Building the Finalgrom99 and the 32K sidecar.

Mehridian Sanders · December 6, 2019

I probably should have checked to see if there was another "Help the noob build his stuff" topic on the forum but..

So I have almost all my parts together for the aforementioned addons. I have been practicing my surface mount soldering and a guy (also named Matt HAH!) Is going to be overseeing the process. The through hole is not my worry at the moment.

Quick Question: These ceramic 104's should be sufficient for the few called for on the 32k sidecar yes?

My hope is others that have not spoken or have yet to speak can use this resource in the future.

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+FarmerPotato · December 6, 2019

1 hour ago, Mehridian Sanders said:

Quick Question: These ceramic 104's should be sufficient for the few called for on the 32k sidecar yes?

Yes, these are 0.1uF, exactly what you should have in those 4 spots next to each chip's top right corner. Ceramic disc caps go in either way (unlike marked types which a definite + and -.)

Mehridian Sanders · December 6, 2019

Yes, these are 0.1uF, exactly what you should have in those 4 spots next to each chip's top right corner. Ceramic disc caps go in either way (unlike marked types which a definite + and -.)

Thank you very kindly. Putting them in now!

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Mehridian Sanders · December 6, 2019

Feeling rusty behind the iron again. Well it's a start.

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Asmusr · December 6, 2019

12 hours ago, Mehridian Sanders said:

I have been practicing my surface mount soldering and a guy (also named Matt HAH!) Is going to be overseeing the process.

I don't believe any surface mount is required.

Mehridian Sanders · December 6, 2019

I don't believe any surface mount is required.

Not for the 32k, but for the FinalGrom99, yes.

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Asmusr · December 6, 2019

17 minutes ago, Mehridian Sanders said:

Not for the 32k, but for the FinalGrom99, yes.

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Sorry, you're right. I was thinking about the FlashROM99.

Mehridian Sanders · December 6, 2019

Not for the 32k, but for the FinalGrom99, yes.

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Looks to be fun!!

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Mehridian Sanders · December 6, 2019

My header was too big for the printed case. Going to cut a section out of the top to make it more accessible.

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Asmusr · December 6, 2019

I think you should check this again. The solder is almost touching another lane. ;-)

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We have a TI professional here who has some good advice on soldering:

Edited December 6, 2019 by Asmusr

Mehridian Sanders · December 6, 2019

Thanks I was worried about that one too when I reexamined the pic. I think it is some flux but will look

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Mehridian Sanders · December 7, 2019

Boss is a cool guy .. did this for me.

And I think he put the CPU 180 deg wrong

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Mehridian Sanders · December 7, 2019

Boss is a cool guy .. did this for me.

And I think he put the CPU 180 deg wrong

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Nope nm

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Mehridian Sanders · December 7, 2019

I think you should check this again. The solder is almost touching another lane.

We have a TI professional here who has some good advice on soldering:

Thanks for that link I have read a good deal of it. Here's the solder point we were concerned with.

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Mehridian Sanders · December 7, 2019

Well, thanks Wagner's TechTalk. I got the SD card all setup but the FG is not being recognized. The Reset switch works just fine but I think I need to program the atmega. This looks like I get to go do some studying.

+FarmerPotato · December 7, 2019

9 hours ago, Asmusr said:

We have a TI professional here who has some good advice on soldering:

That is a lot of really helpful advice.

Mehridian Sanders · December 7, 2019

Did anyone build their own FG99? From what I am reading it looks like I am gonna need to get one of these.

https://www.adafruit.com/product/46

In order to program the Atmega.

Are their other programmers I should be getting?

Kinda bummed, in that I was looking forward to playing some games this weekend. Lol

I have several Raspberry pi's and could utilize them for the programming. I am no stranger to GPIO's.

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Mehridian Sanders · December 7, 2019

I am open to suggestions, even those that would paint me in the Derp category.

Also the sidecar connectors came today.

Thanks again@jedimatt42.

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Mehridian Sanders · December 8, 2019

ok so I found the Repetto thread that showed me more about what I will need to do. I downloaded AVR, Python 3.8, and the XDT suite. Does anyone have the commands to compile for generic locations? or perhaps a batch I can run in the folder that would help me to compile this? I am better with hardware than software ? python is not something I have learned yet. Trying to set a batch file that I can post here to help out others who may want to make their own. TIA!

Mehridian Sanders · December 8, 2019

8 minutes ago, Mehridian Sanders said:

ok so I found the Repetto thread that showed me more about what I will need to do. I downloaded AVR, Python 3.8, and the XDT suite. Does anyone have the commands to compile for generic locations? or perhaps a batch I can run in the folder that would help me to compile this? I am better with hardware than software ? python is not something I have learned yet. Trying to set a batch file that I can post here to help out others who may want to make their own. TIA!

NM I just derped my facepalm....openedd make.py in notepad++ *facepalm*

Mehridian Sanders · December 8, 2019

changed the "make.py" code to include the xas99 file location

xas = ["xas99.py", "-b", "-R", "-I", "D:\TI Stuff\endlos99-xdt99-9ca7531"]
xga = ["xga99.py"]

Still getting the error :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\TI Stuff\finalgrom99-master\ti\make.py", line 11, in <module>
    if call(xas + ["menu.a99"], shell=False):
  File "C:\Users\mehri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 340, in call
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as p:
  File "C:\Users\mehri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\mehri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 1307, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

I am assuming I need to move a library file to the python folder in appdata. Just not sure which yet. xga99?

Mehridian Sanders · December 9, 2019

Do I need to point the path to the XGA99 as well? with all the same suffix?

xas = ["xas99.py", "-b", "-R", "-I", "D:\TI Stuff\endlos99-xdt99-9ca7531"]
xga = ["xga99.py", "-b", "-R", "-I", "D:\TI Stuff\endlos99-xdt99-9ca7531"]

instead of

xas = ["xas99.py", "-b", "-R", "-I", "D:\TI Stuff\endlos99-xdt99-9ca7531"]
xga = ["xga99.py"]

Edited December 9, 2019 by Mehridian Sanders
Clarity

Mehridian Sanders · December 9, 2019

Well Put all the .py files from the Finalgrom Master file into the TI folder and ran Make.py again

D:\TI Stuff\finalgrom99-master\ti>make.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\TI Stuff\finalgrom99-master\ti\make.py", line 11, in <module>
    if call(xas + ["menu.a99"], shell=False):
  File "C:\Users\mehri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 340, in call
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as p:
  File "C:\Users\mehri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\mehri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 1307, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
OSError: [WinError 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application

so if it is not a valid Win32 App... so confused. will keep reading on.

Mehridian Sanders · December 9, 2019

Looks like I just get to learn python. I did some json programming 8ish years ago when I was stuck on starbound. Fun lil sidescroller. Written a couple of regkeys. Almost had a working code for the TI keyboard to USB conversion.

Most of what I like doing is hardware. As long as there is code like what I am trying to do for my own enjoyment, I can adapt it.

This has been a test for me. Pretty close to what is needed. Think 90% of the FG99 is done. Just the microcontroller programming is left.

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wierd_w · December 9, 2019

What version of windows are you running? The "not a valid win32 application" error is rather generic, but happens when either the executable code is completely borked, OR, when the api-level of the win32 subsystem is too old for the process needed.

If the toolchain as developed on a very recent version visual studio, this would explain everything; It wants windows 10.

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