Re: FPGA for PCI based servo control board

[Ray Henry <rehenry-at-up.net>]

I've got a couple of the itx VIA boards and and EPOX.  All have the soldered 
on Via 800 processor.  They were all less than $100 us.  They work fairly 
well for a whole system.  Roland Friestad and I wrote about one of these in 
HSM recently.  I don't much like the frame buffered Trident display driver 
but if you cut it down to 2 Meg it is acceptable even with TNG and freqmod.

Ray



On Friday 04 April 2003 11:55 am, you wrote:
> On Friday 04 April 2003 17:59, Craig Edwards wrote:
> > BTW, I've used those mini-ITX boards, it's a great format.... And no you
> > won't beat the price....:)
>
> Then you need to research your prices more carefully.
>
> from linitx.com
>
> Mini ITX case 64 GBP (95 USD) ...
> Via EPA 8000 mini-itx mobo, 1 Ghz  128GBP (190) USD)
>
> I can get comaprable items at HALF that price in standard ATX format ..
> whats the big deal about making it small?  .. sorry, but the logic has
> escaped me somewhere along the line ..
>
> remind me again .. ther reason we need to spend more money on buying a PC
> in a smaller-than-standard footprint is ..... ???  Sure .. theyre small ..
> but why did we need them to be small again? and why is the smallness worht
> the extra money over a standard case/mobo again?
>
> My workshop is 15m by 10m ... the day I dont have room for a standard PC
> case is the day I get a bigger workshop.