New board to replace 7i92M

The MESA 7I92M is a low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card with 100 BaseT Ethernet host connection. The 7I92M uses standard parallel port pinouts and connectors for compatibilty with most parallel port interfaced motion control / CNC breakout cards/ multi axis step motor drives, allowing a motion control performance boost while retaining a reliable real time Ethernet interface. Unlike the parallel port that the 7I92M replaces, each I/O bit has individually programmable direction and function. The 7I92M has a simplified UDP host data transfer system that allows operation in real time if required and compatibility with standard networks for non-real time applications. The 7I92M provides 34 I/O bits (17 per connector) All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and have pullup resistors. A power source option allows the 7I92M to supply 5V power to breakout boards if desired. Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  Configurations are available that are compatible with common breakout cards and multi axis step motor drives like the Gecko G540 and Leadshine MX3660. All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions.