Open source 14MHz 68000 accelerator

Mathesar · 03 July 2021, 21:46

This is a 14MHz 68000 accelerator with 1MB fast ram and disable switch for the Amiga.
The main attraction of this design is that it uses no programmable logic. Only standard 7400 & 4000 logic.
Tested on a rev. 5 Amiga 500. It might also work on other revisions and Amiga models but that has not been tested. The design is licensed under CERN OHL-S V2.0 The design is a complete overhaul of a design by Livio Plos and Jorg Richter.

All files can be found on github here: https://github.com/Mathesar/14mhz-accelerator

Changes include:

New clock doubler using an old school 4046 PLL to generate the 7MHz quadrature clock.
This is more reliable than the RC delays in the original design. Alternatively the quadrature clock can be taken from the motherboard. The latter has not been tested
an optional 1Mb of zero waitstate Ranger RAM has been added to take full advantage of the 14MHz cpu.
an optional reset timing based switch has been added to disable the ranger RAM upon boot.

Variants

The accelerator can be build in 3 variant:

Accelerator only This only doubles the clock of the CPU to 14MHz.
Accelerator plus 1MB zero waitstate ranger RAM The above but adds 1MB of fast RAM. This makes the accelerator about 2.7 times faster than a stock A500
Accelerator plus 1MB zero waitstate ranger RAM plus disable circuit The above but adds a timer based disable option for the RAM. By holdiing ctrl-amiga-amiga down for more than 5..6 seconds the RAM is disabled.
It is enabled again on the next (less than 5..6 seconds) reset cycle

And this is how it looks

:

Moved from the previous thread here: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=97512

torsti76 · 03 July 2021, 21:51

I like the clean looks and the KiCad logo! :-D

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SukkoPera · 03 July 2021, 22:24

Great works , congrats! You know what we gotta do...

nikosidis · 03 July 2021, 23:04

This design is great

Looking forward for someone to build and sell.

Mathesar · 04 July 2021, 21:28

As requested, a sysinfo screenshot.
This was using a 68010 cpu. With an 68000 sysinfo reports 1.49 MIPS.

Mathesar · 04 July 2021, 21:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by SukkoPera

Great works , congrats! You know what we gotta do...

dag · 05 July 2021, 08:11

Great work!

Is it possible version with 1.8MB of RAM?

nikosidis · 05 July 2021, 15:47

Maybe we could make order together if someone is interested in building them?
I think it would be hard to sell for over 50Euro + shipping without CPU, but at that price
I think it will sell well.

Mathesar · 05 July 2021, 20:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikosidis

Maybe we could make order together if someone is interested in building them?
I think it would be hard to sell for over 50Euro + shipping without CPU, but at that price
I think it will sell well.

The PCB can be had for 5 euros or so if you buy 9 at once from a supplier like Aisler.net. Cheaper probably if you buy more and are prepared to order in China.
Passives and logic IC's are cheap as well. The most expensive parts are the RAM chips, pin headers and cpu socket. The pin headers and socket could probably be sourced from ebay but I would definately buy the logic and RAm from a reputed source like Mouser/Digikey/Farnell etc.
Aisler supplies the passives for free with your order

nikosidis · 05 July 2021, 20:34

Could you please put every part needed in a list?

Thanks

Mathesar · 05 July 2021, 20:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikosidis

Could you please put every part needed in a list?

Thanks

There is a detailed BOM on my github. With suggested part numbers for the pin headers and RAM chips

Mathesar · 05 July 2021, 20:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by dag

Great work!

Is it possible version with 1.8MB of RAM?

Sure! With some larger or more RAM chips and some logic changes.

utri007 · 05 July 2021, 23:58

This would be nice to my GVP HD8+ and A500 system. Any one building/selling these?

utri007 · 13 July 2021, 22:43

Any one building these for a sale?? I would like ot get one.

redblade · 13 July 2021, 23:37

Great work. How much of a game changer would this have been back in the late 80s early 90s (same license as well) if it was published in one of the Amiga magazines?

katarakt · 27 July 2021, 11:24

With no programmable logic, this is well done Mathesar. Thanks for the hard work on it

alexh · 27 July 2021, 16:43

Nice work. Certainly an option for A500 users that have an A590 or GVP HD8+ or some other form of mass storage interface

utri007 · 28 July 2021, 01:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

Nice work. Certainly an option for A500 users that have an A590 or GVP HD8+ or some other form of mass storage interface

That is exactly my thought. I would like to get one for my GVP HD8+ system, but seems that nobody is going to do these for sale.

nikosidis · 28 July 2021, 08:18

I'm planing to build some but the sram is quite expensive.

Mathesar · 28 July 2021, 11:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikosidis

I'm planing to build some but the sram is quite expensive.

What prices have you found? You can use almost all 32TSOP-II 512K * 8 SRAM 5V chips.
This is a selection on digikey:
https://www.digikey.nl/products/en/i...=1&pageSize=25

EDIT: previous link also contained 3
3V only RAM chips, this new link is correct.

03 July 2021, 21:46	#1
Mathesar Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Netherlands Posts: 695	Open source 14MHz 68000 accelerator This is a 14MHz 68000 accelerator with 1MB fast ram and disable switch for the Amiga. The main attraction of this design is that it uses no programmable logic. Only standard 7400 & 4000 logic. Tested on a rev. 5 Amiga 500. It might also work on other revisions and Amiga models but that has not been tested. The design is licensed under CERN OHL-S V2.0 The design is a complete overhaul of a design by Livio Plos and Jorg Richter. All files can be found on github here: https://github.com/Mathesar/14mhz-accelerator Changes include: New clock doubler using an old school 4046 PLL to generate the 7MHz quadrature clock. This is more reliable than the RC delays in the original design. Alternatively the quadrature clock can be taken from the motherboard. The latter has not been tested an optional 1Mb of zero waitstate Ranger RAM has been added to take full advantage of the 14MHz cpu. an optional reset timing based switch has been added to disable the ranger RAM upon boot. Variants The accelerator can be build in 3 variant: Accelerator only This only doubles the clock of the CPU to 14MHz. Accelerator plus 1MB zero waitstate ranger RAM The above but adds 1MB of fast RAM. This makes the accelerator about 2.7 times faster than a stock A500 Accelerator plus 1MB zero waitstate ranger RAM plus disable circuit The above but adds a timer based disable option for the RAM. By holdiing ctrl-amiga-amiga down for more than 5..6 seconds the RAM is disabled. It is enabled again on the next (less than 5..6 seconds) reset cycle And this is how it looks : Moved from the previous thread here: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=97512 Last edited by Mathesar; 03 July 2021 at 21:55.

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03 July 2021, 21:51	#2
torsti76 Registered User Join Date: May 2018 Location: Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg Posts: 387	I like the clean looks and the KiCad logo! :-D Gesendet von meinem XQ-BT52 mit Tapatalk

03 July 2021, 22:24	#3
SukkoPera Mighty Pirate Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: On the borderline Age: 44 Posts: 177	Great works , congrats! You know what we gotta do...

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nikosidis Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: oslo/norway Posts: 1,607	This design is great Looking forward for someone to build and sell.

04 July 2021, 21:28	#5
Mathesar Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Netherlands Posts: 695	As requested, a sysinfo screenshot. This was using a 68010 cpu. With an 68000 sysinfo reports 1.49 MIPS.

05 July 2021, 08:11	#7
dag Registered User Join Date: May 2018 Location: Serbia Posts: 1	Great work! Is it possible version with 1.8MB of RAM?

05 July 2021, 15:47	#8
nikosidis Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: oslo/norway Posts: 1,607	Maybe we could make order together if someone is interested in building them? I think it would be hard to sell for over 50Euro + shipping without CPU, but at that price I think it will sell well.

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nikosidis Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: oslo/norway Posts: 1,607	Could you please put every part needed in a list? Thanks

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utri007 mä vaan Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 1,653	This would be nice to my GVP HD8+ and A500 system. Any one building/selling these?

13 July 2021, 22:43	#14
utri007 mä vaan Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 1,653	Any one building these for a sale?? I would like ot get one.

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redblade Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Middle Earth Age: 40 Posts: 2,127	Great work. How much of a game changer would this have been back in the late 80s early 90s (same license as well) if it was published in one of the Amiga magazines?

27 July 2021, 11:24	#16
katarakt Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Germany Posts: 205	With no programmable logic, this is well done Mathesar. Thanks for the hard work on it

27 July 2021, 16:43	#17
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	Nice work. Certainly an option for A500 users that have an A590 or GVP HD8+ or some other form of mass storage interface

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