+jedimatt42 Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Boooooooooooooo hisssssssssssssssss. Worse than mine You know you laughed, briefly. -M@ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Woo Hoooooooooooooooooooo! Now that's a real "tie-fighter" -M@ You're quick! "The Woo Hooooooooo" was a train whistle sound to go with your 'full steam ahead' comment, hence the photo of the train. The 'TIES' were to 'tie-in' to the Star Wars association with your user name. I thought they all came together nicely. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 I have been playing with using USB chargers as power sources. A USB to barrel connector can be found relatively inexpensively. I tested with this item today: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003MQO96U/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=atariage&linkId=fab95a5009eb820d580f10f2e190c77d USB to Type M barrel connector, and an extremely cheap AC to USB transformer from the Fred Meyer's check out isle. Your mileage on the cheap transformer part may vary... -M@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Working on a new video for Matt's Plug-N-Play 32K.... I hope to have it done by Saturday evening. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 So the solution is an external PSU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 You can use sideport power. The solution to the problems from last Friday is to actually provide power to the memory chip on the circuit board, instead of it using leakage. AND to use an LS245 to drive data stability. I have tested all units now powered solely off the sideport, with a flashrom hosting my memory test tool, and my teensy3.2 based USB wireless keyboard adapter. The test includes the speech synth in the middle of that chain, but I have a modified speech unit that passes power through. -M@ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 External power is an option if you don't want to modify your speech synthesizer. -M@ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I don't have issue with the speech synth power mod. Between the minipro, eprom eraser and this...I'll never have an F18A by Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 ... Between the minipro, eprom eraser and this...I'll never have an F18A by Christmas. Then you are clearly hooked, and we have succeeded -M@ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I don't have issue with the speech synth power mod. Between the minipro, eprom eraser and this...I'll never have an F18A by Christmas. I was forced to rush and do the speech mod today because I need to get a video done. It's not pretty (old age and going blind), but it works. It's an easy mod though, disassembly & assembly actually take longer than soldering one wire in place. In all it took about 5-6 minutes in total. Be sure to get some alcohol to clean things up a bit, otherwise you may have issues getting the solder to take. Remember to flux before you solder and tin the ends first. (You probably already know this, I only mention it for newbies and lurkers who may be reading this). Once you go F18A, you'll NEVER be able to go back. I have one coming tomorrow that will be going into the HDMI unit I'm building up. Sadly, it may be Christmas before I get a chance to install it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 The video on this is up << HERE >> 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00WReX Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Excellent work jedimatt42 Fantastic. Please let me know when you are ready to take my money Cheers, Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Please let me know when you are ready to take my money 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Well.. We are ready at prge this weekend and on arcadeshopper.com starting next week! I sold 4 today! Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 The video on this is up << HERE >>Matt and I had this running today on his tablet at the booth! Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Matt and I had this running today on his tablet at the booth! Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Cool! Glad to hear it. That explains it too. I was flabbergasted to see 76 views after just one day... granted two of them were mine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 So there was a little discussion in the Flashrom 99 thread about the possibility of the external 32K board morphing into an SD based storage device as well a la CF7/nanoPEB. That would obviously be fantastic since the CF devices are no longer available. Pure fantasy or is this a possibility for the future? And while you're at it, add a serial and a parallel port to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 I hopefully made sideport hardware development less of a barrier for all, as you can make daughter boards in the style of a header pin based 'hat' or 'shield' as they call them in the PI and Arduino space.But yes, I would like to learn to adapt a teensy 3.5/3.6 to provide USB serial, RS232, and FIAD sd harddrive support.But... THIS IS NOT A PROMISE. I don't know how to do any of those things. So I could quite easily fail.I also would need to become proficient in assembly to pull off writing DSRs. I am not at this time.Before I go down compatibility road, I will work on lighter projects to learn from.If anybody with the know how wants to beat me to it, PLEASE do.-M@ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I assure you no project here is ever a promise to anyone. This is a hobby and we all have real lives to worry about 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Someone at PRGE asked why I didn't use micro-usb for the power jack. The simple answer is, the only supply I can find of those is surface mount. So I dismissed it early on. If that situation changes, I may adjust that in a future revision of the board. -M@ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLab Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Someone at PRGE asked why I didn't use micro-usb for the power jack. The simple answer is, the only supply I can find of those is surface mount. So I dismissed it early on. If that situation changes, I may adjust that in a future revision of the board. -M@ I personally like the coaxial connector you used. Micro-usb connectors that are SMT are a bad idea for something that should have strain relief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic1975 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I hopefully made sideport hardware development less of a barrier for all, as you can make daughter boards in the style of a header pin based 'hat' or 'shield' as they call them in the PI and Arduino space. But yes, I would like to learn to adapt a teensy 3.5/3.6 to provide USB serial, RS232, and FIAD sd harddrive support. But... THIS IS NOT A PROMISE. I don't know how to do any of those things. So I could quite easily fail. I also would need to become proficient in assembly to pull off writing DSRs. I am not at this time. Before I go down compatibility road, I will work on lighter projects to learn from. If anybody with the know how wants to beat me to it, PLEASE do. -M@ Is there any chance to use code from CF7+? Someone is maybe in contact with creator of CF7+ or know how software in CF7 works. I'm just thinking loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 I wouldn't want to... I don't personally like how the CF7/nanopeb works with disk management. I don't think it was open sourced either. -M@ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 On the CF7, in some background discussions with Jaime, he was "thinking" about releasing the design/code, but he never actually did so. That makes that one a dead end until (or if) he ever decides to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 The video on this is up << HERE >> I am linking to this in the store item if you have a prob with that lmk Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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