Wicher 500i classic turbo card for A500 (internal version) - Page 2

Amiga1992 · 09 May 2017, 18:38

You are right, what a moron I am

. So you need the CPU at least.
Thanks for pointing it out.

spidi · 08 June 2017, 01:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by spidi

Wicher 500i has been adapted to be mounted inside the enclosure Amiga 500.

Performance MC68000, cpu clock 50MHz (SysInfo 4.0, AIBB 6.5).
Mips: 4.40
Dhrystones: 4222
IDE transfer: ~3.1MB/s
RAM transfer: ~6.94MB/s

Upgade benchmarks:
Custom Kickstart 3.1, MC68HC000FN16@50MHz, scsi.device V46.0 and IdeFix97
IDE transfer speeds: ~5.8MB/s

is very, very speed

Lord Aga · 08 June 2017, 14:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by spidi

very speed

Much wow

Keep up the good work!

mattsoft · 18 September 2017, 00:31

I see these are back in stock -- has anyone tried one inside a 1000?

spidi · 25 September 2017, 01:39

New version of software for Wicher 500i is available.

Download

amigoun · 25 September 2017, 02:14

spidi, would it be possible to integrate AR3 in Wicher 500i like in ACA500+? That would be amazing.

spidi · 02 November 2017, 21:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by amigoun

spidi, would it be possible to integrate AR3 in Wicher 500i like in ACA500+? That would be amazing.

The turbo card design would require minor modifications.

spidi · 02 November 2017, 21:35

New version of the WicherInstaller v1.2 software is available.

spidi · 28 December 2017, 02:13

New update for accelerator boards Wicher 500i and Wicher 500i Ex - WicherInstaller v1.4 and adding support for the MP3 hardware decoder - VS1003/1053 MP3 CODEC.

My installation of MP3 decoder

lantus360 · 08 January 2018, 16:39

I picked up a Wicher 500i Ex card recently and put together a review for my YT channel

check it out if you're interested!

[ Show youtube player ]

patrik · 11 January 2018, 12:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by spidi

Wicher 500i has been adapted to be mounted inside the enclosure Amiga 500.

Performance MC68000, cpu clock 50MHz (SysInfo 4.0, AIBB 6.5).
Mips: 4.43
Dhrystones: 4247
IDE transfer: ~3.1MB/s (using IdeFix97 ~5.8MB/s)
RAM transfer: ~6.99MB/s

How many wait states against the memory at 50MHz? I guess it will be 0 wait states below some frequency?

Does it have a MapROM function so it can execute the important OS code in the kickstart at the full speed potential of the card?

zeGouky · 12 January 2018, 15:26

@spidi are you going to document how to access the SPI interface? Would love to play with it.

spidi · 12 January 2018, 21:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeGouky

@spidi are you going to document how to access the SPI interface? Would love to play with it.

Yes, SDK will be published soon.

spidi · 12 January 2018, 21:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrik

How many wait states against the memory at 50MHz? I guess it will be 0 wait states below some frequency?

1 ws for 50MHz or one more extra. Up to 33MHz is 0 ws.

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrik

Does it have a MapROM function so it can execute the important OS code in the kickstart at the full speed potential of the card?

Currently the card has no MapROM function.

patrik · 13 January 2018, 23:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by spidi

1 ws for 50MHz or one more extra. Up to 33MHz is 0 ws.

Currently the card has no MapROM function.

Thanks for the info! Would it be possible to implement a MapROM function? With such a fast processor, without caches, it should improve OS performance quite a bit.

spidi · 27 January 2018, 02:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeGouky

@spidi are you going to document how to access the SPI interface? Would love to play with it.

New update is available - WicherInstallerV1_5

ChangeLog
spi.resource v1.1
- speeding up data fransfer for SPI_Read() and SPI_Write() function
- add SPI_SetMode() function

SpiClock v0.5
- add spi.resource support

VlsiPlayer v0.4
- add spi.resource support
- add VOLUME options

SDK V1.0
- add SDK for SPI controller

spidi · 03 February 2018, 00:17

I received new toys for Wicher500i and SPI bus

The first software for Pololu LPS331AP module already works. The Amiga measures atmospheric pressure and temperature.

spidi · 06 February 2018, 23:10

Next step..

Successful test of reading data from SD card.

spidi · 10 February 2018, 15:24

... and working SD card driver for Wicher 500i (Ex)

[ Show youtube player ]

spidi · 21 February 2018, 00:13

WicherInstaller has been updated to version 1.6, which includes support for the SD card.
Download WicherInstaller v1.6

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09 May 2017, 18:38	#21
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	You are right, what a moron I am . So you need the CPU at least. Thanks for pointing it out.

18 September 2017, 00:31	#24
mattsoft Registered User Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 89	I see these are back in stock -- has anyone tried one inside a 1000?

25 September 2017, 01:39	#25
spidi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Wroclaw/Poland Posts: 245	New version of software for Wicher 500i is available. Download

25 September 2017, 02:14	#26
amigoun Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Czech Rep Posts: 599	spidi, would it be possible to integrate AR3 in Wicher 500i like in ACA500+? That would be amazing.

02 November 2017, 21:35	#28
spidi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Wroclaw/Poland Posts: 245	New version of the WicherInstaller v1.2 software is available.

28 December 2017, 02:13	#29
spidi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Wroclaw/Poland Posts: 245	New update for accelerator boards Wicher 500i and Wicher 500i Ex - WicherInstaller v1.4 and adding support for the MP3 hardware decoder - VS1003/1053 MP3 CODEC. My installation of MP3 decoder

08 January 2018, 16:39	#30
lantus360 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Olathe, Kansas Posts: 214	I picked up a Wicher 500i Ex card recently and put together a review for my YT channel check it out if you're interested! [ Show youtube player ]

12 January 2018, 15:26	#32
zeGouky Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Edinburgh Age: 43 Posts: 84	@spidi are you going to document how to access the SPI interface? Would love to play with it.

03 February 2018, 00:17	#37
spidi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Wroclaw/Poland Posts: 245	I received new toys for Wicher500i and SPI bus The first software for Pololu LPS331AP module already works. The Amiga measures atmospheric pressure and temperature.

06 February 2018, 23:10	#38
spidi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Wroclaw/Poland Posts: 245	Next step.. Successful test of reading data from SD card.

10 February 2018, 15:24	#39
spidi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Wroclaw/Poland Posts: 245	... and working SD card driver for Wicher 500i (Ex) [ Show youtube player ]

21 February 2018, 00:13	#40
spidi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Wroclaw/Poland Posts: 245	WicherInstaller has been updated to version 1.6, which includes support for the SD card. Download WicherInstaller v1.6

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