I believe Stedy is drawing up the design, i am not to sure on completion status but there is movement

Hi,

Work continues again. I took a few months out to de-stress and sort out a few issues in life.

Experimenting with the Designspark schematic/PCB software was a big mistake, I wasted too much time trying to learn that dumb program! Moved back to Eagle CAD and got more done in one evening than in many previous sessions with dumbspark!

Have also updated most of my other Amiga products and am getting them ready for production runs , after I have working prototypes tested. Have designed but not yet built a tester for my Amiga products and for Hermes.

I did look into the Vampire accelerator design and have discounted it for now. The 68000 core would break some software but as big a concern were the lack of timing constraints on the design which cause setup/hold violations on the SDRAM interface and core logic.. They could be resolved, it would take time and fiddling with the design.

I plan to put some schematics and provisional PCB layout up soon. Be patient a little longer.

Ian

Thanx for the update, Stedy.

Btw Stedy,
Just a question..
Have you seen this thing "Beavis" is building?

http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php...eferrerid=9795

Could it co-exist with Project Hermes somehow?
/eX

it is unneeded, My adapter has a RGB output on it already (and is also cheaper). I am selling them for $23 USD They already have the 23 pin connector on with a keyboard adapter (Not currently working) but if you need a RGB adapter that will also work with Stedy's upcoming RAM/IDE Expansion board then i recommend you buy this one...

The adapter is designed to allow an addon board to be added internally to the CD32 so it has full upgradeability options

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=939447&postcount=91


here is link to my page.

http://www.kipper2k.com/cd32adapter.html

You mean your not using a pirate copy of altium designer like everyone else ;)

Damn, that's expensive for just a bit of PCB and two cheap connectors! :shocked

kipper is a true Amiga hero with his excellent prices :D

I was thinking the same thing and the pcb doesn't even have solder mask,or tinned traces at the very least.. Very amateur..

Ok jbenam & Vot lets not bash ppl who are putting time and effort into making stuff for our old harware. ;-)
Maybe it could have been cheaper, €30 is not that much for something that works and actually fixes a problem ppl have. Still, Kipper2k's board looks nicer ;-)

Kipper2k thanx for explaining. I figured that your stuff should be more "compatible" :-)

Is this a hardware or software problem? What I mean is, if I get one now, can it be upgraded later to a working keyboard model or something?

it is a software issue, the pic coding needs be be fixed, Stedy did have some code for it but it was causing problems not registereing inputs (i think) so the hardware itself should be good.

Cool then, I sent you a PM kipper, about your for sale items. I guess I can get now your adapter too so I can reflash it later ;)

No news on this, actually , no news from Stedy at all and his email doesn't work :(

[edit]
I see his blog has been updated a couple of days ago! Happy to see some news and looking forward to both the new ATX adapters and HERMES progress! :)

If Kipper's expansion board had socket for A1200 acc boards, we would be busy discussing how various acc cards work or not, instead of waiting for Hermes :)

I rather wait for Hermes. Hermes isn't an accelerator and I dont want one, I just want a Fast RAM + IDE storage solution. Anything else just bring lots of headaches (and upscaled costs).

There's no point in accelerating a CD32, just get an A1200 :P

PROJEKT: CD32 Expansion "PyRamIDE" Update 2015
http://www.a1k.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32822

There's no info about release or anything either.

The info is from 2012.
Here's what's over there because people without accounts can't see shit:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0owc34x3y...1gJCw0NCa?dl=0


The latest update talks about having made a new bootrom, that goes in a separate board.
DOesn't look like this will get off the ground for a while or at all :(

Well, it shows something up and running, for years.

One thing I never quite grasped, why CF instead of SD? All my embedded devices (phones, PDAs, GameCube, Wii, Pi, Minimig etc) use SD cards, and I have used SD cards with CF adapters in Amiga too. Retro projects on Amiga seems to be the last stronghold for CF cards. Any reason in particular for not just mount SD slots on an IDE controller board?

I will assume it is because it's easier and cost-effective. CF is just IDE so you have everything you need to make it work from factory, on the Amiga.

If you put SD you have to add circuitry emulating IDE and this increases costs.

However NOTHING stops you from buying an SD to IDE interface to put in your system.

Yes, for existing IDE ports it makes sense. On expansion boards I would guess saving space is more important, but maybe not. Also, maybe CF cards typically are faster.