Re: Transporter won't play.

JoeMuc2009 <JoeMuc2009.apdjgo-NUepA2SMhDQqspMVqqL2D+4xXEVPTSb/[email protected]>
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Something new, this just didn't let me sleep. So I tried to use the CPU
board from the Transporter that would not play on a different
Transporter mainboard, and well, the problem is gone!
So everything points towards the mainboard now. Next to the CPU board
connector is the Xilinx XC9572XL - considered and called FPGA even
though Xilinx call it a CPLD. Anyway, it provides the interface between
the CPU, the DAC, and the ADC board, and it being damaged would explain
a lot of the issues.
I'm going to measure around that chip. Unfortunately, it's a model that
is not even in the AMD/Xilinx datasheet
(https://docs.xilinx.com/v/u/en-US/ds057).
The chip marking is:


XC9572XL
VQG44AWN0745
F3107957A
10C


The closest in the Xilinx datasheet is the XC9572XL-7VQG44I. VQG44 means
it's a QFP package with 44 pins which appears to be correct. I think
they have changed the markings between when the Transporter was built
and nowadays. The number after the dash (in the new marking schema)
according to the datasheet is a speed indication for the pin-to-pin
delay, and 7 means 7.5 nanoseconds. Maybe the 0745 part of the old
marking indicates the same?
Unfortunately, it's not the same component as in other Squeezebox
models, for instance, the Boom and Classic, of which I have plenty of
dead boards, are using an XC95*36*XL which means it has only half the
amount of gates (800) and macro cells (36) so it's not compatible.
So if need be, I'd have to order the best fit from Mouser or Digikey or
whatever.
Could also be a cold solder joint or a fault in the local power
regulation. Well, eventually it could also be something totally
different, e.g. the DAC itself, or anything along the way. But the CPLD
is my prime suspect for now, and I'm happy that the CPU board is not
having issues for a change.
I'll see what I can find and keep you updated.

Cheers,
Joe



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