candle Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Hi, This is my little contribution to Your world, It took me 4 days to get it there, and its still not perfect - as you can see, there are sone glitches (complete lack of sync) during the game boot i haven't investigated yet, but it all come in its own sweet time I would like to thanks following members for their contribution to this project: Shawn Jefferson, who talked me into this and gave Lynx I and few games (on their way from Canada) uicr0Bee for lending me his Lynx II and Batman game so i could work while waiting on Shawn's parcell Tools used: Rigol DS1052E oscilloscope for initial gueswork on LCD interface (there is no documentation for it, apart from schematics, so i had to do it the hard way) Altera/TerasIC DE1 board with custom 3.3V<>5V level shifter board i've also used during SoundBoard development enough said, enjoy! 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Fantastic work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obschan Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 I think I'm gonna faint .... Great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetal88 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Looks awesome! I can't wait to see what comes out of this in the way of discrete components or programmable logic that will fit inside the Lynx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 You my sir are a genius! All the years ive seen no one able to get this working. Whats even more impressive is that you did it with no documentation for the LCD. You should look at the size of the custom TV out boxes that Atari had custom made for the Lynx, they are huge. I hope this could translate into something people could buy or make themselves. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael David Morsette Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 I am beyond excited, thanks for your hard word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBO Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Very Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 as you can see, there are sone glitches (complete lack of sync) during the game boot i haven't investigated yet, but it all come in its own sweet time Most likely the frequency is switched during boot up between 50 to 60 or even 70/75Hz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailChao Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) Most likely the frequency is switched during boot up between 50 to 60 or even 70/75Hz It is. Atari's own adapter does not even bother to compensate for this. So this is already as functional as the huge box of TTL and PAL developers would buy back in the day. But in any case, very nice work Edited September 13, 2012 by TailChao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Holy crap! Do Want! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isgoed Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Amazing...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Right... We have been dreaming about this for 20 years and then a wiz kid does it in less than 4 days. How are you going to spend the rest of the week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) working my asre off so i could meet the deadlines Edited September 13, 2012 by candle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Nice work! I'll happily be one of the first in line if this turns into a kit we can buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im_reg Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Oooh, nice. Keeping my eyes on this project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonner242 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 God, for years I dreamed of this day... Awesome work!! Hope this turns into something I can have in my home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 game boot issue (lack of sync) fixed - mikey chip is not initialized properly and does not generate vsync at all, instead, lcd will roll over after 105 lines (vsync takes 3 lines) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Looks good. Nice to know it can be done with VGA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 It will be interesting to see what the final product looks like, and how difficult it will be to install. I know Candle tries to make these things as easy as possible, but sometimes there isn't much you can do. Some folks handy with an iron may have to setup some installation services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junosix Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Blimey, man - that is an ASTOUNDING piece of work for 4 days. Incredible. Shocked. Stunned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilevoix Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlysublime Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 beautiful work! *tear* It makes the game look so nice. Much better than the emulator on the crappy Lynx LCD. Just curious if the aspect ratio was correct since to me, the original Lynx screen is longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Wow - you just keep surprising all of us! This will make me get my Lynx out again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 installation? two wires to solder to suzy/mikey or any other suitable spot, and one FFC cable to connect to the LCD connector (Lynx I has LCD connector?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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