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From 02/11/2018 to 03/12/2018

08:56 PM EclaireXL Bug #63 (New): Svideo issues in v20 on board v1: I am getting a green basic screen sometimes. Seems to be a bad state somewhere since its resolved when I switch to NT... foft

10:53 PM EclaireXL Developer: RE: Accessing new Antic modes through BASIC?: Yeah, I'm still hoping that someone will offer to help with this. foft

09:55 PM EclaireXL v20: Now that the flash chip works I've been doing a few long overdue firmware improvements.
So v20 is out with:
* Dev... foft
09:41 PM EclaireXL Feature #53 (Closed): Add version number to settings: Added board version, date and core version (need to update VERSION file manually on build) foft
09:40 PM EclaireXL Feature #58 (Closed): Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: foft
08:46 PM EclaireXL Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Was getting tempted by a bigger rework, including settings in json: https://github.com/quartzjer/js0n
More work than... foft

09:56 PM EclaireXL Feature #58 (In Progress): Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: On second thoughts, one more feature to add here.
Updating of roms on the flash by loading/then save all. foft
09:54 PM EclaireXL Feature #58 (Closed): Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: foft
09:39 PM EclaireXL Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Added support for filtering in the file selector. Also added hotkeys to the device menu (1-4 and C). foft

10:05 PM EclaireXL Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: M25P (54MHz max), N25Q (108MHz max) I think. Thinking I should really move away from the M25P (or equiv) for v2 fix, ... foft
10:03 PM EclaireXL Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Well, I can increase the clock speed of the spi communication. I'm only at 25MHz and think I can go to 100MHz. But no... foft
09:54 PM EclaireXL Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Doh. Writing in 256 byte chunks increasing destination address each data, but not increasing data pointer! Oops! So w... foft
09:12 PM EclaireXL Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Loading of profiles is working (no hotkeys yet).
Saving is failing... I have to read 256KB of flash to sdram then re... foft

10:17 PM EclaireXL Feature #58 (In Progress): Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Following the flash support, decided to split the menu into two parts:
i) Device emulation (disk + cart + usb stuff)... foft
04:44 PM EclaireXL Feature #37 (Closed): SD card insertion support: foft

05:22 PM EclaireXL v19: Continuing the theme...
I checked that I can read/write from the spi flash chip. Had to use the altera serial flas... foft
05:19 PM EclaireXL Feature #62 (Closed): Store settings in spi flash: foft
05:19 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Tested as v1, working fine. Though I noticed that the i2c code hangs v1 (devices do not exist, I thought it'd be harm... foft
12:32 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Wondering about whether to put a file system on the flash chip. Such as spiffs, which is aimed at flash chips and low... foft

09:37 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Saving working too:) foft
09:10 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Step 1 done...
I add the settings to a jic file at a specified address.
Then I made the firmware load this if t... foft

10:07 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Next step...
Add default settings to the jic. Then I can try reading/writing it. To write apparently I need to erase... foft
10:01 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: sadosp wrote:
> foft wrote:
> > I thought about it and currently _believe_ the problem is that cs_n is raised in be... foft
10:00 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Yep, that was it. I can read and display the flash device id now.
The paves the way for saving settings, also it ... foft
06:55 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: I thought about it and currently _believe_ the problem is that cs_n is raised in between bytes (rather than at the en... foft

10:28 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Tried with 9f since I'm not sure ab is supported. Same result.
Got the scope on it and checked that the commands a... foft
09:11 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: I found out I'd connected the hardware (in the vhdl) wrong, so no dice.
Reconnected what I thought was correctly, ... foft
08:20 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Think I have the hardware side connected, trying to talk to it now via firmware. Fingers crossed! foft

10:13 PM EclaireXL Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: On some cyclones the active serial pins can be directly used as IO. I tried that on here (cyclone v) but it didn't wo... foft

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