Re: GA144 Application Board

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From	Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl>
Subject	Re: GA144 Application Board
Date	2012-03-11 19:45 +0000
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In article <49556347-7bf6-494b-92be-f7c8aff18880@z31g2000vbt.googlegroups.com>,
rickman  <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
>What would you like to see on a GA144 application board?  I am
>thinking of building a board which would have enough buffered analog
>input and output for the 5 ADC and DAC I/Os as well as buffered I/O
>for a number of digital I/Os, around 8 to 12 each.  Because of the I/O
>limits of a 1.8 volt device I am thinking of using a small FPGA as a
>voltage level converter.

I guess flash memory would be needed for making nice demonstration
programs.
I have this Renesas board and it can do things I'm not sure
the GA144 can do.
I can store Forth source in the flash, then load it and define it as a
turnkey. Next time I press reset the application starts instead of
the Forth.
A la
OK
REQUIRE BIG-BEN
' BIG-BEN TURNKEY

(press reset)



>
>If I find it is useful, I am thinking of providing a small number of
>isolated I/Os.  When working with a production JTAG device it was once
>explained to me that it can be important to use isolated I/O to
>minimize ground loop issues.  But that can be added externally if it
>creates problems with the layout.
>
>I'm not sure what to do with the SERDES.  450 Mbps is pretty tempting
>but I'm not sure what it can be used for other than talking to other
>GA chips.  The receive can work with a clock, but the transmit
>generates a clock of unknown frequency, so I don't see how to use it
>in the context of any standard.  I don't see any timing data on this
>in the spec sheet so I can't anticipate how I might be able to use
>it.  Any ideas?

If you can get the price down to a level that one can afford
several boards, experimenting with SERDES would be nice.

>
>I do want to provide for an Ethernet interface and USB.  So I expect
>I'll include hardware for an MII or RMII interface to a PHY.  I think
>an F18A node should be able to keep up with 25 MHz nibbles for 100
>Mbps operation.
>
>I'm less familiar with USB.  I'll have to look up interface chips and
>see what they require.  I suppose an 80 MHz, 8 bit interface could be
>doable and a 40 MHz, 16 bit interface should be very workable.  I
>don't think the FPGA I am planning to use will work at 480 Mbps.
>
>I expect to include a full size SD card connector for additional
>storage.  Some sort of LCD interface will also be included, likely to
>include a touch panel.

There is the flash. Thanks.

>
>Any other suggestions?

Be careful not to invert the VGA connector ;-)

>
>Rick

Groetjes Albert

P.S. Somebody gave me a MSP430 as a present (worth 4 euro) to implement
ciforth on. The nicest instruction set in the world, pdp11!
The German Forth group has a Forth for that board.


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    Re: GA144 Application Board Matthias Koch <koch@pci.uni-hannover.de> - 2012-03-15 14:11 +0100
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      Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-21 13:08 +0000
        Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 12:13 -0700
          Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-22 11:36 +0000
            Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-22 17:50 +0000
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                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 10:11 -0700
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                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 11:51 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-25 12:06 +0000
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                Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-23 17:32 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 12:01 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Jan Coombs <jan_2011-02@murray-microft.co.uk> - 2012-03-24 22:27 +0000
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                Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-25 13:06 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 15:02 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-25 15:51 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 16:38 -0700
            Re: GA144 Application Board Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2012-03-22 16:54 -0500
              Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 10:17 -0700
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              Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 10:24 -0700
            Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-23 14:22 +0000
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