Re: Ethernet for the QL
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:34 pm
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! 
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Re: Ethernet for the QL
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:21 pm
Good luck and keep us updated!
Re: Ethernet for the QL
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:42 am
They just hit US Customs. Woo!
Re: Ethernet for the QL
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:32 pm
Woo! Out for delivery!
Re: Ethernet for the QL
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 10:19 am
Hi Dave, that sounds good! 
How about the logic for your PLD? Did you already prepare something?
How about the logic for your PLD? Did you already prepare something?
Re: Ethernet for the QL
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 11:02 pm
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.
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.
Re: Ethernet for the QL
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 8:13 pm
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
Now to get back up to speed
Re: Ethernet for the QL
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 4:45 pm
Is that Fast Ethernet....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
Re: Ethernet for the QL
Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:08 pm
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.
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.
Re: Ethernet for the QL
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 8:42 am
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