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Identifying different Pano generations and revisions

Skip Hansen edited this page May 12, 2020 · 24 revisions

Differences between generations

The first generation (G1) Pano was based on the largest Xilinx Spartan-3E family chip and supports a single VGA monitor, 3 high speed (2.0) USB ports, 10BASE-T/100BASE-T Ethernet, audio input, and audio output.

The second generation (G2) supported two monitors, 4 high speed (2.0) USB ports, gigabit Ethernet, and audio output. The second generation does not have an audio input.

Revision A and B of the G2 devices were based on the Spartan-6 LX150 which is the largest chip in the family. The revision C G2 device is based on the smaller LX100 device which is still quite large by hobbyist standards.

As far as is known both revisions are identical other that size of the FPGA and SPI chips. Any design that fits in the Rev C should also work on earlier revisions. Of course the bit stream must be generated for the correct chip.

Second generation (G2) rev A

The device revision should be printed on a stick on label with the MAC address.

Second generation (G2) rev C

The device revision should be printed on a stick on label next to the MAC address.