maceffects
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As some of you know I'm working with an engineer on making a functional replacement for the Micron Xceed with internal grayscale functionality. Given the increased BOM for FPGA/DAC I decided that I would go with a SoM to allow the project to be open-source and software guys can make use of the USB/ethernet/WiFi/Bluetooth. Thus far we have a concept that will allow the Mac SE/30 to have the Xceed internal grayscale functionality and allow the Mac SE/30 to be switched to run Ubuntu with a dual-core Cortex A9 667mhz processor. The output would go to the SE/30's display at 256 grays.
Anyway, a lot more development work is needed, however, I would like to know (if anyone knows) the unused power supply on the 12v system on the SE/30. Our design appears to use around 300mA. I'm thinking of having an Molex connector on the card to draw in since I doubt the PDS slot would be happy about this. Is the SE/30 power supply sufficient for this task? Also, does the SE/30 PDS have any ability to interface with the ADB system? If not, we will have to have a loop-back cable which would not have the best appearance.
General feedback is also welcome.
Anyway, a lot more development work is needed, however, I would like to know (if anyone knows) the unused power supply on the 12v system on the SE/30. Our design appears to use around 300mA. I'm thinking of having an Molex connector on the card to draw in since I doubt the PDS slot would be happy about this. Is the SE/30 power supply sufficient for this task? Also, does the SE/30 PDS have any ability to interface with the ADB system? If not, we will have to have a loop-back cable which would not have the best appearance.
General feedback is also welcome.