+Andrew Davie Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: I think the metal SD card slot might shield the WiFi antenna of the ESP8266 in that direction. ? To test it you can use the "WiFi Manager Portal" to compare the signal strength with and without SD-Card board (especially when the SD board is between the router and the ESP8266). Yes, this occurred to me, but there really aren't a lot of options as to placement and still giving access to the SD card from outside a shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 After some testing it doesn't seem to cause a lot of interference. My router to my system is in the next room over. My issues seem to be the PlusCart doesn't like my password that my router uses. I had to set a channel to open with no password and now it connects the first time everytime. My other two carts give me a wifi retry then they work (with wifi password) and the SD would work hardly ever until I removed the password. I'll get signal strength between the two but I think the difference may be like 5-10%.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I don't notice any signal differences between my PlusCart and PlusCartSD carts. I'll run some signal tests when I get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbelcher Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I'm getting some ROMS off the SD card fail with "ROM failed to download", but they do work from the Plus store. I used the ROM images someone posted that mirrored the Plus Store... Seems to be specific ones, other ROMs load fine. For instance: Public ROMs>Classic Roms > NTSC > BY ALPHABET > A-G > Activision Decathalon.bin will work from SD card or Plus Store but Public ROMs>Classic Roms > NTSC > BY ALPHABET > A-G > Activision Decathalon [fixed].bin fails from the SD card (but the bin works in Stella) and works from the Plus Store Several other titles are like this. Will keep testing and try to pin this down. Has anyone had to put a pull up resistor on D0 with this board? I've seen that with the UNO cart on the 8bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 For SD Card loading the filenames must not be longer than 32 chars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Al_Nafuur said: For SD Card loading the filenames must not be longer than 32 chars Where does that limitation come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Andrew Davie said: Where does that limitation come from? It is an very old limitation from the initial UnoCart code. https://github.com/DirtyHairy/UnoCart-2600/blob/master/source/STM32firmware/Atari2600Cart/src/main.c#L348 I just renamed the struct from DIR_ENTRY to MENU_ENTRY and added some more properties. The PlusCart also only stores the first 32 chars of a filename, but the PlusStore API looks for the first file in the directory that starts with these 32 chars. The "new" SD-Card lib does not yet has this feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbelcher Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Yes, shortening the name did let the SD card file work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) My new batch of STM boards don't seem to want to connect/register when I try to program them. I have a vague recollection you did something different with some boards (longer button press)? Hoping these are not duds. Nevermind; user error. I forgot to short the pins on the dev board STM before programming. Edited May 12, 2021 by Andrew Davie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 ?. I did that the other day trying to flash a board myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MarcoJ Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I think this concept could be handy for supporting games with large resource libraries >64kb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, MarcoJ said: I think this concept could be handy for supporting games with large resource libraries >64kb. The PlusCart already supports bankswitching types up to 256 KiB and Supercharger ROMs with up to 256 loads (256 x 6 KiB = 1.5 MiB). The STM32F407VGT6 has 196 KiB of RAM and 1 MiB of flash ROM (128 KiB reserved for the firmware and user settings) that can be used for the emulation or for offline ROM storage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MarcoJ Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 6 hours ago, Al_Nafuur said: The PlusCart already supports bankswitching types up to 256 KiB and Supercharger ROMs with up to 256 loads (256 x 6 KiB = 1.5 MiB). The STM32F407VGT6 has 196 KiB of RAM and 1 MiB of flash ROM (128 KiB reserved for the firmware and user settings) that can be used for the emulation or for offline ROM storage. Wow, this is promising for what i'm working on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbelcher Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Will the 2.1.0 firmware for the PlusCart work with the PlusCart(+) +SD unaltered or will we need a separate update? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 10 hours ago, cbelcher said: Will the 2.1.0 firmware for the PlusCart work with the PlusCart(+) +SD unaltered or will we need a separate update? Thanks! Untested! PlusCart-Duo_2.1.0.bin PlusCart-Duo_2.1.0.elf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 I'll wait for flashing till it's been tested some, don't want to mess with what's already working. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, Prizrak said: I'll wait for flashing till it's been tested some, don't want to mess with what's already working. Someone has to make the start, dare to do so ? You can choose: "No risk, no fun!" or "No risk, no risk!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 I didn't have time to try it today, but I will try to do it on Thurs for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Someone has to make the start, dare to do so [emoji846] You can choose: "No risk, no fun!" or "No risk, no risk!"Understood, I'll see if I can find some time to try it out. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Flashing went well as expected, loaded a few roms and they all worked. I'll play some tonight and put it through it's paces.Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbelcher Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Mine flashed and seems to be working with the improvements too! One of my 2600s seems to have a problem with it - it starts then gives some rolling and then loss of video. Plays regular ROM carts fine - think the power supply is dipping based on the higher demand? (I'm sure it's the 2600 not the cart at fault - works on others) Edited June 13, 2021 by cbelcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Pluscart Duo 2.1.0 Flashed Fine, plays from SD card no issues All Pluscart and Plusrom functions work fine No issues to report, and I ran it through lots of stuff tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 On the Pluscart Duo with 2.1.0 firmware, it comes up with **WIFI Firmware update** which updates the cart to Pluscart(no SD support) 2.1.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Fierodoug5 said: On the Pluscart Duo with 2.1.0 firmware, it comes up with **WIFI Firmware update** which updates the cart to Pluscart(no SD support) 2.1.1 PlusCart-Duo_2.1.1.bin PlusCart-Duo_2.1.1.elf I don't have a PlusCart Duo, so untested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Awesome, Thank You! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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