#garfield Logs

Dec 19 2019

03:17 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/temp/xilinx/rue/XC6SLX9-TQG144-pinout.pdf
03:22 PM Tom_L: rue_mohr, your chip pinout is in there too
07:27 PM Tom_L: yours has 186 user IO and 93 differential pairs
07:29 PM Tom_L: consisting of BANK0, BANK1, BANK2 and BANK3
07:30 PM Tom_L: BANK0 has 40, BANK1 has 54, BANK2 has38 and BANK3 has 54
07:30 PM Tom_L: in banks for power distribution i think
07:32 PM Tom_L: some have built in functions
07:33 PM Tom_L: starting on P19 of ^^ that doc
07:46 PM rue_mohr: "yup, the gears are broken, parts are ordered, we need it another night"
07:46 PM rue_mohr: ... I'm staying calm...
07:46 PM Tom_L: :)
07:46 PM Tom_L: hope you got groceries
07:47 PM rue_mohr: I'm sad that its been there two days and they seem to have confirmed what I said it was int he first place
07:47 PM Tom_L: an independent shop would have had it done already
07:47 PM Tom_L: cause they don't eat otherwise
07:47 PM rue_mohr: thats part of why I'm kicking myself
07:47 PM rue_mohr: you see, the GM manual says that if there is no ignition, you check the ignition system
07:47 PM * Tom_L kicks rue_mohr too
07:48 PM Tom_L: i got the manual
07:48 PM Tom_L: _all_ of them
07:48 PM rue_mohr: somehow it didn't occur to them to check the cam was turning after I said the timing gears were broken
07:48 PM rue_mohr: it skips looking at the timing gears tho
07:48 PM rue_mohr: it goes right into the moduels and stuff
07:48 PM Tom_L: dam rookies
07:48 PM rue_mohr: they wanted to bill me $300 for a new ignition module
07:49 PM rue_mohr: *thud* *thud* *thuud*
07:49 PM rue_mohr: the idenpendents estimate was $100 more
07:49 PM rue_mohr: and GM answered first
07:49 PM rue_mohr: and, its GM...
07:49 PM Tom_L: that's a switch
07:49 PM rue_mohr: like...
07:49 PM rue_mohr: they should know this stuff
07:49 PM rue_mohr: I suppose the truck predates the mechanics
07:50 PM rue_mohr: *sigh*
07:50 PM Tom_L: it's still a simple internal combustion engine
07:50 PM Tom_L: pull a plug and check for compression
07:50 PM rue_mohr: well, you know how easy things are to get at in that truck too
07:50 PM Tom_L: simple 3 min test
07:50 PM rue_mohr: there are WAY worse vehicles to work on
07:51 PM rue_mohr: by the estimate they had budgeted 3hrs to do the work
07:51 PM rue_mohr: I really dont wanna know where they are in that
07:51 PM rue_mohr: like how much time so far
07:51 PM Tom_L: don't let them bill you for their stupidity time
07:51 PM rue_mohr: it took like 5 mins for us to peer into the valve cover here, crank it, and work out the gears were shot
07:52 PM rue_mohr: I CANT condem them for not taking the customers word for fact
07:52 PM rue_mohr: you cant do that in the repair thing
07:52 PM rue_mohr: but you can test
07:53 PM rue_mohr: there is a repair shop that does a really good job that I just didn't want to tie them up with my truck
07:53 PM rue_mohr: the GM shop is HUGE
07:53 PM rue_mohr: (for here)
07:54 PM rue_mohr: they probably have like 16 bays
07:54 PM rue_mohr: next closest around here is like 5
07:54 PM rue_mohr: then its just a bunch of 2 bay shops
07:54 PM Tom_L: they've got to pay for those 16 bays too
07:55 PM rue_mohr: its a dearship shop
07:55 PM Tom_L: i know
07:55 PM rue_mohr: just *arg*
07:55 PM Tom_L: my chinaman got back with me
07:55 PM Tom_L: said he'd been gone a bit
07:56 PM Tom_L: dunno if i buy that or not
07:56 PM Tom_L: been skimming thru that doc a bit
08:00 PM Tom_L: your pin names start on P.59
08:02 PM Tom_L: to P.67
08:05 PM Tom_L: definitions of them start on P.19
08:06 PM rue_mohr: chinaman?
08:06 PM Tom_L: for my board
08:07 PM rue_mohr: the fpga?
08:07 PM Tom_L: yes
08:07 PM rue_mohr: thought you just bought a board
08:07 PM Tom_L: i did but it's sitting in china
08:07 PM rue_mohr: why isn't it shipped
08:08 PM Tom_L: 2 reviews said he's slow to ship
08:08 PM Tom_L: the rest are all good
08:08 PM Tom_L: so i thought i'd prod him a little
08:08 PM rue_mohr: I was right tom
08:09 PM Tom_L: i've still got the old one to play with
08:09 PM rue_mohr: I was right about those gears
08:09 PM Tom_L: yeah
08:09 PM rue_mohr: when its puffed out like that
08:09 PM rue_mohr: it was my second thought
08:09 PM Tom_L: about the right mileage for that
08:09 PM rue_mohr: ?
08:09 PM rue_mohr: I thought it was WAY over?
08:09 PM Tom_L: well maybe
08:09 PM Tom_L: you're lucky
08:09 PM rue_mohr: yea I'm lucky, it happened 50' from home
08:10 PM rue_mohr: on a unbusy street
08:10 PM rue_mohr: I'd be luckier if I'd picked the right damn shop to send it to in the first place
08:10 PM Tom_L: i drove one ~5mi with a rod out the side for the in'laws cause they were afraid to drive it
08:11 PM Tom_L: i knew the motor was crap anyway so i drove it
08:11 PM rue_mohr: wow
08:11 PM rue_mohr: that speaks for it
08:11 PM rue_mohr: *but it still runs*
08:11 PM Tom_L: yeah crappy but yeah
08:12 PM Tom_L: worst it could do was quit altogether
08:12 PM rue_mohr: a guy at work pointed me to a listing for a 92 S10 for $950
08:12 PM rue_mohr: my answer was, so it only needs $2500 in immediate work
08:12 PM rue_mohr: did the timing gears ever go in yours?
08:12 PM Tom_L: i welded the cab supports on mine
08:12 PM Tom_L: no
08:13 PM Tom_L: mine had ~130k when i sold it iirc
08:13 PM Tom_L: no, more than that
08:13 PM Tom_L: over 200k
08:13 PM rue_mohr: one day i was under it and realized the bolts for holduing the transmission were both gone
08:13 PM rue_mohr: :D
08:13 PM rue_mohr: "uuuhhhhh..."
08:14 PM Tom_L: the cab bolts were rusted out on mine
08:14 PM rue_mohr: * oo
08:14 PM Tom_L: i just stuffed a plate under it and welded it in place
08:14 PM Tom_L: with 2 new bolts
08:15 PM rue_shop1: I'll check mine
08:15 PM rue_shop1: if they dont set my truck on fire
08:16 PM Tom_L: these chips have alot of stuff in em
08:17 PM Tom_L: tons more than my first little board
08:24 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/temp/xilinx/rue/user_guide380.pdf
08:24 PM Tom_L: user guide
09:08 PM MoonyMoon: hey Tom_L
10:01 PM Tom_L: hey Mr Moon