Milkymist SoC 0.6 was released today, and features most prominently the support for the Milkymist One. The “proof of concept” video synthesis software was also successfully ported to it, as shown in the video below.
Milkymist One prototype board
Work is still to be done on the different Milkymist One interfaces (MIDI, DMX, USB, video input, IR) for which there is currently no support from the FPGA design. A substantial amount of work is also ahead on the Flickernoise open source end user application, GUI library and RTEMS support.
No price or availability date have been defined yet for the final Milkymist One product. However, very limited quantities of prototype boards are being made available to selected Verilog and software (RTEMS, Genode FX, Flickernoise) contributors. To apply for one, please send an email to sebastien dot bourdeauducq at lekernel dot net, stating your interest in the Milkymist project, your background experience and how you are planning to contribute. A flashing mini-howto as well as many wiki resources are available to get started fast with the board. Furthermore, software can also be tested using the QEMU emulator.
Last but not least, the Milkymist One prototypes will also be shown and demonstrated at the next RMLL on July 6th in Bordeaux, France.