Comments on: SNESRAM Proof of Concept is working http://optixx.org/2009/04/05/snesram-proof-of-concept-is-working/ About Linux and Console Hacking Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:13:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Administrator http://optixx.org/2009/04/05/snesram-proof-of-concept-is-working/comment-page-1/#comment-57504 Administrator Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:47:17 +0000 http://optixx.org/?p=218#comment-57504 <p>The Assembla page is still around. But since we changed the project name to Quickdev16 we also renamed the Assembla project.</p> <p>http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/quickdev16</p> The Assembla page is still around. But since we changed the project name to Quickdev16 we also renamed the Assembla project.

http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/quickdev16

]]> By: JTaylor http://optixx.org/2009/04/05/snesram-proof-of-concept-is-working/comment-page-1/#comment-57484 JTaylor Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:50:43 +0000 http://optixx.org/?p=218#comment-57484 <p>That's fantastic! I found your Assembla page while looking for information on something similar. I considered SD card access through the AVRs SPI interface, but thought I'd never have the time to get the data and still maintain the speeds necessary for FastROM. I'd love to look at your code, but your Assembla pages seems to have disappeared.. Good luck, I'll be following your progress!</p> That’s fantastic! I found your Assembla page while looking for information on something similar. I considered SD card access through the AVRs SPI interface, but thought I’d never have the time to get the data and still maintain the speeds necessary for FastROM. I’d love to look at your code, but your Assembla pages seems to have disappeared.. Good luck, I’ll be following your progress!

]]> By: Laserbeak43 http://optixx.org/2009/04/05/snesram-proof-of-concept-is-working/comment-page-1/#comment-52849 Laserbeak43 Mon, 18 May 2009 13:52:20 +0000 http://optixx.org/?p=218#comment-52849 <p>Really nice. Can't wait to see its progress!</p> Really nice. Can’t wait to see its progress!

]]> By: scottjg http://optixx.org/2009/04/05/snesram-proof-of-concept-is-working/comment-page-1/#comment-50964 scottjg Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:00:05 +0000 http://optixx.org/?p=218#comment-50964 <p>This is really cool. I love the idea of using shift registers to expand the io and buffers to do hirom/lorom switching. I almost designed a cartridge based around this idea, originally. Perhaps I should have, given how much trouble i'm having just soldering these fine pitch components...</p> <p>The big issue I see here is that when you start moving into larger SRAM, you end up only being able to use surface mount components. You might consider just designing a really simple breakout board for like two 2mbyte chips of SRAM (TSOP-I, i think?). The good thing about these sorts of chips is that the pins are short and very firm, so they are much easier to solder than something like an FPGA.</p> <p>Anyway-- good luck!</p> This is really cool. I love the idea of using shift registers to expand the io and buffers to do hirom/lorom switching. I almost designed a cartridge based around this idea, originally. Perhaps I should have, given how much trouble i’m having just soldering these fine pitch components…

The big issue I see here is that when you start moving into larger SRAM, you end up only being able to use surface mount components. You might consider just designing a really simple breakout board for like two 2mbyte chips of SRAM (TSOP-I, i think?). The good thing about these sorts of chips is that the pins are short and very firm, so they are much easier to solder than something like an FPGA.

Anyway– good luck!

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