Alright, update time.
I submitted the PCB gerbers for the fabrication of 30 cards on Wednesday, April 8th. This does not mean that I'll be populating and distributing all 30 of them, just that the PCBs are ordered in batches of 10 and I'd rather have extras than not.
This is my first time ordering PCBs from China rather than doing prototyping here in the USA, so I can't give 100% accurate time estimates. But the factory said the cards would be fabbed in about a week so the rest should be just shipping delays.
The components for 6 cards are already at my home, I'll order the rest once I get the first card working.
Prior to ordering, I reassigned a few pins on the MCGenjin-CD CPLD to ensure the cards will still be fine if my assumptions about write timing are incorrect. (WRn is promoted to a global clock). I've updated the card image on the first post for those who are interested.
During the fabrication gap, I'll be writing a test ROM which will exercise the various features of the card. Once I've gotten the cards working and all that is left is populating the boards for you guys, I'll release all the pertinent development materials: PCB Gerbers, MCGenjin-CD Verilog source + POF, and the card test ROM. I want you all to know exactly what you're getting.
Since I'm not likely to be in front of a computer tonight to "officially close" the developer sign-up, here's our current list:
- MotherGunner
- elmer
- Black Tiger
- Lochlan
- wyndcrosser
- The Old Rover
- VenomMacbeth
- SamIAm
- Bonknuts / Tomaitheous
- cjameslv
- akamichi
