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From 04/01/2017 to 04/30/2017
04/30/2017
- 09:06 PM Sub-board
- Here is the first picture of a sub-board, which also arrived in Greece. None completed yet but all the parts fit - an...
- 09:01 PM Video DAC regulator patch
- Here is a picture of the patch Panos has skillfully applied to the boards.
!patch.jpg! - 08:58 PM Boards received
- The boards arrived in Greece. Panos is in the process of adding some final parts and trying them out.
Some good n...
04/26/2017
- 11:43 PM Document: Eclaire XL v1.0 Board Spec
- Eclaire XL v1.0 Board Spec
- 08:54 PM Feature #14: Svideo core for first prototype
- Setting this up in the simulator so I can understand chroma better.
The problem seems to be that I've used all the... - 08:51 PM Feature #13: 32x speed cpu without wait states
- I have something working on the simulator - alone. Now need to plug it into the core proper to see if it works. Will ...
04/24/2017
- 10:14 PM Feature #14: Svideo core for first prototype
- Should add that this should not be done for direct chroma output for svideo... Since that is still on a 0-0.7V DAC ou...
- 10:14 PM Feature #14: Svideo core for first prototype
- Panos tried out a new core with composite only - on green using the sync pin. Looks brighter but just black and white...
- 07:58 PM Feature #14 (Closed): Svideo core for first prototype
- Waiting the Chinese sun to rising, I decide to proceed with the "video mod" of our v 1.0 board. So I desolder the "vs...
- 07:56 PM Pictures!
- The PCB company sent us an initial picture!
!v3board_small.jpg!
04/18/2017
- 10:19 PM Delays
- We received an update from the PCB company. Unfortunately it wasn't to say 'shipping' as we'd hoped.
Instead they...
04/12/2017
- 10:07 PM Feature #13 (In Progress): 32x speed cpu without wait states
- Trying simply feeding in the clock at twice the speed to see if it passes timing!
04/11/2017
- 09:46 PM Feature #1: Svideo sync line support
- admin wrote:
> Doesn't look too hard to change. In the svideo component they do this for luma:
>
> luma = (84*R+1... - 08:35 PM Feature #1 (Resolved): Svideo sync line support
- Implemented in test core, probably will need some debugging...
04/08/2017
- 08:08 PM Feature #13 (New): 32x speed cpu without wait states
- The whole system is clocked at 32*original clock. However the 6502 turbo is limited to 16x due to the ram speed, sinc...
04/07/2017
- 09:37 PM Feature #2 (In Progress): PBI support
- 08:57 PM Feature #12 (In Progress): Set up redmine backups!
- Adding svn backups too while at it.
Need to do these to the raid instead of to another local disk though really...
- 08:41 PM Feature #12: Set up redmine backups!
- Added file backups
Both these are as crons under postgres_backup user - 08:23 PM Feature #12: Set up redmine backups!
- Added postgres backups.
TODO: verify it runs from cron ok - 07:53 PM Bug #9 (Rejected): Fix svn repository
- Decided to just disable this - its complicated enough anyway an the svn can already be checked out or browsed.
- 07:45 PM Feature #10 (Closed): Set up email in redmine
- Found password, set up config and tested ok.
- 06:59 PM Parts arriving monday
- Sent on:9:04 amFrom:Eric Wu
hi Panos
THE COMPONENTS WILL COME HERE ON MONDAY
THEN START to fabricate
about 3-4day...
04/06/2017
- 05:59 AM Document: MHero S R ext JTAG installation - v1 prototype
- MHero S R ext JTAG installation - v1 prototype
- 05:56 AM Document: eclaire XL HW Spec - v1 prototype
- eclaire XL HW Spec - v1 prototype
- 05:52 AM Document: Atari 800 User Manual Generic
- Atari 800 FPGA User Manual Generic
- Main Board schema
- Main Board pcb
04/05/2017
- 10:06 PM Feature #12 (Closed): Set up redmine backups!
- Set up backups for this...
- 09:46 PM Sub PCB - ready
- SUB BOARD
Techonology Finished Finished Time
MI (Manufacture Instruction) 2017/3/30 23:25:07
Board Cutting 2... - 09:13 PM Bug #9: Fix svn repository
- Removed for now
- 09:12 PM Feature #10: Set up email in redmine
- Need password!
- 09:09 PM Main PCB - ready!
- Techonology Finished Finished Time
MI (Manufacture Instruction) 2017/4/1 21:45:19
Board Cutting 2017/4/1 21:5... - Add JTAG to external ports
- 08:34 PM Document: MHero S R installation instructions - v1 prototype
- 06:59 AM Feature #11 (New): Non-uk keyboard support (custom keyboard mapping)
- Only a uk keyboard with stickers is supported right now.
Make this remappable via a file.
04/04/2017
- 09:12 PM Feature #10 (Closed): Set up email in redmine
- 09:12 PM Bug #9: Fix svn repository
- via redmine...
- 09:11 PM Bug #9 (Rejected): Fix svn repository
- Repository is not working
- 09:08 PM Feature #8 (Closed): Implement 4 channel ADC
- The one channel ADC on the v1 board is replaced by a four channel one on the v2 board.
Modify the implementation t... - 09:07 PM Feature #7 (New): Implement I2C vga/hdmi support
- Try the I2C support on the new board.
Initially for presence detection
Latest for checking modes
Its via a mu... - 09:06 PM Bug #6 (Closed): HDMI audio poor quality
- I removed a low division in the audio output to meet timing. I suspect this should be replaced with a proper low pass...
- 09:05 PM Bug #5 (Closed): SIDE2 does not work
- SIDE1 works fine, but SIDE2 does not work. I contacted Sebastian and he kindly send me some details. Need to look int...
- 08:51 PM Bug #4 (Closed): Galaxian flickers on scrolling - when using real cartridge
- Galaxian flickers on scrolling when using a real cartridge. This does not happen when using the virtual cartridge.
... - 08:48 PM Feature #3 (New): High resolution antic support
- DMACTL bit 5 is normally playfield dma on.
In the core bit 6 is also supported to allow
10 - 2x colour clock - al... - 08:45 PM Feature #2 (Closed): PBI support
- Implement PBI support:
Done:
PBI_A
PBI_D
PBI_CLK
PBI_RW_N
PBI_IRQ_N
PBI_RST_N
High priority:
PBI_EX... - 08:30 PM Feature #1: Svideo sync line support
- A comment
- 08:20 PM Feature #1 (Closed): Svideo sync line support
- Doesn't look too hard to change. In the svideo component they do this for luma:
luma = (84*R+164*G+32*B + 58880)/5... - 08:24 PM Board ordered
- We've ordered the boards from the PCB manufacturer!
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