+Andrew Davie Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, vitoco said: Was the board put facing to the right side? Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, alex_79 said: Ok, now print the logo with a translucent filament, put an RGB led inside wired to 3 unused GPIO pins and make it software programmable. The STM32F4 breakout board has one (or even two) user programmable LED(s) onboard ! But the board is on the other side ? Edited March 11, 2021 by Al_Nafuur one is the power LED 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitoco Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Andrew Davie said: Yep. I thought that the logo should face to the TV side... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 Just now, vitoco said: I thought that the logo should face to the TV side... ? Not with @Andrew Davie's design. He made the (cool) logo facing to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 28 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: Not with @Andrew Davie's design. He made the (cool) logo facing to you. Technically, you can put the logo on either side. Or both. The customiser lets you choose. But it made sense to me to have the logo facing you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Andrew Davie said: Well, the first proto worked just fine and it's gorgeous. VID20210312002450.mp4 2.88 MB · 5 downloads Looks like I have a bit of room on the tolerance, that I can reduce, but basically easy-as. This will make getting these printed 10x easier and much much cheaper. And super-easy to assemble. Look at that beautiful texture on the last frame of the video, above! The texture looks great? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitoco Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: Technically, you can put the logo on either side. Or both. The customiser lets you choose. But it made sense to me to have the logo facing you. It seems somehow confusing that way. On every other 2600 cartridge I have, the label goes to the TV side. Then, you have to pay attention to the end label with the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, vitoco said: It seems somehow confusing that way. On every other 2600 cartridge I have, the label goes to the TV side. Then, you have to pay attention to the end label with the name. Print it whichever way works for you. The label/wording at top is also flippable. I have it so I can read "PlusCart" when looking at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrZarniwoop Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I love the PlusCart, it's great! A minor issue I have with either a RetroTINK 2X-MINI (composite/S-Video version of Pro) and RetroTINK-2X Multi (different tech) HDMI upscaler with my PlusCart in an Atari 7800 upgraded with UAV: screen blanking. In between screens, including the PlusCart text entry, the screen resyncs and blanks out the screen for a moment. Something about the video signal in that special text mode causes the RetroTINK upscalers to act like the video is being turned off and on in every screen, including the spinning plus. I have the usual Atari 2600 upscaled video issues that others have on a handful of games that play with dynamic scan lines or shake the screen, as noted in this thread. Does that just come with the territory with this special text video mode, or is there a chance this could be addressed in a future revision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I added the insert as suggested, and printed a glow-in-the-dark version. As you can see from the video, it was a big success. Also shows how long the glow lasts after held close to a bright light (the ceiling light just before I started filming, for about 10 seconds). VID20210312080022.mp4 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+D Train Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 7 hours ago, Andrew Davie said: Well, the first proto worked just fine and it's gorgeous. I expanded that to full screen to better soak it all in. looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Doesn't glow in the dark material glow in UV light? I know UV light will charge glow in the dark material. Can you add a UV LED to the board right behind the logo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Looks best with logo on both sides! VID_20210311_202930351.mp4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 You just have to laugh; what else can you do. I thought since the new design was a major improvement aesthetically, it would be nice to print @Gemintronic's prize cartridge in this design. So, knowing I'm critically short of the glow-in-the-dark filament, I figured I just had enough to print a new front shell. Since I'm particular about these things, I decided to print it super-slow, because the print comes out slightly better quality that way. So, I started it off and 7 and a half hours later it's finished! Pull it carefully off the bed and turn it over to see how it looks. And there's a hair... embedded in the plastic. Fan-fucking-tastic! Not. Oh well, time to order another roll, I think. Printing one now though to see if there's enough filament left (I doubt it) for a print. Never had a hair in my print before; go figure. 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 42 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: You just have to laugh; what else can you do. I thought since the new design was a major improvement aesthetically, it would be nice to print @Gemintronic's prize cartridge in this design. So, knowing I'm critically short of the glow-in-the-dark filament, I figured I just had enough to print a new front shell. Since I'm particular about these things, I decided to print it super-slow, because the print comes out slightly better quality that way. So, I started it off and 7 and a half hours later it's finished! Pull it carefully off the bed and turn it over to see how it looks. And there's a hair... embedded in the plastic. Fan-fucking-tastic! Not. Oh well, time to order another roll, I think. Printing one now though to see if there's enough filament left (I doubt it) for a print. Never had a hair in my print before; go figure. Just another proof of Murphy's law.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Got another one printed. There was enough filament, but barely. It was a close call! Good thing is I don't need to order another roll to get this out the door 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 On 3/10/2021 at 5:22 PM, Andrew Davie said: .. So think "expensive"... Printing the pins (approximately the same size as the logo) at craftcloud.com would cost € 1.75 printing them with "Fluorescent Green" would cost just some additional: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Al_Nafuur said: Printing the pins (approximately the same size as the logo) at craftcloud.com would cost € 1.75 printing them with "Fluorescent Green" would cost just some additional: EUR1.75 each set? If so, ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I appreciate the time and labor put into the PlusCarts. I've made a small run of 2600 games using 3D printing before. It's never quite a perfected science. You could be into the 12th print and half-way through there's a tray full of plastic spaghetti moving around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 On the PlusStore via browser I have dark mode on it seems, any way to change back to white background? Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, Prizrak said: On the PlusStore via browser I have dark mode on it seems, any way to change back to white background? Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk click on your user icon on the top right and select "settings" in the dropdown menu. On the left side there should be a menu entry "Accessibility", that's where you can switch the theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Thank you sir, forgot where it was.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repetto74 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Hi guys. I have my Pluscart mounted and ready for first set-up. I want to connect with my PC to the router menu of the Pluscart as per the instructions. From the Wifi Menu I select "Configure Wifi Portal" then I can see the pluscart wifi SSID showing on my PC. Connect to it but then when I want to open the 192.168.4.1 nothing happens and cannot get to the router menu. Have tried multiple different browser and tried both from Windows 10 and Mac OSX but nothing the menu won't open. What should I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 30 minutes ago, repetto74 said: Hi guys. I have my Pluscart mounted and ready for first set-up. I want to connect with my PC to the router menu of the Pluscart as per the instructions. From the Wifi Menu I select "Configure Wifi Portal" then I can see the pluscart wifi SSID showing on my PC. Connect to it but then when I want to open the 192.168.4.1 nothing happens and cannot get to the router menu. Have tried multiple different browser and tried both from Windows 10 and Mac OSX but nothing the menu won't open. What should I do? You might need to specify the protocol for some Browser. So you need to type: http://192.168.4.1 into the address line of the browser not the google search input field: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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