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• ErNa Posts: 1,830

  2017-09-18 20:21

  yes, I can. Send me a pm
• jmg Posts: 15,193

  2017-09-18 20:52

  Richard0327 wrote: »

  Can anyone tell me when the P2 will be finished and for sale?? I have been waiting for years now and the delays are killing me. Also what are the latest spec's?

  Looking like sometime in 2018, for engineering samples, with errata.
  Full commercial release time, will depend on the degree of errata, safest to factor in one respin as insurance to any project time lines.
  
  Latest specs have fallen to page 2 of prop 2 forum, maybe that should be sticky ?
  http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/162298/prop2-fpga-files-updated-4-july-2017-version-20/p1
  
  FPGA boards continue to fall in price, so another option is to use an FPGA version earlier... or use an FPGA for just a portion in your system, eg P2 smart pins.
  
  
• TonyB_ Posts: 2,215

  2017-09-19 00:44

  jmg wrote: »

  Latest specs have fallen to page 2 of prop 2 forum, maybe that should be sticky ?
  http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/162298/prop2-fpga-files-updated-4-july-2017-version-20/p1

  
  Agreed, they used to be at the top.
• jmg Posts: 15,193

  2017-09-20 00:04

  jmg wrote: »

  FPGA boards continue to fall in price, so another option is to use an FPGA version earlier... or use an FPGA for just a portion in your system, eg P2 smart pins.

  
  Expanding on this, bigger FPGA have many options, and prices trend down, but there is also activity at the more compact end.
  I like the QFN48 package parts, and I notice lattice now have 4 listed in iCE40 series, plus others from Microsemi
  
  Someone who needs the Smart Pin features of P2 asap, could possibly do an interim design using P1 (or some other MCU) + a compact FPGA ?
  

  LCMXO2-256HC-4SG48C  MACHXO2 256 LUT   3v3                            500   $2.75
  LCMXO2-640HC-4SG48C  MACHXO2 640 LUT   3v3                            500   $3.28
  
  ICE5LP1K-SG48ITR50   iCE40 Ultra Family  1100 Cells 48-Pin QFN        500   $3.0810
  ICE5LP2K-SG48ITR50   iCE40 Ultra Family  2048 Cells 48-Pin QFN        500   $4.0430
  ICE5LP4K-SG48ITR50   iCE40 Ultra Family  3520 Cells 48-Pin QFN        500   $4.8350
  ICE40UP5K-SG48ITR50  ICE40-ULTRAPLUS,    5280 LUTS  128kBytes SRAM    500   $6.3020
  
  
  A3PN010-1QNG48I      Microsemi Corporation  10kG FPGA 34io 48QFN      520   $4.01
  A3P030-1QNG48        Microsemi Corporation  30kG FPGA 34io 48QFN      520   $4.49
  

  
  It could even be that Parallax could do a P1+ICE40UP5K-SG48ITR50 PCB, for example, that fits between FLiP and eventual P2 ?
  How many Smart Pins cells can fit into a ICE40UP5K ?