steve.howell{at}altium.com.au wrote:

> Is the FPGA we are using overkill for such a small amount of logic we
> have to support? Yes. But with the 50AN costing only $9, and the 250E
> only $18, its definatley worth it. It makes for a cheap and easy 2
> layer board, simple to design in the FPGA space, as well as to
> download, makes a nice simple bill of materials (one chip), and gives
> us lots of logic to experiment with in the future - ie, you could add
> Alex's Z80 soft card in there well. But more importantly, it gives us
> the required logic to put all the soft tools, that once sat on the
> bench, into the FPGA whilst we build the design. Tools such as logic
> probes, logic analyzers, decoders, ROM images, etc.
> 

And, again, is anyone going to fabricate these and offer them for sale?  Or, 
am I the only one that's intimidated by the thought of soldering microscopic 
chip resistors and caps and 100-lead SMD chips?
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