Installation Guide for

MiSTer

Table of Contents

1.) Different Types of expansion boards ....................................................................................................... 3

1.1) SD-Ram............................................................................................................................................... 3

1. 1.1.1) XS-Board (v 1.1) ............................................................................................................. 3

2. 1.1.2) Universal-Board (v 3.1- vertical version) ....................................................................... 3

3. 1.1.3) Differences between the two versions .......................................................................... 3

1.2) RTC-Board .......................................................................................................................................... 4

4. 1.2.1) RTC (v1.2) ....................................................................................................................... 4

5. 1.2.2) RTC (v1.3) ....................................................................................................................... 4

6. 1.2.3) Differences between the two versions .......................................................................... 4

1.3) IO-Board ............................................................................................................................................. 5

7. 1.3.1) IO-Board (v5.2) ............................................................................................................... 5

8. 1.3.2) IO-Board (v5.5) ............................................................................................................... 6

1.3.3) Differences between the boards .................................................................................................... 6

2.) Assembly .................................................................................................................................................. 7

2.1) Preliminaries ...................................................................................................................................... 7

2.2) Assemble the heatsink ....................................................................................................................... 8

2.3) RTC ..................................................................................................................................................... 9

2.3) SD-Ram............................................................................................................................................. 10

9. 2.3.1) XS-Ram (v1.1) ............................................................................................................... 10

10. 2.3.2 Universal-Ram (v3.1 – vertical) ..................................................................................... 11

2.4) IO-Board ........................................................................................................................................... 12

3.) Power supply ......................................................................................................................................... 13

4.) USB OTG Hub ......................................................................................................................................... 13

5.) Software installation .............................................................................................................................. 13

1.) Different Types of expansion boards

1.1) SD-Ram

1.1.1) XS-Board (v 1.1)

Pictures of the XS-Board (v1.1):

1.1.2) Universal-Board (v 3.1- vertical version)

Pictures of the Universal-Board (v 3.1):

1.1.3) Differences between the two versions

There is no real difference between the two versions of the board from usage point of view.

The XS-Boards can archive slightly higher clock rates (167MHz instead of 160MHz) but this is not

important at all, as the highest needed SD-Ram speed is 114.75MHz used from the Amiga Core.

The XS-Board is smaller and will cause a let total high when assembled. If going for an XS-Case the XS-

Board is mandatory.

1.2) RTC-Board

1.2.1) RTC (v1.2)

Pictures of the RTC (v1.2):

1.2.2) RTC (v1.3)

Pictures of the RTC (v1.3):

1.2.3) Differences between the two versions

There is no real difference between the two versions of the board from usage point of view.

The v1.3 is offering access to the I2C & SPI lines of the LTC connector in a 2.54” version.

The v1.3 has the possibility to add a AD7415-0 or AD7414-0 or TC74A1-3.3V (these are I2C temperature

sensors).

In the normal case this chip is not mounted as it’s not supported (and most likely never will be

supported).

1.3) IO-Board

1.3.1) IO-Board (v5.2)

Pictures of the board without fan:

Pictures of the board with fan:

1.3.2) IO-Board (v5.5)

Pictures of the board without fan:

Pictures of the board with fan:

1.3.3) Differences between the boards

While the v5.2 board is offering a dedicated TosLink Connector this has been removed on the v5.5 board.

The digital audio is still available, but now an adapter is needed (Google for “Audio Adapter Toslink”) to

get the digital audio (have a look to the LED behind the audio jack).

Instead of the TosLink there is now an USB3 connector, but this is not offering USB but some connection

to the FPGA for further expansions (not supported at the moment).

There are no more differences in usage point of view.

2.) Assembly

2.1) Preliminaries

Take the DE10-nano:

Remove the acrylic cover:

Set aside the screws – they can be used to fixate the IO Board later:

2.2) Assemble the heatsink

Remove the paper:

Paste it to the FPGA (self-adherence tape):

2.3) RTC

Insert the RTC PCB to the LTC connector.

Should look like this:

Insert the battery into the coin cell holder.

On the PCB CR1220 is mentioned.

The datasheet of the coin cell holder is also mentioning CR1216 and CR1225.

2.3) SD-Ram

The following is very important! Doing it wrong will

kill the SD-Ram and might also harm the DE10!

2.3.1) XS-Ram (v1.1)

In case of XS-Ram the SD-Ram Chip is facing to the inner side of the board!

Also the 3 pins of P2 have to be inserted to the Arduino Header connector!

Doing it wrong will at least kill the SD-Ram Module

2.3.2 Universal-Ram (v3.1 – vertical)

In case of Universal-Ram (vertical) the SD-Ram Chip is facing to the outer side of the board!

Also the 3 pins of P2 have to be inserted to the Arduino Header connector!

Doing it wrong will at least kill the SD-Ram Module

2.4) IO-Board

IO-Board v5.5 with RTC and XS-SDRam:

There is only one possibility left to insert the IO-Board. The VGA connector has to be on the same side as

the HDMI connector.

Ensure that all pins are correctly inserted.

The switch marked with SOG is for SyncOnGreen.

Fix the IO board using two of the screws from the beginning.

3.) Power supply

The power supply is coming with an US-Plug (not exchangeable).

Non-US users need either an adapter (for European users: Google for “US to Euro Adapter” price can be

below 1€) or need an appropriate power supply: 5V / 2A / 5.2mm connector – positive power on inner

4.) USB OTG Hub

The DE10 only offers one USB OTG port to connect peripherals, but at least the user would like to use:

• Keyboard

• Joystick

• Mouse

Therefor it’s needed to use an USB OTG Hub.

There are basically very cheap China OTG Hubs available, but it seems that some of them are working

and some of them not.

One reported working well is the “Makerspot 4-Port Micro USB Hub Adapter OTG” (just google for it)

5.) Software installation

Follow the instructions on: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki/Setup-Guide