miniLA Build

I finally got around to assembling the miniLA. Every component was soldered (by hand) using my cheap $30 soldering station. With the power plugged in a green light shows (good sign!) but I have yet to build the Xilinx JTAG download cable (as this miniLA site mentions) to actually flash it.

Here are pictures of it assembled:

Yesterday I received the miniLA kit (mini logic analyzer, see more at http://minila.sourceforge.net) from g1powermac. Some info from a previous post: ““g1powermac” from the ##microcontrollers IRC channel on Freenode has organized a group PCB (and eventually components) buy of the mini Logic Analyzer, freely available at http://minila.sourceforge.net/ . This will be an invaluable tool with FPGAs and CPLDs, which I’m looking to getting into. The device itself has very impressive specifications: 32 channels, 100MHz, 128Kb memory for *each* channel, compatible with 3.3v and 5V, and the design is of course free. The price will probably end up being under $70 as well. There is also a simple parallel port to USB converter that the miniLA guy designed and it can be relatively easily built.”

Currently there are none available to order, but check periodically because a second run with an improved board is coming along soon.

Here is a picture of it unassembled:

“g1powermac” from the ##microcontrollers IRC channel on Freenode has organized a group PCB (and eventually components) buy of the mini Logic Analyzer, freely available at http://minila.sourceforge.net/ . This will be an invaluable tool with FPGAs and CPLDs, which I’m looking to getting into. The device itself has very impressive specifications: 32 channels, 100MHz, 128Kb memory for *each* channel, compatible with 3.3v and 5V, and it is of course free. The price will probably end up being under $70 as well. There is also a simple parallel port to USB converter that they designed for the miniLA and it can be relatively easily built.