14 Apr
2013
14 Apr
'13
4:40 p.m.
On Apr 14, 2013, at 19:19, Sytse van Slooten <cclist at sytse.net> wrote:
What you would need is an FPGA board, one or more SD cards (not SDHC or newer,
but the 'old' type), and optionally a little board with the enc424j600 chip
from Microchips on it to allow for a DEUNA-type ethernet controller.
The de0 board from Terasic has the advantage that it already has an SD card
connector onboard. But, if you want to add the ethernet stuff, for instance by
connecting a PMODNIC100 from Digilent, you'd have to wire it - look at the
pictures on my site how that looks.
I really like my two DE1s, though they're a little long in the tooth
at this point. They're great to play with, lots of hobbyist-friendly
interfaces (switches, buttons, 7-segment displays, VGA out
and a serial port, plus the SD slot). No Ethernet, but they're
also only $150 in the US. The DE2 has Ethernet and more
goodies, but it's somewhat more expensive.
I know Sytse has a load for the DE1, at least.
- Dave
You can buy the boards from Digilent or Terasic - or
their resellers.
That's http://www.digilentinc.com/ and http://www.terasic.com/ . Which is
best depends a bit on what you want to do with it - but the de0 from
terasic is a nice board to start out with. And the nexys2-1200 has the
advantage that the ethernet pmod from Digilent can be plugged in to it -
and, if you want the Ethernet stuff, you'd only need to deal with one
vendor.
Can you write up a complete shopping list needed for a PDP-11 system
from scratch? This looks more fun to play with than the other systems
talked about on this list.
Ben.