EclaireXL

Core v10 is out for both v1 and v2/3

The turbo freezer works! Both of them!

Nir posted a couple of great videos, really great. I particularly enjoyed seeing the side2 streaming working.

https://youtu.be/xuL3VOGjW0U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ordWyp8HZZ8

The first board has arrived, the rest should be there shortly.

Please post in the forum when you board arrives and tell us what you think.

Its worth putting on the v8.sof firmware on arrival. I hope to have one with pbi support soon, its sooo close - but not yet working!

Panos will be in touch about shipping...

Panos is chasing up - and if not good news he will order from somewhere quicker!

In the meantime I've added ADC support to the new core, important for SIO sounds such as tapes with speech and just plain interference from the cable!

Panos is waiting for the last few remaining parts to arrive. Most notably the FT232 USB chip. We're expecting they will arrive later this week.

Here is the first picture of a sub-board, which also arrived in Greece. None completed yet but all the parts fit - and they fit in the Mhero S R case.

Here is a picture of the patch Panos has skillfully applied to the boards.

The boards arrived in Greece. Panos is in the process of adding some final parts and trying them out.

Some good news:
FPGA is seen on JTAG
FPGA can be flashed ok
The core runs, the USB keyboard is working, SD card access is working.

Some bad news:
Video DAC regulator didn't work. We're not clear why, but Panos patched it to use the main 3.3V regulator and its now working well. On the previous prototype we only used a single regulator so this is a tested setup.

More news as we continue with testing.