Hard to believe, but the FPGA-based Suska-board project is running for 20 years now. Feels like yesterday, that news on the project was spread the first time. I find it impressive, how Wolfgang Förster kept on working more or less continuously on it all the time and apparently, there are still new developments being made:
"The Suska-IV-B hardware is, of course, only as good as its FPGA core – the modeling within the FPGA. And we had something special in mind: it was meant to be a Falcon, and it became a Falcon+. Unlike the original, however, it features 48MB ALTRAM, 14MB RAM, a 32-bit data bus, a USB subsystem, Wi-Fi capability via PicoWIFI, an HDMI video interface, and various expansion options."
State of the Suska presented on their website
As shown, the Falcon modelling is advanced. However the DSP is still missing, but is being worked on, according to the Suska creators.
While we can expect that the final product will be for sale, there is also Zerkman's free and open source zeST project offering a ST clone on very cheap low end FPGA-hardware.
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I hope the DSP is resolved soon. That chip is a vital part of the Falcon's hardware and distinctiveness.