Ethernet for the QL

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My PCB order shipped. I didn't choose the expensive fast option, so hopefully it's not on a boat waiting to go through the Suez Canal! :D


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Good luck and keep us updated!


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They just hit US Customs. Woo!


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Woo! Out for delivery!


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Hi Dave, that sounds good! :)
How about the logic for your PLD? Did you already prepare something?


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Not yet.

I've got the CPLDs and designed a CPLD zapper to erase them, as they were programmed using the JTAG port as IO. Those boards came in the same order.


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I have returned from my multi-week road trip to Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Now to get back up to speed :)


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Dave wrote:I have returned from my multi-week road trip to Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Now to get back up to speed :)
Is that Fast Ethernet....


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Hehehe, you sly dawg you!

I have a tube of the magnetics/RJ45s around here somewhere but it's not where my stock database says it should be. Very annoying. I know I'll find them quickly, but I'm ordering more anyway.

Intriguingly, if I go up one size in CPLD there will be enough room to implement an SD card. I have generic code for this family for parallel to SPI, but it doesn't match the approach used by the QL-SD. Don't worry - I'm not working on it at all - just interesting that the option is there.

BTW: My trip to Michigan was FANTASTIC, thanks for asking, and I had a blast. Hanging in the forests, drinking the freshest spring water and seeing deer, moose and bears almost daily was.... good. I must do that again in the fall.


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Welcome back Dave! Mentioning all those animals reminds me of this unforgettable post... ;)
SinclairSociety wrote:So is Dave opposite than bears and hibernates in summer and awakes in winter?

Wake The Kraken!

TJ


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