Check out Elector Electronic Magazine feb 01. Here they have a prototype = board for the PCI-bus. This seems to be what you're looking for.... http://www.elektor-electronics.co.uk regards Geir Tore Olsen ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Wojciech Zabolotny" To: Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:06 AM Subject: [EE]: Universal PCI boards for PC extension? > Hi All, >=20 > Disappearance of ISA slot in modern PC's makes building of extension = boards > much more complicated (In fact the new "legacy free PC" specification = from > Micro$oft tends to change PC into the closed system completely useless = for > hobbyist/small firm hardware development). Making of PCI board is much = more > difficult (and much more expensive if we consider the price of "PCI > bridge"). However I think, that this task could be significantly = simplified > by manufacturing of "programmable prototype boards". >=20 > I think it could be done with simple board containing: >=20 > 1) PCI connector > 2) The programmable FPGA circuit (I'd suggest Altera ACEX EP1K50FC256 > because of it's relatively low price, PCI compatible I/Os, freely > downloadable development tools ) > 3) The prototyping area. > With the availability of free PCI controller core = (http://www.opencores.org) > it should be relatively easy to use such prototype board for = manufacturing > of PC extensions. >=20 > The only problem is that EP1K50FC256 is in BGA case so it is almost > impossible to produce such board at home :-(. >=20 > Maybe someone would like to produce such boards? Probably there wolud = be > many people (hobbyist or even profesionals) interested in using it? >=20 > -- > Regards, > Wojciech M. Zabolotny > http://www.ise.pw.edu.pl/~wzab <--> wzab@ise.pw.edu.pl >=20 > http://www.freedos.org Free DOS for free people! >=20 > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu >=20 >=20 >=20 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu