Vampire 500 V2+
Date: Tuesday, February 27 2024 @ 22:53:36 UTC
Topic: Amiga FPGA accelerator


Vampire 500 V2+


Accelerator board with record-breaking speed and unrivalled features.


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Vampire 500 V2+ - Picture source: alinea-computer.de

Signature

  • Target: Amiga 500 rev3, 5, 6a, 8 and Amiga 2000
    (connects to the CPU using DIL-64 socket)
    Connecting to a CPU slot adapter on the Amiga 2000 is not officially supported.
  • Designer: Majsta
  • Manufacturer: Majsta and Kipper2K
  • Release Date: 2016

Specifications

  • FPGA: Altera Cyclone III - EP3C40F484C8N
  • CPU: Apollo 68080 Core
    • Equivalent to 1000MHz 68030 / 500MHz 68040 / 250MHz 68060
  • Memory: 128 MB FastRAM
  • Chipset: SAGA Core
  • Video:
    • Modes up to 800×600@60Hz, 1600×900@24Hz
    • Color depths of 8, 15/16, 24, 32 bits per pixel
    • Hardware-accelerated video playback
  • Internal Ports:
    • 44-pin Fast IDE Interface
      Up to 14 MB/s data transfer speed
    • JTAG Socket
    • Ethernet Module Connector
      On Revisions before 2.2, a different I/O Expansion Socket was included instead of this connector.
  • External Ports:
    • Digital Video Out
    • MicroSD Card


Board revisions


Rev:2.3 Global design improvements.
Rev:2.2 I/O Expansion Socket replaced with Ethernet Module Connector.
Added bottom GND layer, introduced via stitching and teardrops, added fiducials and PCB panelization.
Added top GND layer.
Implemented Power fix.
Implemented Digital Video Out fix.
Rev:2.1 Added strip bars on 2 sides with fiducials for professional PCBA.
Implemented Power quick-fix.
Implemented Digital Video Out quick-fix.
Rev:2 Added I/O Expansion Socket, new logo.

For detail description of Board revisions please read this article.







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