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Dec 01 07:21:16 <[g2]> lennert I was thinking of two things last night
Dec 01 07:21:41 <[g2]> 1 a 16-24 port serial adapter (I'd have to check the math)
Dec 01 07:21:53 <[g2]> I could either be implmented as 
Dec 01 07:22:02 <[g2]> a) A spartan3
Dec 01 07:22:14 <[g2]> b) A bunch of PIC with USB on the backend
Dec 01 07:22:28 <[g2]> all running USB 2.0 into a loft/slug
Dec 01 07:22:53 <[g2]> so it'd be a big serial / ethernet converter 
Dec 01 07:23:04 <[g2]> any thoughts ?
Dec 01 07:32:12 <lennert> both should be possible
Dec 01 07:32:18 <lennert> i have serial working on the sp3
Dec 01 07:32:24 <lennert> so the only missing piece would be the USB interface
Dec 01 07:32:33 <[g2]> nod
Dec 01 07:32:55 <[g2]> and a question of logic blocks / RBs and I/O pins 
Dec 01 07:33:03 <lennert> yeah
Dec 01 07:33:13 <[g2]> I think the LB and IO pins are probably plentiful
Dec 01 07:33:15 <lennert> my simple serial receiver/transmitter is 40 slices or so
Dec 01 07:33:32 <lennert> the xc3s200 has 1920 slices so you'd fit 48
Dec 01 07:33:39 <[g2]> :)
Dec 01 07:33:40 <lennert> but you still need a bunch of usb interfacing logic
Dec 01 07:34:01 <lennert> i'm actually trying to build a firewire add-on board for the sp3 with a friend of mine
Dec 01 07:34:21 <[g2]> just interface to a chip
Dec 01 07:34:39 <lennert> yeah, a TI s400 firewire PHY
Dec 01 07:34:39 <[g2]> is that what you mean ?
Dec 01 07:34:42 <lennert> yeah
Dec 01 07:34:53 <[g2]> have you been to fwdepot ?
Dec 01 07:35:07 <lennert> nope?
Dec 01 07:35:23 <[g2]> I was there for an hour or two last night :)
Dec 01 07:35:42 <[g2]> they've got some little bridge boads you'd be interested ing
Dec 01 07:35:43 <[g2]> in
Dec 01 07:35:49 <[g2]> and support 1394b
Dec 01 07:36:51 <[g2]> I was looking at the USB 2.0 stuff
Dec 01 07:36:57 <[g2]> and notebook drives
Dec 01 07:37:48 <[g2]> http://fwdepot.com/thestore/default.php/cPath/26
Dec 01 08:54:51 <lennert> okay, i'll have a look
Dec 01 08:54:59 <lennert> i need a firewire LLC-PHY interface
Dec 01 08:55:32 <lennert> a firewire PHY from TI costs like $2
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