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In article <0d702ca7-8af4-4b99-8d12-1320b239d2be@9g2000vbq.googlegroups.com>,
rickman  <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Mar 14, 10:53 pm, Paul Rubin <no.em...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> rickman <gnu...@gmail.com> writes:
>> > What would you like to see on a GA144 application board?
>>
>> 1. Crystal oscillator (controlled by GA node or otherwise)
>
>I'm very disappointed in the lack of a follow up on the oscillator app
>note to provide enough information to design a well specified
>oscillator.  So until that happens the oscillator will be a self
>contained unit.  I've looked for low power devices and will be looking
>at some silicon devices that are new to the market.  I expect the
>board to have both a 32.768 kHz oscillator and a higher speed one,
>likely either 24 or 25 or maybe 24.768 MHz.

I was the more disappointed to read the claim of Chuck Moore
of one year ago that he had implemented the one i/o one component
crystal oscillator. Apparently nobody at GreenArrays took the
trouble to even ask for the few screens and then publish it.

<SNIP>

>> 6. External SRAM for the GA144, similar to GA's own eval board
>
>With the limited internal ram, yes, external RAM is required.  I find
>it interesting that with the internal word size being 18 bits, the GA
>eval board and SRAM board have 16 bit memory.  I looked for 18 bit
>memory, but it seems to be very expensive now.  At one time it was
>quite common and not so expensive.

With 18 bits you should interface a 16 bit CAS 16 bit RAS memory.
Using this kind of cheap memory 4 Gbyte would not be much slower
than the bit-banging that is done now. So I want a 32 bit eForth
with 4 Gbyte addressable memory before I would even consider
using an ISO Forth on the GA144. This could use cheap discarded
memory from PC's, by the way.

>
>> I don't think it's important to have both USB and ethernet.  One or the
>> other should be good enough.
>
>Depends on your application, no?  Some will want Ethernet, others
>USB.
>
>
>> SD or microsd card slot for the control processor is useful.  Don't need
>> specialized LCD interface, just use GPIO or serial interface for that.
>
>There isn't much GPIO really.  If you use the memory interface for
>memory there are only 21 I/Os left.  Makes it hard to interface to a
>lot of things.  But I want this board to be usable as a self contained
>unit with user interface.  I will probably adapt one of the display
>interfaces used with the BeagleBone to this purpose.
>
>Then we just need software to make this stuff work!  Notice my casual
>use of the four letter word, "just"...

There is one thing left to do. As this chip is only interesting
to hobbyists and experimenters, the default version should come
with solderable pins.

>
>Rick

Groetjes Albert

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GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-10 17:24 -0800
  Re: GA144 Application Board Rafael Deliano <Rafael_Deliano@arcor.de> - 2012-03-11 10:10 +0100
    Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-11 04:33 -0700
      Re: GA144 Application Board emmanuel <emmanuel.said@cern.ch> - 2012-03-11 06:00 -0700
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      Re: GA144 Application Board Rafael Deliano <Rafael_Deliano@arcor.de> - 2012-03-11 16:03 +0100
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  Re: GA144 Application Board Jecel <jecel@merlintec.com> - 2012-03-11 12:33 -0700
  Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-11 19:45 +0000
    Re: GA144 Application Board Matthias Koch <koch@pci.uni-hannover.de> - 2012-03-15 14:11 +0100
  Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-14 19:53 -0700
    Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-20 20:15 -0700
      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
              Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 14:50 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-23 12:24 +0000
                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
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 12:50 -0700
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                Re: GA144 memory interfacing was Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-28 07:59 -0700
            Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 14:26 -0700
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            Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-22 13:07 -0700
              Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 14:54 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-22 15:00 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 10:15 -0700
                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
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 19:13 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-24 16:01 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 19:18 -0700
                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
            Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 14:52 -0700
            Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-23 12:34 +0000
              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
      Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-22 08:12 -0700
        Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-23 12:38 +0000
      Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-22 08:52 -0700
        Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 15:00 -0700
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