Show HN: Yet another Homebrew Video Game Console, this time FPGA-based

Post by lnsru » Mon, Aug 09, 2021, 7:52 AM UTC

pkiller wrote: post #11

mhh__ wrote: post #7

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I could be over exposed to the wrong data but I looked at getting some board spins recently and it seems to be very expensive at the moment. Retail Chinese PCB fabs are up a bit, PCBA like macrofab seems up a lot .

I got some PCBs made a couple of years ago from JLCPCB and it wasn't that expensive, with shipping, 5 boards of small size (cheapest ones, not suitable for every project) was about €10 or €12. Of course for hobbyists who are going to need several tries it makes it expensive, still it's a lot cheaper than before where I could only get PCBs for a much higher price.

Post by namibj » Mon, Aug 09, 2021, 10:25 AM UTC

lnsru wrote: post #12

pkiller wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got some PCBs made a couple of years ago from JLCPCB and it wasn't that expensive, with shipping, 5 boards of small size (cheapest ones, not suitable for every project) was about €10 or €12. Of course for hobbyists who are going to need several tries it makes it expensive, still it's a lot cheaper than before where I could only get PCBs for a much higher price.

Well, one can try repairing faulty pcbs and save some €€€. I do it always for expensive pcbs. For 2 layers it is not hard, more layers require small drills to break connections in vias.

Post by brunoqc » Mon, Aug 09, 2021, 7:37 PM UTC

pkiller wrote: post #3

brunoqc wrote: post #2

What is the difference from a mister?

A Mister uses a more powerful FPGA + ARM CPU board along with extra SDRAM (I believe) to simulate known retro systems. This was a personal project to make a custom video game console in this case using an FPGA, a couple of years back I finished one using microcontrollers and an actual CPU. This project uses just enough SRAM and external components and a just enough powerful FPGA to be a retro-styled video game consol…