18 May 2026
PistormX 500 DIP — Affordable SRAM Swap and Custom CPLD Build
Build log of my PistormX 500 DIP: hunting down an affordable replacement for the rare CY62177ESL SRAM, programming the Xilinx CPLD straight from a Raspberry Pi, and the battle to get Xilinx ISE 14.7 running on a modern Windows 11 laptop.