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Is that simpler? Dev boards are a dime a dozen, and far from everyone who wants to use FPGAs to mimic game consoles wants (or can) solder them themselves... I f
by anyfoo 5y ago
Is that simpler? Dev boards are a dime a dozen, and far from everyone who wants to use FPGAs to mimic game consoles wants (or can) solder them themselves... I feel like if this platform runs out, people will mostly switch to another generic one with not too much effort.
- snvzz 5y agoBy now, I would dare say miSTer has enough traction that a custom board would make sense. As a reminder, few people use bare DE10-Nano. It is generally used together with custom boards for RAM and I/Os, designed for miSTer use. There's nothing magical about FPGAs or SMD as to prevent a main board designed for the purpose.
- girvo 5y agoIs there any upside to replacing it with an ASIC specifically for miSTer?
- snvzz 5y agoI can't think of any, relative to a FPGA. MiSTer cores are regularly upgraded; an ASIC would defeat the point. What's being proposed is a board that's designed for miSTer. Such a board would include an appropriate FPGA, alongside memory, a better cooling solution and ports useful for miSTer use. These are currently accomplished via mods/addons to the generic devboard, which is far from ideal.
- anyfoo 5y agoMore downsides I'd say, the point of the FPGA is that you can always replace and update the cores according to what you need any given moment, just "download your game console" essentially. Physically swapping hard ASICs isn't as convenient. :)