I want to put together a softcore 68K computer system, just something simple. I’ve purchased, but not yet received, the Terasic Cyclone V GX Starter Kit, an Altera FPGA eval board. It looks pretty sweet and...
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my mini-review of the IKALOGIC Scanalogic-2 PRO logic analyzer
As many of you know, I maintain a comparison page of sub$1000 logic analyzers here. I previously owned both a LogicPort and a Saleae Logic unit. I just received in the mail an IKALOGIC Scanalogic-2 PRO logic analyzer. ...
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EEVBLOG does a video teardown on the Amiga 500!
Dave just posted this! I’m so glad to see him take this on!
progress on amiga vsc made this weekend, VSYNC problem persists
Worked on the Amiga VSC this past weekend at Notacon with my super smart friend Brian P. We made some progress, including eliminating all but the smallest HSYNC related bugs. There is still a problem that is haunting...
Video artifacts present in scan doubled video
I uploaded a video to youtube that shows some video artifacts happening with the scan doubled video. The entire video shakes as if interlaced, but it’s not. Original res 320×200(15.7khz), doubled to...
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Day 4 of my assembly of A500++ PCB
I finally got my PLCC 84 socket in from Mouser out of stock and installed more EMI caps. Slow going…..made little progress on THIS project this long weekend, but I did make progress on other projects….. This...
HP 16700A boot times and optimization
I’ve been playing with my HP 16700A Logic Analyzer and looking at boot times. Originally the HP 16700A came with an internal SCSI drive, which was still functioning after 15 or 16 years. This SCSI drive was a 4GB...
Expansion Systems DataFlyer Plus 2.1
Way back in about 1992, I finally had enough money (ok, well, enough credit) to finally expand my Commodore Amiga 500 to how I wanted it. I previously had an A501 memory expansion module and an external floppy drive...
Fixed point number formats: might use 16.16
So for my fixed point number format for my 3D project, I’ve come up with a few possibilities : I think a 16.16 number format might work for me. This means I’ll represent the whole portion via one 68k word...
Adding Yamaha YM2612 support has begun
So after much time talking about it, and doing research, I’ve finally got around to spending some time on adding Yamaha YM2612 support to the badge computer. I created a small verilog driver that read the...
Updated hope badge computer
Here’s the current image for the Hope Badge Computer, which I really think needs a new name. It’s not quite a badge, although the intention is for it to be portable. Last night, I partially integrated the...