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universal chip analyzer v2 disclosed x86 fr doc tb s r d lab skip to content x86 fr doc tb s r d lab menu guides the ultimate amd 486 die packaging guide cpu by capacitors projects universal chip analyzer atx2at smart converter websites cpc hardware cpu z validator engineering sample memtest86 monip org about me universal chip analyzer v2 disclosed with the development of the pga shields now able to support all intel cpus from 80186 to 80486 and the rise of demand from collectors it was time to think about producing a batch of the universal chip analyzer in january i finally decided to rebuild everything from scratch to get rid of old issues and restart from a clean foundation the original mojo v3 board i used since the very beginning was a fantastic tool but after way too many patches i encountered hard limitations which would have become major issues later as i don t want to rework the base fpga board nor the main interface if board for years to come the solution was to build the perfect pcbs one time for all so let me introduce the universal chip analyzer v2 uca fpga base board the mojo v3 was a great tool but it s a 2013 kickstarter product tailored as a development board i hesitated for a long time to replace the xilinx spartran 6 fpga with a new gen spartran 7 or even an artix 7 i finally decided to stay with the spartran 6 for many reasons xilinx 7 series fpga are only available in bga and not in qfp packaging that mean more complex pcb and higher manufacturing cost while 6 series are happy with two simple 3 3v and 1 2v linear regulators 7 series fpgas requires 3 3v 1 8v 1 35v and 1 0v that mean noisy dc dc buck converters more filtering and ultimately much higher bom and assembly costs the speed and logic cells count on the spartran 6 xc6slx9 2 are enough for all actual and future uses i can think of i could have used more block ram but it s not a limitation xilinx announced that that this fpga is a long term product that will be manufactured at least until 2027 it s also quite cheap now 10 switching to a spartran 7 or artix 7 would have just significantly increased the price and overall complexity without adding any feature the only interesting point i will miss is related to the development toolchain i could have finally got rid of the infamous xilinx ise for the new xilinx vivado design suite but after all i m now quite comfortable with all the damn ise s bugs so here is the new universal chip analyzer board next to the old one i kept the overall form factor just a bit 6 mm higher but many components changed arm main microcontroller the original 8 bit atmega32u4 at 16 mhz with 32 kb flash 2 5 kb sram has been replaced with a 32 bit arm based atsamd21g18 the new mcu is clocked at 48 mhz flash capacity is 8x higher 256 kb and sram is now upgraded to 32 kb it s also much faster and i have room for many future improvements while the atmega32u4 was 80 full the new atsamd21g18 is under 20 after a full code rewrite and with more features added 512 mb flash memory the original mojo v3 used a 4 mb spi flash able to store a single fpga configuration file with the first uca i upgraded the flash to 128 mb to store up to 40 different configuration bit files the final uca now use a 512 mb flash to store more than 150 configurations file simultaneously eeprom a small 64 kb i2c eeprom to store calibration constants configuration serial numbers etc has been added usb c connector the good old micro usb connector tend to become obsolete the new reversible usb c connector will soon become the standard it is also more robust better xo the main 50 mhz oscillator has been upgraded to a 20 ppm low power one for lower jitter and better stability at high frequency stronger power filtering the filtering decoupling stage was limited on previous board it is now much stronger allowing higher noise immunity and better switching speed for fast cpu like 486s thermal dissipation has also been vastly improved power connector first prototype of the old uca v2 used a tiny 1 35mm jack located on the if board the final one come with a standard 2 1mm jack with polarity reverse protection an additional 9v or 12v power supply is mandatory for all supported ics i tested some usb to 9v 12v adapter and they work fine making testing from a power bank on the field possible there are also many layout changes allowing for example i2c communication from the mcu to if to adapter boards uca interface if board the final if board has been upgraded to perfectly fit on top of the fpga board the pcb has been enhanced for reliability while lowering bom cost all but one tantalum capacitors have been replaced by mlcc ceramic caps layout has also been improved for better decoupling efficiency along the main voltage transceivers the uca if board includes a 2a dc dc voltage converter precision voltage and current monitoring and adjustable fast overcurrent protection voltage can be set by software 25 mv steps a standard 3 pin fan header is available for high power cpu like dx4s the slightly bigger pcb height allowed an optional 0 91 128 64 oled display to fit on top of the board it will be used later to display additional information about the test status right now it shows the selected cpu family and the voltage current used uca adapters the pinout on both 50 pin connectors located on the if board as slightly changed to accommodate previous modifications i added some new signals to avoid future limitations for example the i2c is not passed from the arm mcu to the adapter boards adapter s id also changed for their final values so all currently designed adapters required a small layout change let s see the currently designed adapter and their current status uca 80486 adapter the 486 adapter has been recently upgraded to support jtag reading from a hardware point of view the adapter is almost finished there is still a small side feature i would like to add but it s a minor modification the 486 adapter is able to test all 486 ever released from the intel 486 sx 16 to the cyrix 5 86 p133 but also 487s amd 586 ti umc and ibm 486s uca 80386 adapter the 386 adapter has been the most difficult one to build so far while the hardware is now almost fine it still need some work on the fpga code to fine tune some timings uca 80286 adapter almost finished and working as expected with all kind of 286s the internal mcu code must be rewritten to accomate the new communication protocol but it s not a very complex task uca 80186 adapter the 186 adapter was the first adapter to be build directly for the new uca v2 it was used to debug the new communication protocol between the different part of the uca both hardware and software are now done the only missing feature is the automatic detection of 186 vs 188 currently you have to select the correct bus type with the dip switch uca dip40 adapter 8088 8086 more the iapx 86 adapter has been renamed the dip40 adapter as it is able to also test various other dip40 ic along 8086 8088 the uca dip40 adapter can also test 8085s nsc800s mcs48 and mcs51 mcus rca cosmac cdp1802s without the need of any adapters with a specific adapter that plug on top of the dip40 zif it can also test zilog z80s 8080s mos 65xx and motorola 68xx uca 8087 adapter the 8087 adapter has been quickly developed to show the uca s ability to also test fpus it requires a fixed 8086 compatible cpu that runs in max mode while the dip40 adapter uses the min mode uca 8080 adapter after discussion with fellow cpu collectors i developed a standalone adapter for intel 8080s the price and feature of this one are the same than the adapter that fit on top of the dip40 adapter at this time i m sure witch solution is the best maybe the standalone version is better to avoid mistake with dip switches leave a comment to give your thoughts uca debug adapters these adapters are just for internal use but i wanted to share some pictures just for fun the left one is fitted with many precision power resistors and is needed to calibrate the power monitoring ic at various current load 10 ma 50 ma 100 ma 250 ma and 2 500 ma the right one is mainly used to test all signals of a newly assembled fpga if boards it can detect shorts to vcc open circuits or adjacent signal shorts a backplate firmware programmer board with tiny pogo pins has also been developed to flash the initial bootloader inside a blank uca stay tuned for more news about ic support and uca production soon author doc tb posted on 2021 04 02 2024 01 15 categories universal chip analyzer leave a reply cancel reply your email address will not be published required fields are marked comment name email website save my name email and website in this browser for the next time i comment δ post navigation previous previous post the uca now supports intel 487 sx next next post atx2at smart converter firmware 1 21 released search for search recent posts via s graveyard exhuming the vt5329e pn133 development board via s graveyard 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