Update on all things myStorm - streaming

[Folknology]

I will be streaming this evening at 8pm BST, mixture of chat, hardware and software around Alloy, join me..

[Folknology]

So in this weeks stream I showed the new PCBs for Alloy that arrived along with a Feather-wing/Mixmod carrier board. We discussed BOM sourcing for Alloy and shipping. We also started to talk about a Possible BlackIce V, the next gen BlackIce board and I was seeking some feedback with a draft layout and features.

BTW I have also uploaded recordings of the last 4 streams on myStorm Youtube playlist so they can be viewed at leisure..

[Folknology]

I created a thread specifically for the Alloy related development it now links to the recently created repository, feel free to take a look and give us some feedback

[Folknology]

I will be streaming again this evening at 8pm BST, covering the Alloy board build update, and some of the software for programming the FPGA, please join me on the myStorm folknology stream..

[Folknology]

Apologies for the lack of stream this evening my internet went tits up..

I will probably stream now this Friday at 8pm BST to make up fot it..

[Folknology]

I will be streaming at 8pm BST this evening, here are a few things I would like us to cover:

• Community updates & feedback
• BlackIceV vs Alloy Mx discussion
• Alloy rev B changes & CAD work

[Folknology]

I will be streaming this evening, possible topics:

• Community news..
• Alloy design changes
• 'Tiles'
• Getting Alloy working in nMigen

See you there from 8pm BST..

[electrified]

I've been watching the stream recordings after the fact, really interesting to hear your thought processes that go into the board development.

[Folknology]

I will be streaming on Friday this week rather than Wednesday, I will probably cover:

• Community updates and chat etc..
• Eating my own dog food
• Developing the bus interface between ESP-32 and Ice40 with nMigen part 1

[Folknology]

Agenda This evening for Stream 21/10/2020 (8pm BST)

• Community & News
  • Forum user @almejia did a great BlackIce Mx diagram for pinouts
  • QUSOC - C# RTL
  • BlackIce Mx boards are back in stock - Get em whilst they're hot!
• Alloy CAD Update
• Interfacing between ESP-32 and Ice40 with CP & nMigen part 1
  • Debug setup and reminder
  • Fixes from last week as well as CP discoveries
• Interfacing between ESP-32 and Ice40 with CP & nMigen part 2
  • SPI CMD/Reg Address setup
  • Stepper example if we have time

[Folknology]

The recent Alloy/nMigen streams are uploaded for those that missed them

[Folknology]

I will be streaming this evening at 8pm GMT:

1. Community and Alloy update
2. Talk about connectivity - BlackEdge and Micromod etc..
3. If there is time maybe talk about Amalgam

[lawrie]

Which board is Amalgam? I just looked at its github repository and it wasn't clear to me. The schematic pdf only has the first page.

[Folknology]

It is the ECP5 based BlackEdge board, I just checked the silly PDF is only a fraction of the schematic, that's annoying, I will get that sorted on the next changes and commit, apologies..

[Folknology]

Here is the last PDF, may be a bit out of date but has all the pages..
E5S.pdf (351.7 KB)

[BigEd]

For reference:

folknology/amalgam

(Does Amalgam need a thread?)

[Folknology]

Last nights stream covering Alloy, Amalgam and connectivity is up BTW for those who may have missed it.

[Folknology]

I will probably do the stream on Friday this week as I have commitments on Wednesday

[Folknology]

I will be streaming as usual this evening 8pm GMT, it maybe slightly chaotic as lots of stuff happening at home messing with my plan but I will cover community news, some chat, and maybe do some nMigen with a basic stepper motor example using my new toy to help explain as we go along!
It should be fun and interactive so join us on the Stream

[lawrie]

Last night's stream was interesting, even if the presentation technology didn't work too well.

It taught me something about driving stepper motors, and the use of python to generate the nmigen Case statements was a good use of nmigen.

It showed how to do simulation with nmigen.

If it were developed into a python API to drive multiple stepper motors from the ESP32, it would be useful for robotics or other applications that use multiple stepper motors, and would be a good example of using an Alloy board.