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I've wanted to give Mister FPGA a go for the longest time, but the boards are never in stock any time I look. How are people getting their hands on them?

gchadwick 4y ago
Apparently if you buy direct from Terasic you can get hold of them. The downside is a large shipping cost and import duties/taxes on top. I have heard of people successfully getting them shipped from Terasic offices within the same country as them to avoid the import duties issue.
- krupan 4y ago
  Speaking from ignorance of the details of this project, but couldn't other FPGA's/boards be used? Is it using some Terasic specific features
  - flatiron 4y ago
    There’s a required RAM module for most cores that slides into the de10 nano. The software and the Linux kernel are also tightly coupled. Individual cores can be ported to different FPGAs though. The SNES one for example was recently ported to the analogue pocket.
  - MegaDeKay 4y ago
    The Terasic boards are essentially an evaluation board and despite the recent price increases, still give you a lot of hardware for the money. Other boards that come close in capability and have what you'd want for something like an emulator platform (like HDMI out) are a lot more expensive. Pretty sure Sorgelig (project lead) has said he has no interest in ever porting it to a new platform. Doesn't mean someone else couldn't, but it would be a major effort to do so and keep up.
etiam 4y ago
Tough, given the difficulties the last few years I guess. But Terasic have the FPGA board listed for pre-order with estimated shipping at the end of this month. I haven't had opportunity to get one before either, so I'm not sure how the availability for expansion cards has been.
fermentation 4y ago
It’s rough. I followed the misteraddons owner on twitter and waited a few months for them to notify that kits were back in stock
sigstoat 4y ago
placed a backorder on mouser and then just waited. easier than constantly checking and hoping. they don't charge your card until it ships.
- terinjokes 4y ago
  I did the same thing at the beginning of the year with Digikey. Shipped a few weeks later.
peterkelly 4y ago
I ordered one direct from Terasic back in June and received it in about 2 weeks. Cost excluding shipping was $243.

gchadwick 4y ago

Apparently if you buy direct from Terasic you can get hold of them. The downside is a large shipping cost and import duties/taxes on top. I have heard of people successfully getting them shipped from Terasic offices within the same country as them to avoid the import duties issue.

krupan 4y ago
Speaking from ignorance of the details of this project, but couldn't other FPGA's/boards be used? Is it using some Terasic specific features
- flatiron 4y ago
  There’s a required RAM module for most cores that slides into the de10 nano. The software and the Linux kernel are also tightly coupled. Individual cores can be ported to different FPGAs though. The SNES one for example was recently ported to the analogue pocket.
- MegaDeKay 4y ago
  The Terasic boards are essentially an evaluation board and despite the recent price increases, still give you a lot of hardware for the money. Other boards that come close in capability and have what you'd want for something like an emulator platform (like HDMI out) are a lot more expensive. Pretty sure Sorgelig (project lead) has said he has no interest in ever porting it to a new platform. Doesn't mean someone else couldn't, but it would be a major effort to do so and keep up.

etiam 4y ago

Tough, given the difficulties the last few years I guess. But Terasic have the FPGA board listed for pre-order with estimated shipping at the end of this month. I haven't had opportunity to get one before either, so I'm not sure how the availability for expansion cards has been.

fermentation 4y ago

It’s rough. I followed the misteraddons owner on twitter and waited a few months for them to notify that kits were back in stock

sigstoat 4y ago

placed a backorder on mouser and then just waited. easier than constantly checking and hoping. they don't charge your card until it ships.

terinjokes 4y ago
I did the same thing at the beginning of the year with Digikey. Shipped a few weeks later.

peterkelly 4y ago

I ordered one direct from Terasic back in June and received it in about 2 weeks. Cost excluding shipping was $243.