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Common code base with UnoCart

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Common Code base Project Name  

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  1. 1. How shall we name the common code base project on Github

    • United Carts of Atari (UCA)
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    • MultiCart10400 (MC10K)
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    • Open Atari ARM MultiCarts (OAAM)
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    • Pharaoh Cart
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    • Trinity Cart
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7 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said:

Why not change the operation and store the "offline ROMs" on the SD card?

Makes sense to me.

Not all device configurations have a SD-Card. "Offline" can refer to the SD-Card or the MCU Flash, that's why I want to name all the possible storage places (PlusStore, SD-Card, Flash) consistently so the user don't mix them up. 

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Not all device configurations have a SD-Card. "Offline" can refer to the SD-Card or the MCU Flash, that's why I want to name all the possible storage places (PlusStore, SD-Card, Flash) consistently so the user don't mix them up. 

My Library on SD Card

My Library in Flash ROM

 

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59 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said:

The size reported seems about right for the 4 GB card I am using.

The "used" amount is probably because the card needs a good reformat.

 

I reformatted the card, and copied the files back on to it.

It now shows 3825 MiB size, 2 MiB used.

 

It would be nice to display the SD card's volume name somewhere, perhaps in the System Info.

Or, it could go in the title bar. Would be useful there if you have multiple SD cards in use.

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7 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said:

New UnoCart version, with firmware update function from SD-Card. If a "firmware.bin" file is in the root directory of the SD-Card the firmware gives an option to flash this file.

 

 

UnoCart.bin 99.68 kB · 0 downloads UnoCart.elf 252.01 kB · 0 downloads

Tested by flashing from the PlusCart back to v17.

I got the update message, and then an endless spinner.

On reboot (after about 30 s) the UnoCart is "dead" - i.e., failure

I re-flashed manually with the firmware I was trying to update, and all OK

That confirms that I have a valid firmware file.

Then I manually reflashed the PlusCart version, and tried the update again.

Same result.  So, failure.

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Just now, Andrew Davie said:

Tested by flashing from the PlusCart back to v17.

I got the update message, and then an endless spinner.

On reboot (after about 30 s) the UnoCart is "dead" - i.e., failure

I re-flashed manually with the firmware I was trying to update, and all OK

That confirms that I have a valid firmware file.

Then I manually reflashed the PlusCart version, and tried the update again.

Same result.  So, failure.

The PlusCart/UnoCart flash function skips the 16KiB user data (emulated) eeprom in flash sector 2, so you can't use it to flash the original UnoCart firmware.

 

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4 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said:

The PlusCart/UnoCart flash function skips the 16KiB user data (emulated) eeprom in flash sector 2, so you can't use it to flash the original UnoCart firmware.

 

OK. I tested again with the previous "non-firmware-updating" version as my "firmware.bin" file.

So, with the newest version it correctly detected there was an update file present.

I did the update, and it did its stuff and rebooted.

It no longer detects the firmware.bin file so I'd call that a success.

Might be worth considering updating the version # so we can be sure which version I'm actually running.

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1 minute ago, Andrew Davie said:

Might be worth considering updating the version # so we can be sure which version I'm actually running.

https://gitlab.com/firmaplus/atari-2600-pluscart/-/commit/79f35c2bf8da1f21ed9d570c23534b3c587c634c

 

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On 1/14/2021 at 5:14 PM, Andrew Davie said:

Maybe if you asked @Albert he could flip the "private" bit in the database and make the club public.

 

 

On 1/14/2021 at 5:22 PM, Albert said:

Yes, I can definitely do that if asked.

 

 ..Al

@Albert, you can (definitely) do it, and switch this club from private to open.

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50 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said:

we also need the (rotating) SD logo

Rotation in 4 frames seems out of the question, and there are only 3 bytes spare. A frame takes 6 bytes, so no extra frames.

I did make an effort, though, to use some sort of animating "SD".

 

 

 

Here's the data. You want the "SPINNER = 1" version for UnoCart

  

PlusLogoAnimation

    IF SPINNER = 0

    .byte 0, %00011000,%00000100,%00010010,%10111010,%10010000,%01000000,%00110000
    .byte 0, %00111000,%01000100,%00010000,%00111000,%00010000,%01000100,%00111000
    .byte 0, %00110000,%01000000,%10010000,%10111010,%00010010,%00000100,%00011000
    .byte 0, %00000000,%01000100,%10010010,%10111010,%10010010,%01000100,%00000000 ; static 

    ENDIF

    IF SPINNER = 1

    .byte 0, %00000000,%00000000,%00000000,%00110000,%00000000,%00000000,%00000000
    .byte 0, %00000000,%00000000,%01110000,%01111000,%00010000,%00000000,%00000000
    .byte 0, %00000000,%01011100,%00110100,%01110100,%01010100,%00111100,%00000000
    .byte 0, %11001100,%00101010,%00101001,%01001001,%10001001,%10001010,%01101100
    ENDIF

 

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Now with a bit more finesse...

 

  

IF SPINNER = 1

  .byte 0, %00000000,%00000000,%00000000,%00110000,%00000000,%00000000,%00000000
  .byte 0, %00000000,%00000000,%01010000,%01111000,%00110000,%00000000,%00000000
  .byte 0, %00000000,%01011000,%00110100,%01110100,%01010100,%00111000,%00000000
  .byte 0, %11001100,%00101010,%00101001,%01001001,%10001001,%10001010,%01101100
  ENDIF

 

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Final version, for sure...

  

IF SPINNER = 1
    .byte 0, %00000000,%00000000,%00000000,%00011000,%00000000,%00000000,%00000000
    .byte 0, %00000000,%00000000,%00011000,%00111100,%00011000,%00000000,%00000000
    .byte 0, %00000000,%01001100,%00101010,%01101010,%01001010,%00101100,%00000000
    .byte 0, %11001100,%00101010,%00101001,%01001001,%10001001,%10001010,%01101100
ENDIF

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said:

So can you add a sd card module to a PlusCart and flash it as a UnoCart?

Yes, but the PlusCart and the UnoCart are using different GPIO pins to communicate with the Atari 2600. So you can't use the firmware of the other hardware without some (small) changes.

 

9 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said:

You can't have a PlusCart and have access to the sd card at the same time?

you can, if you compile the new highly experimental source code from my "reunion" branch:

https://gitlab.com/firmaplus/atari-2600-pluscart/-/tree/reunion

 

then you can build a firmware for all kind of hardware combinations

 

 

4 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said:

What pins does the sd card hook up to?

 https://github.com/robinhedwards/UnoCart/blob/master/UnoCart_EXCEL4.pdf

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Boy, there is not much room in the cartridge for a SD card breakout board. I am using the smallest micro SD breakout I could find in my drawer and the only good place for it is on the backside of the ESP8266. Take a notch out of the front of the cart housing to gain access to the SD card and the usb port for flashing. Just have to wire it up, then I need some firmware to try it out.

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1 hour ago, Fierodoug5 said:

Boy, there is not much room in the cartridge for a SD card breakout board. I am using the smallest micro SD breakout I could find in my drawer and the only good place for it is on the backside of the ESP8266. Take a notch out of the front of the cart housing to gain access to the SD card and the usb port for flashing. Just have to wire it up, then I need some firmware to try it out.

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No no don't spoil the case like that! I've been looking at this, too. It just needs a tiny little indent in the bottom-half lip and it will fit perfectly.

I'll get it sorted sometime today...

 

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