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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?
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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.
Agreed, they used to be at the top.
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 ?