DIY F18a alternative

[tastypies]

Tried it on another monitor, and it works...yay!



So top tips for others planning to build the Tang Nano 9K based solution:

1. You _must_ use version 1.9.8.10 of the Gowin IDE and programmer - not an earlier or later version!
2. Try a different monitor if you don't see the test image - my Samsung TV cannot cope with the HDMI signal generated, but it works fine on my iiyama monitor.

D.

[productiondave]

Sweet!

[RenderEng]

Yes it seems new Samsung TVs started ditching legacy video and only supports HD ones. I have a Samsung HDR TVs hooked up into my devkits it works with Xbox and PS4/5 but does not like the F18a. Also i had trouble this TV does not like mega65 in c64 mode.

[tastypies]

Add Sony Bravia TVs to the list of devices that *don't* work with HDMI.

[RenderEng]

I am trying to get this version from the Gowin downloads but I cannot find it. I do have archived but I need to give people the instruction to download it. Even in the archives section I cannot get it. anymore :/

[RenderEng]

Well I tried building it using EDA 1.9.8.11 Education Edition and I didn't have had any issue.

[tastypies]

At the moment it can still be downloaded from here: https://cdn.gowinsemi.com.cn/Gowin_V1.9.8.10_win.zip

Good to hear that 1.9.8.11 Education also works - 1.9.9Beta definitely didn't work for me!

D.

[RenderEng]

Does your windows PC computer stops detecting the board ?

Mine happens all the time, I removed all driver, driveStore, pnpultil etc. but eventually it just stops...

[productiondave]

I did have some issues with that. I found on my system plugging it into one of the usb3 sockets seems to be most stable. But, I only had it in there long enough to program it. I've not tried any dev yet.

[RenderEng]

Same behaviour as mine. After some time only one port actually connects it.

I'd like to try the openFPGAloader.