Farb Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) There's actually very simple composite output library - it's called TVout, it's not really something impressive with color and hires graphics, but it's made out of 2 resistors That actually looks like it would be perfect for a disk selection overlay! If I'm reading it right, it requires one chip and two resistors. I'd be willing to try and get some basic functionality working with that library but haven't the slightest clue how you would actually overlay it on the Atari's video signal. Edited May 8, 2012 by Farb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KubaCZ Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I haven't used it for few months, but if I remember correctly then it was really just resistors connected to pins 11,7 and 9? There is also simple sound generator included in the library. About overlay, I have no clue too - hope somebody here knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodCastler Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 and there is a video overlay shield here: http://lowvoltagelabs.com/products/videooverlayshield/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farb Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 and there is a video overlay shield here: http://lowvoltagelab...ooverlayshield/ That's cool but quite expensive. I'm not sure I see an advantage to that over a $14 LCD display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodCastler Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 That's cool but quite expensive. I'm not sure I see an advantage to that over a $14 LCD display. Agreed. On a separate note, I couldn't find explicitly where all the libraries should reside. Is it under a single folder under Arduino Libraries? Which name should I use? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjennings Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 There's actually very simple composite output library - it's called TVout, it's not really something impressive with color and hires graphics, but it's made out of 2 resistors http://code.google.c.../arduino-tvout/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4q4Vv9d21g That's interesting. I'd never seen video out of the arduino without another shield attached, so assumed it didn't do it. (you're not kidding with the color and resolution -- it makes a TRS-80 look luxurious.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjennings Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 and there is a video overlay shield here: http://lowvoltagelab...ooverlayshield/ They're asking $60 for that! The thing about open hardware designs is that if you look around you can find something similar.... http://nootropicdesign.com/ve/ That one is $32.95. (or $24.95 for a kit if you know which end of the soldering iron to hold.) They have another toy with video output -- http://nootropicdesign.com/hackvision/ A videogame with multiple input controller options. $43.95 assembled, or $33.95 as a kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farb Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 That one is $32.95. (or $24.95 for a kit if you know which end of the soldering iron to hold.) That looks cool... too bad it doesn't work with the Arduino Mega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Has anybody messed with the new NetDuino boards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sowden Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Hey guys. After reading this disscussion and reading the SIO2Arduino code, has anyone tried hooking this up to a 1050 and transfering real disketts to .atr using the USB cable and APE (or something like it)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sowden Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Hey guys. I have read the newbie thread and I have known about the SIO2PC chip for a long time. I was just hoping that I could spend $25 instead of $60 for a chip that has multi-purpose capbilities. And oh yeah, bump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 If you have a serial port -> http://pages.suddenlink.net/wa5bdu/1050.txt If you don't have a serial port -> Get one :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diskwiz Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Nice work fellow Arduino hacker! I was able to compile this on my SIO2MicroSD board with minor changes. I was able to boot a couple of single density images and partial S-drive functionality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeun Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I picked up one of those cheap LCD Keyboard shields, like this one, thinking I could just adjust the config.h file to the shield pinouts, and add the SD card and SIO on whatever pins remain. But I notice in the config.h file, it mentions the SD Card pinouts on the Arduino can't be changed for now. Is that still true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diskwiz Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Can you disable the backlight control on the shield maybe (bend pin 10 out of the way)? I didn't look that deeply into it, but heck, the backlight can be lit with the +5v with a 1k resistor in series instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeun Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 (edited) I may cut it out of the shield if there's no alternative. There's a design flaw on pin 10 of the shield anyway (link) that could eventually harm the Arduino or the shield, so it's either diode or dremel. That project is underway on the Uno. On the Duemilanove, SIO2MicroSD is running smoothly, but it's a mess of wires right now. Might give me a good excuse to improve my sadly lacking Eagle PCB skills. Edited November 6, 2013 by eeun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diskwiz Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Feel free to grab one from my web site and make a board, if you like. I do have the one sided version on there that you can make at home with a laser printed image and an iron. As long as you use the MicroSD board from Gravitech, it is an easy build. Eagle was a pain to learn, but pretty fun to play with, once you get the hang of it. I have about 40 versions sio2microsd. Great tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeun Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Do you have the actual sch/brd files for the single-sided version on your site? It's a little early in the morning here, so I may just not be looking in the right spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diskwiz Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Oh yeah... I believe that Wordpress would not allow those files to be uploaded. I can probably email them to you, if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netbeui Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 I'm trying to build the sd2arduino and it's working if I use the reset button and no LCD but for some reason if I switch config.h to the select button with LCD I get an SD init error. Any idea what might be causing that? I get the error with the same SD card that works perfectly with config.h set for reset button and no LCD.. I tried building an sio2microusb and I'm hitting a wall there too. All I get is a row of dark boxes on the LCD.. Any suggestions for either of these issues are greatly appreciated. I'm using an arduino mega 2560. I've tried both the arduino Ethernet shield with sio2arduino and the adafruit SD breakout board with sio2microusb. Help please!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netbeui Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 It must've been a wiring issue cause I rewired everything and sio2arduino is working now with the LCD. I tested mindshadow with disk swapping and it worked perfectly woohoo!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farb Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 It must've been a wiring issue cause I rewired everything and sio2arduino is working now with the LCD. I tested mindshadow with disk swapping and it worked perfectly woohoo!! Nice, glad you got it working! One thing I had noticed in the past: when the programming USB cable was hooked up between the Arduino and the PC, an SD init error would occasionally occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodCastler Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Hi, I finally got to start this project. Some questions. I have a whole bunch of .ATR files in the card, but SIO2Arduino refuses to list them all. Acually, I can simply rename a file and it will no longer be listed. Q1: Any ideas why? I am using an LCD shield which forced me to change several pins of both the LCD and the SD in config.h but besides what I've stated, it all seems to work. Is there a way to use two buttons to scroll the files? (One to advance one file, the other one to go back to the previous one listed) in order to make the navigation easier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farb Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Hi RodCastler, How many files do you have in a single directory on the card? Can you try breaking them up into multiple directories? There is no code in there currently to add a second button. Fortunately, the source code is freely available and I welcome submissions :-) Otherwise, I'll consider adding it when I pick up working on the project again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodCastler Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) How many files do you have in a single directory on the card? Can you try breaking them up into multiple directories? There must be 140 ATR files or so. I'll delete some and see if it fixes it. Your website Usage section states that LCD does not allow subdirectory navigation, which made me think all of the subdirectory code I found was for another scenario... I spent a few hours yesterday digging the SDfat libraries searching for a way to browse backwards and add the two-button option... No luck. This is such a great project. I'd love to see it further developed. Edited February 21, 2014 by RodCastler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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