Green Hawk Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) Hello friends! I'm looking to make this new Modchip project called Redux. My question is which software to use to place the "VHDL" file to generate the .jed or .svf files in order to program the I.C. Lc4652? My thanks to Kekule for the project and his collaborators! link project: https://github.com/Kekule-OXC/R3DUX THXs Pcb already in manufacture. jlcpcb.com value of 5 pcs $2.00. Edited August 3, 2021 by Green Hawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 What is the status of this project? If stalled, for what reason? How can i help? I would very much like to be a part of this project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, Bowlsnapper said: What is the status of this project? If stalled, for what reason? How can i help? I would very much like to be a part of this project. I think the world wide chip shortage has put hold on this project. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 If that's the case, then that is practically tragic. I don't know anything about semiconductor manufacturing, but aren't there any "mom and pop" foundries that can produce these chips? I mean, the lithography/technology used to make those ic chips is at least 20 years old... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 19 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said: If that's the case, then that is practically tragic. I don't know anything about semiconductor manufacturing, but aren't there any "mom and pop" foundries that can produce these chips? I mean, the lithography/technology used to make those ic chips is at least 20 years old... Manufacturers of FGPA and other logic devices, etc. do not release their designs to be reproduced by others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Oh DUH. It didn't even occur to me that these ic's that xecuter used on their chips were never reverse engineered for use in the r3dux, and that even if they were, it may violate patents. I guess I assumed that their functions were so simple and uncomplicated (relatively, anyway) that it would be trivial, at this point, to just clone them. Evidently, it's not this simple. So these components are still being produced? And not only that, they're being used to an extent that there's a holdup on their distribution? Maybe I should bug Kekule with these pedestrian-ass questions... although I think he has better things to do. I wish I could gain a better understanding of the situation without being a nuisance to the only people who really have the answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 There are no mom and pop shops that I know of that produce integrated circuit chips. There's information on the Open_X3 project the R3DUX is based upon - a schematic (.sch file) and a couple of pictures of a prototype modchip and schematic: bolwire/OpenX3_Public (github.com) The FPGA is a Lattice LC4256V (Datasheet (PDF) - Lattice Semiconductor (alldatasheet.com)), not the AcTel ProASIC APA075 that Team Xecuter rebadged them to read. And, ChimericSystems' (Kekule's) github.com repository on the R3DUX: ChimericSystems/R3DUX (github.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 hour ago, KaosEngineer said: There are no mom and pop shops that I know of that produce integrated circuits chips. There's information on the Open_X3 project the R3DUX is based upon - a schematic (.sch file) and a couple of pictures of a prototype modchip and schematic: bolwire/OpenX3_Public (github.com) The FPGA is a Lattice LC4256V (Datasheet (PDF) - Lattice Semiconductor (alldatasheet.com)), not the AcTel ProASIC APA075 that Team Xecuter rebadged them to read. And, ChimericSystems' (Kekule's) github.com repository on the R3DUX: ChimericSystems/R3DUX (github.com) Right. I didn't mean mom and pop in a very literal sense, just a manufacturer that isn't necessarily responsible for producing 1/5 of all the chips for the entire fucking planet. That's all. However, as ive recently discovered, it doesnt really apply when it comes to these components... Or at all, i guess. Oops. Thank you for the links. I will absorb every little bit of info i can. I still have a lot to learn, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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