foft Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 I want to run the SALT port tests and, rather annoyingly, sold my SALT test fixture a few years ago - since I never used it! I printed out the schematic and was tempted to enter it into Eagle and make some PCBs. However I was thinking perhaps somehow here already did this? Does anyone already have a SALT test fixture schematic in Eagle/Kicad etc - or even better made some PCBs and have some they are willing to share? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 you can use the pixelspast PCB: http://www.grandideastudio.com/pixels-past/ here is a zip of several SALT files, previously uploaded by Roydea6: mycollectionSALT.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 Thanks. I can run the cart image on the ultimate cart etc. I'm talking about the test fixture for the joystick ports and sio ports that the software on the cartridges use. With the ADC to check voltages, SIO and joystick loopback/special input tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 ah, some sort of dongle. sorry i have no info for that, never even seen an image of one. hopefully someone can advise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR> Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 This is the board: Usually packaged in an 850 case: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Payne Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 How good are these things at diagnosing issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR> Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, Justin Payne said: How good are these things at diagnosing issues? Seems to do a pretty good job. I just picked one up recently and tested several 8 bits that seemed perfectly functional. It identified problems with several of them that I would probably never have noticed without it. The long burn in tests are especially good in finding faults that are intermittent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 Yes that's the chap. The schematic is in the manual so guess its a case of putting it into a cad program, laying out the board again and putting together a modern BOM. +probably a good idea to replace parts for the modern equivalents, since some of them are harder to find now. I'll probably have a go in the next year, but its a way down my queue. Was hoping to either buy one or just send an existing design to a pcb house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR> Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 I got mine from Brad at Best Electronics. I finally pulled the trigger because someone posted that he only had a few left though. It looks like they may be out of stock now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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