzero79
theq wrote: 23 Apr 2020 05:14
Yeah, received mine and soldered it yesterday.
Top notch!
Mine not arrived yet due to lockdown but eae show us some pron
Re: TF536 Rev 2 Design Complete (all gone)
Posted: 23 Apr 2020 20:06
by LADmachining
Managed to find a few minutes between household duties to get the CPLD soldered and programmed. Just RAM, CPU socket, buffers and header pins to go.
Re: TF536 Rev 2 Design Complete (all gone)
Posted: 23 Apr 2020 21:08
by PaulJ_2.0
terriblefire wrote: 17 Apr 2020 15:04
Suppose i'd better share my alpha firmware
tf536r2_main_top_test.zip
Does this work ok with the buffered IDE?
I didnt get the IDE to recognise at all, so I removed IC4/5/6, replaced the 0 ohm resistors and it booted fine.
Re: TF536 Rev 2 Design Complete (all gone)
Posted: 23 Apr 2020 21:26
by PhilC
mine was built without the buffer which as you say works fine. Not tried with.
Re: TF536 Rev 2 Design Complete (all gone)
Posted: 23 Apr 2020 22:29
by terriblefire
PaulJ_2.0 wrote: 23 Apr 2020 21:08
terriblefire wrote: 17 Apr 2020 15:04
Suppose i'd better share my alpha firmware
tf536r2_main_top_test.zip
Does this work ok with the buffered IDE?
I didnt get the IDE to recognise at all, so I removed IC4/5/6, replaced the 0 ohm resistors and it booted fine.
I have no interest in buffered IDE so i havent tried it. I basically copied a circuit from an IDE buffer setup but this is as far as i'm prepared to go with it.
Re: TF536 Rev 2 Design Complete (all gone)
Posted: 23 Apr 2020 22:33
by PaulJ_2.0
terriblefire wrote: 23 Apr 2020 22:29
I have no interest in buffered IDE so i havent tried it. I basically copied a circuit from an IDE buffer setup but this is as far as i'm prepared to go with it.
Ah ok :)