@Alec glad you have a low power solution for the ESP8266. Eliminating the extra regulator is also great; this thing should be pretty battery efficient with the full load at this point.
@ry755 a different sort of things I suppose, but that CUzeBox on 3DS is a cool idea in it's own right.
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Yeah, I'll probably still try to port it. I remember Jubatian saying somewhere that Cuzebox needs at least 600 MHz to run, so it'll have to be for the New 3DS only. The Old 3DS runs at 268 MHz, while the New 3DS can run up to 804 MHz. Full specs here:https://www.3dbrew.org/wiki/Hardware
The New 3DS also has 4 cores so that'll help if I can figure out multithreading.
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That's the spirit! Specially with all those inexpensive printers like the Creality CR-10 or ender 3 hitting the market.
Yeah, pretty happy I could add it without having to compromise on the power budget.@Alec glad you have a low power solution for the ESP8266. Eliminating the extra regulator is also great; this thing should be pretty battery efficient with the full load at this point.
Was that 600mhz for Intel CPUs? Because I would think an ARM could probably do more at that speed.Yeah, I'll probably still try to port it. I remember Jubatian saying somewhere that Cuzebox needs at least 600 MHz to run, so it'll have to be for the New 3DS only.
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I found the thread where Jubatian said it needed at least 600 MHz: (http://uzebox.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2914) I'm assuming he meant 600 MHz for an ARM CPU.
There's an SDL port for the 3DS which will make it way easier to port Cuzebox or Uzem. It's SDL 1.2, not 2.0, but that's still better than nothing https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-sdl ... ds.459291/
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Nice! I checked this out in the relevant software components, and found the followings:
- New (5.x.yy) bootloaders: Unused PORTA pins are set inputs with internal pull-up enabled.
- Old (4.x.y) bootloaders (maybe not really relevant as this is new HW): Same.
- Kernel: Same.
CUzeBox can be compiled for SDL 1.2 (Emscripten uses it), Lee might also be using it this time as there is (or was) an SDL2 bug in a recent release of Ubuntu preventing running SDL2 applications. Whether it would run on such an ARM also depends on its architecture, but it might. It would be interesting to use two cores if it was possible (running the emulation on one, all graphics and UI rendering on the other), but that may take quite some time to realize.ry755 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:37 amI found the thread where Jubatian said it needed at least 600 MHz: (http://uzebox.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2914) I'm assuming he meant 600 MHz for an ARM CPU.
There's an SDL port for the 3DS which will make it way easier to port Cuzebox or Uzem. It's SDL 1.2, not 2.0, but that's still better than nothing https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-sdl ... ds.459291/
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The new boards are on the way. I still can't believe the prices for the JLCPCB service...remember this is for ENIG surface finish which adds a 'whopping' 23$. And yes, shipping is 0.76$!
Here's the final layout for those interested:
Very happy about the final design and it better be after 3 years of work! Re: The quest to a portable Uzebox - update!
Love it, this could also work nice for embedding in other devices!
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Update time. Just received the new PCBs and they look pretty good. I will assemble one to test it and report in a couple days.
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I'm pumped for this! Looks really pretty. Hope it all works out. I'm also fairly confident that in a week or two we'll have at least one game that will be multiplayer capable between two of those
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Finally got to assemble one of the new PCBs and tested the esp8266 and all work perfectly. All is left is to assemble the remaining audio and powerboost part and I'll be ready to take "orders".
Btw, I tested the esp-12f and it works just fine.
Btw, I tested the esp-12f and it works just fine.
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