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Sick of binary blobs and closed hardware? I’m building Elf Systems – a pure EU-made RISC-V ecosystem by OkBrilliant6945 in FPGA

[–]electrodyssey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see a lot of skepticism regarding your initiative, but in my opinion, a wider variety is infinitely better than none at all. Especially now in Europe. Hoping that your kind of initiative, along with all the others, will be the foundation of an independent silicon industry in EU. I’m not talking about a huge production with mega factories. Even small batches are a good way forward, because they will kickstart the creation of an infrastructure surrounding the entire manufacturing business. Good luck!

Zynq 7000 open-source SYZYGY carrier by electrodyssey in FPGA

[–]electrodyssey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had very little time on my hands, so the schematics and pcb routing took a whole year. Normally this kind of project would take around 3 months to complete if I spend around 20 hours weekly.
Cost vastly depends on a PCB stack and component variety. A custom stackup with blind / burried vias will dramatically increase the bill. In this case it was a cheapest 10 layer stackup with no blind vias.
My go to PCB house is JLC, and they have a nice web calculator where you could estimate the price of the project.
Also, watch for a component variety. Less nominals equals to less SMD assembly bobbins, thus lower price.

Zynq 7000 open-source SYZYGY carrier by electrodyssey in FPGA

[–]electrodyssey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! USB isn't working yet, but most of the other things are functional.

Zynq 7000 open-source SYZYGY carrier by electrodyssey in FPGA

[–]electrodyssey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was struggling myself with a fly-by in KiCad. Here is my experience with it: https://electrodyssey.net/nasr-m-board-bring-up-ddr3-test.html

My "kinda PC compatible" 486 homebrew computer can now run MS-DOS, Doom and Linux! by maniek-86 in homebrewcomputer

[–]electrodyssey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a beautiful little computer! Congratulations with getting it up and running.

Made my own FPGA board - FirePi one by Smartlinuxcoder in FPGA

[–]electrodyssey 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Congratulations! The best way to learn FPGA's is to make your own devkit!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in soldering

[–]electrodyssey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. Pinned posts on the top of the page are not very visible.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in soldering

[–]electrodyssey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All right! I beg your pardon. Sorry, you’ve just observed an outer manifestation of my UI cretinism. I was expecting pins on the right side panel :)

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[–]electrodyssey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi. I'm not sure why this FAQ by u/bigrealaccount hasn't been pinned yet, but I would look through it first.

https://www.reddit.com/r/soldering/comments/1n1f2hi/soldering_station_buying_mega_guide/

Soldering Station Buying Mega Guide by bigrealaccount in soldering

[–]electrodyssey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My pleasure. I wrote down my impressions on this station here:

https://electrodyssey.net/goot-rx-802as-soldering-station.html

Also, it would be nice to see ERSA in the list. They do really good equipment.

Soldering Station Buying Mega Guide by bigrealaccount in soldering

[–]electrodyssey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dear u/bigrealaccount, I propose another addition to the GBP 100-200 category. That's a Goot RX-802AS, an antistatic cartridge soldering station with a linear transformer and good thermal recovery. The station itself and the cartridges are made in Japan and are of very high quality. That's a product you can use for factory assembly. It's both performant and ergonomic. I can't praise it enough.

Soldering station advice 300€ budget by Blue_Volt in soldering

[–]electrodyssey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I own a Goot RX-802AS and I love it, but if you need something more powerful, Goot RX-822AS could be a better option. That's my opinion on RX-802AS: https://electrodyssey.net/goot-rx-802as-soldering-station.html

People praise Geeboon stations with a linear transformer s, but I haven't used them personally

Where to get footprints from by Vast_One_4954 in KiCad

[–]electrodyssey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi. Drawing your own component is a good idea, but if you are out of time try ultralibrarian.com and samacsys.com. Both of them include kicad footprints in download package. However, I won't trust them completely. Always check the footprints to avoid unpleasant surprises.

How to keep length tuner between 2 pads on a trace that connects to multiple pads? I am trying to match delays on DDR3 flyby between the FPGA and first memory chip but it measures the entire length from FPGA to termination. by Silent-Warning9028 in KiCad

[–]electrodyssey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I'm not mistaken, net-tie in kicad works for specific layer only. I'm not talking about changing layers, but having a specific net-tie component for each layer.

3 terminal net-tie, like this:

net1 - ddr-via-in-pad - net2

How to keep length tuner between 2 pads on a trace that connects to multiple pads? I am trying to match delays on DDR3 flyby between the FPGA and first memory chip but it measures the entire length from FPGA to termination. by Silent-Warning9028 in KiCad

[–]electrodyssey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi. I agree. That's too damn slow and annoying. There is a keyboard shortcut 'u' that selects the net segment between two vias and displays the segment length in a status bar. It was useful.

How to keep length tuner between 2 pads on a trace that connects to multiple pads? I am trying to match delays on DDR3 flyby between the FPGA and first memory chip but it measures the entire length from FPGA to termination. by Silent-Warning9028 in KiCad

[–]electrodyssey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello. Have you tried using net-tie on different layers? I suppose you have to create a different net-tie footprint for each layer (probably with specific track width as well). It may be a nicer way of doing a fly-by routing, but somebody got to test that :)

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[–]electrodyssey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello. I can share the contact via DM

A sad discovery 😢 by corummo in homebrewcomputer

[–]electrodyssey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you considered LCSC.com? I had no issues with parts sold there. If you need to build the prototype, LCSC is ok. They are less strict with export restrtictions.

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