Nice cleanup job ReKleSS! It’s amazing how much more stuff you added, 'specially that Capcom layout source code. If you ever need me to get you some more of those Sega Saturn to PlayStation 1 converters for shelling again, lemme know! :tup:
Hopefully, someone will be able to put one of these together without too much trouble. When I tried it the first time, my biggest issue was one constructing the programmer and two ordering the Atmel ATTiny2313 microprocessors since Futurlec for some reason was perpetually out of stock of them for about a month. :grrr:
OH shit this is awesome! Resurrection! I’m interested in soldering them up for you, I’ve got a bunch of experience doing the Cthulhu and IMP boards, it’s the programming I have no clue about, so if you send the chips preprogrammed, I can take care of the soldering stuffs
Hopefully another batch comes through. I needed the $5 submit your own button mapping option. My Saturn pad gets a lot of use on a modded Xbox1 and when I did my Saturn to PSX wiring I tried to accommodate for the quirky menu combinations. For example I can’t pause in MAME with the ReKleSS converter mappings.
I finally e-mailed RekLess back and am working on acquiring parts to program the chip and am ordering some Sega Saturn and PSX extension cables. Seems simple enough. Program the PIC and then solder the Sega Saturn and PSX Cable to the appropriate points on the Chip?
I was thinking, maybe there’s a PCB like the Cthulhu’s PCB, where I can just drop the Chip into it and then add screw terminals to the PCB so then you just screw the Extension cables into place for the corresponding pins on the chip and maybe do a little less soldering and have a more secure connection? Hopefully I’m making sense?
Still not really planning to make more, though if someone can source the crap converters at a more reasonable price I might be inclined to try.
zeetes: not far from Melbourne
Truckasaurus: I can do a PCB design if you want, but at this point I don’t really want to get it manufactured. The layout is pretty much just attaching wires to the chip legs, then sticking the VCC and grounds together. Etching a PCB on your own is pretty easy, but drilling out the 30+ holes is a pain unless you have a CNC mill.
Also, if someone else is serious about building a few of these I’d be happy to assemble a USB programmer and sell it at cost. Should be <$10 in parts (including a ZIF socket) and about $10 in shipping.
awesome. i lived closer to sunbury than anything i guess, romsey to be exact. i miss it =\ i used to know downtown melbourne like the back of my hand. also i miss footy. used to go watch the bombers play about every other week. sigh good times.
as for the chips- i’ll be more than happy to pay for the programmer etc if someone wants to do the rest.
Yes! Yes! Let’s do this! This is completely foreign territory to me, I just threw that pre-fabbed PCB ideal out there. Could you just sell me the programmer thingy or should I just continue acquiring my own setup? :wonder:
Let me order the parts first, I’ll build it and then we can deal with shipping it around (Futurlec take their time sometimes, and I’m kind of busy atm).
Toodles: I was planning to build something like usbtinyisp or usbasp. There’s not a great deal to it - it’s the obdev V-USB reference circuit with the SPI pins connected to a programming header. As well as a programming header, I was planning to wire a ZIF socket to the board so it’s self-contained. I don’t see how this is going to be any easier to use than the dragon…
No worries, I thought I apologized but I realized I forgot to post a response. I have not obtained Virtual On Marz but I just got the Kei? adapter and it works great for my 360 setup. Good luck and I hope you got the adapters when they were up for sale.
My Saturn pad gets a lot of use on a modded Xbox1 and when I did my Saturn to PSX wiring I tried to accommodate for the quirky menu combinations. For example I can’t pause in MAME with the ReKleSS converter mappings.