Activity
From 01/27/2018 to 02/25/2018
02/24/2018
- 08:56 PM 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...
02/22/2018
- 09:41 PM Feature #53 (Closed): Add version number to settings
- Added board version, date and core version (need to update VERSION file manually on build)
- 09:40 PM Feature #58 (Closed): Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?
- 08:46 PM 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...
02/21/2018
- 09:56 PM 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. - 09:54 PM Feature #58 (Closed): Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?
- 09:39 PM 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).
02/19/2018
- 10:05 PM 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, ...
- 10:03 PM 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...
- 09:54 PM 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...
- 09:12 PM 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...
02/18/2018
- 10:17 PM 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)... - 04:44 PM Feature #37 (Closed): SD card insertion support
02/17/2018
- 05:19 PM Feature #62 (Closed): Store settings in spi flash
- 05:19 PM 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...
- 12:32 PM 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...
02/16/2018
- 10:12 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash
- sadosp wrote:
> foft wrote:
> > Saving working too:)
>
> \o/
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- 10:12 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash
- foft wrote:
> Saving working too:)
\o/
- 09:37 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash
- Saving working too:)
- 09:10 PM 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...
02/15/2018
- 10:07 PM 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... - 10:01 PM 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... - 10:00 PM 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 ... - 09:42 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash
- foft wrote:
> I thought about it and currently _believe_ the problem is that cs_n is raised in between bytes (rather... - 06:55 PM 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...
02/14/2018
- 10:28 PM 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... - 09:11 PM 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, ... - 08:20 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash
- Think I have the hardware side connected, trying to talk to it now via firmware. Fingers crossed!
02/11/2018
- 10:13 PM 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...
02/10/2018
- 09:24 AM Feature #62 (Closed): Store settings in spi flash
- Read/write settings from the flash chip, with override from sd.
Want to check this works before new boards.
02/08/2018
- 09:09 PM Bug #47 (Closed): CORE 13 - Paddle, Touchtablet issues
- 09:08 PM Bug #47: CORE 13 - Paddle, Touchtablet issues
- In the next run of boards we are added a variable resistor to allow adjusting the level the paddle detector uses.
... - 09:06 PM Feature #24 (Closed): A board with Atari SOUL!!!! (ROM in block ram support)
- Added basic support, see related issue.
I still plan to do the flash reading later. - 07:56 PM Feature #24 (In Progress): A board with Atari SOUL!!!! (ROM in block ram support)
- 09:05 PM Feature #37: SD card insertion support
- Confirmed that SD detect works.
Added primitive insert/eject support. Its kind of crap, but it works...
Boot wi... - 07:57 PM Feature #37: SD card insertion support
- Another place we need to check hardware before new boards...
- 07:56 PM Feature #37 (In Progress): SD card insertion support
- 07:55 PM Feature #14 (Closed): Svideo core for first prototype
- I don't see composite and svideo as core outputs, much worse quality even when perfectly done. I'm pretty happy with ...
- 07:53 PM Bug #56 (Closed): Galaxian Cartridge crash
- Working fine on recent cores
02/07/2018
- 09:14 PM Feature #12 (Closed): Set up redmine backups!
- 09:14 PM Feature #12: Set up redmine backups!
- My second disk died before I moved it to the NAS. Never mind though, recovered the data. Now backup is to my nas sinc...
- 09:13 PM Bug #17 (Closed): NTSC crashing on some builds
- On second thoughts... closing until we see it again.
- 09:11 PM Bug #17: NTSC crashing on some builds
- Not seen this for months, think it was an issue around this time that has been fixed. Marking as normal priority for ...
- 08:51 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support
- Added to the video settings 'VGA connected' and 'HDMI connected' which look for the start of the DDC sequence '00FF'
- 08:25 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support
- Setting back to normal since the hardware side is working fine.
- 08:25 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support
- HDMI is working too... “00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 10 AC …
- 08:23 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support
- VGA is working... receiving “00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 10 AC …"
Now for HDMI - 08:00 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support
- I had the pin assignments backwards. I can now write 4/5 to the control register and read it back. This should be cha...
02/06/2018
- 09:38 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support
- Looking on signaltap looks like slave reads of the control register are not working. Hmmm.
- 09:36 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support
- Picoscope has i2c debugging and linux drivers:-) Installed them and will connect that up and take a look tomorrow.
- 09:28 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support
- Writing some code to say:
select channel1
read selected channel
write to random slave on channel1
select chan... - 09:15 PM Feature #15: Implement programmable PLL
- foft wrote:
> OK, confirmed this chip is working. I programmed it over i2c and am now getting two different clocks o... - 08:49 PM Feature #15: Implement programmable PLL
- OK, confirmed this chip is working. I programmed it over i2c and am now getting two different clocks output on CLK0 a...
02/05/2018
- 09:58 PM Feature #15: Implement programmable PLL
- Been adding i2c to the zpu. Mostly working I think, a few timing issues to solve.
02/04/2018
- 09:59 PM Feature #15: Implement programmable PLL
- To do this I need to add i2c support to the ZPU. I'm out of ROM space without easy fixes. There is actually quite a l...
- 09:24 PM Feature #15: Implement programmable PLL
- Going to power this up urgently before new boards made, to check hardware side is fine.
- 09:23 PM Feature #15: Implement programmable PLL
- Attached the note on how to program manually (without clock builder help)
- 09:22 PM Feature #15: Implement programmable PLL
- Attached header file for programming clk0->10MHz and clk1->30MHz.
These are generated with clock builder pro, down... - 09:25 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support
- Going to at least check this chip is wired properly before the new boards are ordered
- 09:24 PM Bug #18 (Closed): Power on Switch
- Panos fixed this for the next run
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