Re: [ts-7000] Re: TS-7800 OpenCore Release?

[Jeff Weaver <>]

Hi all,

I understand if they cannot release the source because it is licensed from someone else.  

I can make due if I have to scrap the PC /104 and use something else like a USB connection to my peripherals.  That way I'd use the entire FPGA for my own purposes.

At a minimum, this means having access to the schematics and a linux utility to reprogram the fpga given a bit file.  

Some release notes and sample designs for the board interface logic (they must own that unless they outsourced the entire design) would be appreciated too :-)

TS: Is this something you can do?  If not, what can you provide for us TS7800 users who are looking to work with the FPGA features?  

Jeff

On Jul-1-08, at 3:25 PM, vanlines7 wrote:

I just talked to tech support today and they said that the FPGA on the
TS-7800 is not really meant to be "user-programmable", due to some
proprietary license for the CF card on the board or something of the
sort. He also said they did not have any estimate about a future date
in which they would support that FPGA to be user-programmable and that
I could either pay them $500-$600 to make me a custom core, or switch
to the TS-7300 which has more FPGA support. I can't tell you how many
times I saw the words "USER-PROGRAMMABLE FPGA" in the TS-7800's
docume n tation. That was half the reason I bought eight of them. 
Needless to say, I am perturbed with this company...

--- In .com, "David Farrell" <davidjf2001@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Same for me.. I would like to add quadrature decoder, a timestamp
> capture on serial start bit, and pass through (pipe) from one serial
> port to another. I don't see fpga source anywhere.
> 
> David.
> 
> --- In .com, Jeff Weaver <chiotlune@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > Any news on the open core release for TS-7800? I am interested in 
> > accessing the FPGA on the TS-7800 for some custom circuitry.
> > 
> > I don't know how much is left after I instantiate the PC104
interface 
> > -- any estimates from the TS side on how much resources that requires?
> > 
> > Jeff
> >
>

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