[Fpga-synth] MIDI-controller and the Arcade Extender

[Eric Brombaugh]

Magnus Wedmark wrote:

> I have designed and finished an 
> extender-board called "Arcade Extender" fitting a 2*20 0.1" standard 
> connector that I would like to try out. It is specified to be optimal 
> for FPGA-based synth-applications, emulator-applications (C64, TRS-80 , 
> VIC-20, Amiga, Atari ST and more), new SOC-platforms and more.
> 
> I have 10 professionally made boards from the first batch.
> See it at:
> http://wedmark.se <http://wedmark.se/>

Looks pretty nice. The Spartan3 starter kit needed some more I/O.

> Some weeks ago I upgraded my Digilent Spartan-3 Starter Kit (200K 
> device) with a Digilent Microblaze Starter Kit (1600E device). Very nice 
> upgrade indeed! It comes with a working Linux as one of the demos with a 
> Telnet-server, web-server, ftp-server! :-)

Sounds like you can get into all sorts of trouble. The main downside to 
using MicroBlaze is that you have to spend $$ on the EDK to do anything 
significant with it.

> Lots of strange things (read constructions) will evolve on that board! 
> I'm think of starting out by using the A/D D/A for some simple 
> Filtering-tests!

Have fun & let us know what you come up with.

Eric