ker2x Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Friendly greetings \o/I'm ker2x, keru, kerunix, 35yo, Toulouse, France. (My french is somewhat better than my english.)I started to mess with computer 30 years ago and now i'm an experienced system adminsitrator (well, mostly linux administrator now). I'm interested in fpga since a loooooooong time, reading stuff about it here and there but : vendor evaluation boards are expeeensiiiiiive (omg!)i can't do any soldering (really, i can't, seriously)sometime you find not-so-expensive board but the shipping cost is the not-so-hidden cost.some vendors have cool stuff but : no price (they say "low-cost") and when you manage to get a contact you understand that they don't want to sell to individuals (because individuals don't buy consulting services, probably) Well, since a i started 30y ago, i obviously met the demoscene and i'm addicted to chiptunes Earlier this week i saw this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqSvkNjWnnQ(abusing the lissajous mode of an oscilloscope)And, yesterday, i saw this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob8jZyfnujM (Oooooooo ==)1h later the papilio was ordered, with an audio wing (shipping to france will take some time). I'd like to share with you a collection of ressource that help me to understand fpga, code, computer, electronics, algorithms, ...everything you need to create your own operating system : http://wiki.osdev.org/Expanded_Main_Pageinterrupts : http://wiki.osdev.org/Interrupts & http://wiki.osdev.org/PIC (specific to PC architecture, but usefull)VGA (still PC specific, still usefull) : http://wiki.osdev.org/VGA_Resources(MIT free book) Structure and interpretation of computer programs : http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html#%_toc_start15 sorting algorithms in 6 minutes (because it's fun) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPRA0W1kECgBit hacks (MIT course) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc9DDSbf0NQ <- wow !a MUST-HAVE book if you had to buy only one (seriously!) : http://www.nand2tetris.org/book.php (also available in kindle format)Free Range FPGA (of course) : http://www.freerangefactory.org/site/pmwiki.php/Main/BooksIntro to spartan FPGA book (obviously) : http://forum.gadgetfactory.net/index.php?/page/articles.html/_/papilio/logicstart-megawing/intro-to-spartan-fpga-ebook-r34Inside the machine (because it cover different CPU architecture) : http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Machine-Introduction-Microprocessors-Architecture/dp/1593271042Open IP Core (can be usefull, lot of free VHDL) : http://opencores.org/SID \o/ : https://github.com/alvieboy/ZPUino-HDL/tree/master/zpu/hdl/zpuino/contrib/NetSIDhackaday (please don't tell me you never heard about it) : http://hackaday.com/reddit FPGA : http://www.reddit.com/r/fpga/fpga4fun : http://www.fpga4fun.com/ I'm probably missing tons of ressources, but they are the one i remember enjoying.There is one more link i'd like to add : http://www.fractalforums.com/ this is where we invent new fractals.Lots of crazy dude (and dudette), including myself, hopelessly addicted to complex numbers. One of my long term project with FPGA is to create a complex-number co-processor or, even better, a full software CPU optimized for fractal generation. (well ? perhaps i can hack the ZPUino ? Mmmm). *hugs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ker2x Posted September 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Doh, i forgot EEVblog youtube channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog/videosAnd if you use an oscilloscope, this one is the first video you need to see : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFLZm4LbzQU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Hi there, nice intro, welcome to the community. I'm glad my little video of the SID prompted you to buy an FPGA board.Since then, Alvie has added a digital filter implementation that brings the FPGA SID even closer to the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Completely OT, but if you want a quick retro read to fill in 15 minutes have a look at this http://american.cs.ucdavis.edu/academic/readings/papers/CRAY-technology.pdf. 80MHz, 230,000 gates, 130kW (!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ker2x Posted September 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 i stopped collecing old computers My most power hungry computer is a "ControlData Cyber 910" wich is basically a rebadged IRIS 3000 with a 68k cpu (so it's pre-IRIX) and like 24 MIPS (i don't remember exactly) for the graphic card. Nice stuff, big like a small fridge, PSU rated at 60A 12V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6EEQ Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Hi there, happy to meet a french FPGA fan on this forum!!I live near Romans (26). Regarding shipping, my Papillo pro + logic start arrived in less than one week, and what is much better... without any tax!! I will send you a Personnal Message, so that we could exchange per mail. I'm OK with µ (PIC only + some old stuff as 6502) but starting with FPGA, so for the time being I'm very happy when the right LED is on Hope to hear or read you very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ker2x Posted October 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 i got it \o/It wasn't too slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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