LinuxCNC-RIO - RealtimeIO for LinuxCNC based on FPGA (ICE40 / ECP5)

Ok, at last. I got ISE running/synth on a Win10 workstation. Never managed to have it working on linux. Tried real hardware (screwed up my installation pretty badly) and neither worked in a VM. Sort of working okay'ish in Win10 although I have no idea how I'll be able to manage a RIO environment (msys64 most likely).

Let's go ghetto! I'll order the aforementioned shilled kit tomorrow and hopefully be spartanized on the verilog side by beginning of the week.

Feeling like going two decades back in time but hey, if that's what works and recommended, so be it!!

I’ve installed ISE 14.7 on both Debian Bookworm & Mint 21, trick to get the installer going is to install libncurses5 and after the install to get a licence setup you need to rename your Ethernet port to eth0. To get a licence you need to register with Xilinx now AMD.

Just to reinforce how messed up this is, the MESA shipping costs for one board to Australia, what an absolute joke: 

RIP you cool, clean, compact, integrated Mecanix board.

In other news, has anyone seen these Analog Crosspoint Switch Array ICs, thinking out loud if they could be useful...AD75019 is pricey but two MT8816 gets you to 16x16 for a lot less money, I ordered four PDIP MT8816 because I couldn't help myself?

Thinking out loud some more (it's what I'm best at, not so great at doing lol) is some kind of generic "slot" based expansion system the way to go, an FPGA backplane board with something like DIMM or MiniPCI slots for IO...jumper wires and ribbon cables be gone!

Thought you couldn't read datasheets ?

DIMM or PCIe slots, great way to bump the price up.

Cant do this anymore bye all wrote:

To get a licence you need to register with Xilinx now AMD.

I hate that, i have several ST micros dumped because i refuse to register just to get the damn software for stuff i have already payed, and i sure as hell will not be buying them anymore, i have gone full Mesa and ESP32!

Just select the cheapest option. Mesa have been known to upgrade to a better service at no cost I 'm not sure if thats normal service or becasuse I am a Good Looking Bloke