Official Gamecube IDE/USB interface thread (PROJECT BEGUN!)

Post by **gannon** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:16 am

It'd end up being about the same price anyways, especially after time spent soldering. For the most part companies that make PCBs and solder them for you are good, gotta expect to send a few out of every 100 back though

Oh...and of course, this is a linux/homebrew game loader only

Edit: and as far a thoughts go, having it be able to use usb media would be nice (small usb adapter and 16GB+sdhd would be kinda nice for portability)

dragonball345 · Post by **dragonball345** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:06 pm

No point then to this whole thing then if only for homebrew really just get a psp. The main point of this thing thats good is it will remove the need for a disk drive.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:30 pm

dragonball345 wrote:No point then to this whole thing then if only for homebrew really just get a psp. The main point of this thing thats good is it will remove the need for a disk drive.

Do you not show human emotion?

the gannon man wrote:Oh...and of course, this is a linux/homebrew game loader only

the gannon wrote:

gannon wrote:Wink

We are a bunch o' piratez! Yar!

Well, some of us. Not that I am. Not saying I'm not. But not saying I am. But not saying that I am not but am, and that not menaing that I am but not.

SS

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:09 pm

ShockSlayer wrote:
dragonball345 wrote:No point then to this whole thing then if only for homebrew really just get a psp. The main point of this thing thats good is it will remove the need for a disk drive.
Do you not show human emotion?

the gannon man wrote:Oh...and of course, this is a linux/homebrew game loader only

the gannon wrote:

gannon wrote:Wink
We are a bunch o' piratez! Yar! Well, some of us. Not that I am. Not saying I'm not. But not saying I am. But not saying that I am not but am, and that not menaing that I am but not.

SS

oh, its a joke! i get jokes.

Post by **Triton** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:21 pm

I would be interested in an unpopulated board! i look forward to hearing about progess, i will look over the schematic later and see if i can find anything wrong with it

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:33 pm

Thank you, Triton. What kind of soldering equipment do you have? Are you sure you'll be able to solder those fine-pitched SMDs?

Hey... do you know anything about Eagle? I'm having a problem with the airwires for the FPGA. Everything was fine when I first started routing, but I have since had to shrink the FPGA's pads in the library because they were too close together by Sparkfun's standards. They were 7.something mil apart; Sparkfun requires 8mil. After I did that, I had to delete the FPGA from the board and re-add it... now I can't get my airwires to come back for it.

I've tried everything I know how to try. The names for the FPGA in the schematic and the board are the same and everything; it's just not "syncing up" with the schematic.

I have PMed Marshall about it, but he's been too busy with work 'n such to help me... this is the current library and project (schematic and PCB).

So how 'bout it... can you help me?

Post by **Triton** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:19 pm

right now just a regular soldering iron but im going to get a decent soldering station soon. ive soldered the close spaced pins on the left side of this using an ungar soldering station

ill get a pic of it later lol. as to eagle sorry but i dont really know anyhting about it, contact marshallh on AIM would be my suggestion

dragonball345 · Post by **dragonball345** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:57 pm

thats hurts..... but at least now more people are talking.... AND YES IT WAS ME! (caps intended)

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:25 pm

might be interested in an unpopulated board as well

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:46 pm

Alright, cool. I'm trying to think though... should I keep my board design to myself and be a nazi, making you all pay a little bit extra for the PCBs,

or should I just release the PCBs to the world, and let you guys get them routed yourself? I think I'll do the latter, since most of you will probably want to order all at the same time so we can get a cheaper price on them anyway.

By the way, looks like I'm tacking on another $2.50 or $5.00... I don't think I'll have enough room with my current design (45mm x 70mm).

Post by **marshallh** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:57 pm

Looks like you'll have to route it again.

I finally got Eagle 5.0.0 running, and re-created your board. You'll need the extra space. Even then I'm doubtful that you can do this with only a 2-layer board. But it can't hurt to try.

http://www.2shared.com/file/3417048/4b9 ... board.html

Everything there is just a rough guesstimate I did in a few minutes. It's not carved in stone, but it should get you started.

Post by **gannon** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:22 pm

I've popped out 2 board layouts, the last one being measured to fit onto the bottom of a laptop hdd with screws.

<- only 3 more wires to route on this version

Edit:

<- all routed, but needs a few more hours of work before it's done

Post by **marshallh** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:56 pm

Man, he's gonna piss his pants when he sees that one, hehe.

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:31 pm

I feel... somehow, inadequate.

Oh well... I redrew the schematic and created a parts library, and without that you guys wouldn't have had anything to work off of... Yeah, that's how I helped...

How did you get those boards routed so quickly, Gannon? Autorouter? I can't get the ELECTRA demo downloaded... they won't send me the link. Maybe I should try signing up again with a different email...

Marshall, your file appears to be the same one as mine was, when I originally sent it to you.

I'm not exactly sure what I'm supposed to do now. You guys have functional auto-routers, so you have a clear advantage. I'm just kinda... sitting here, watching my board be manipulated in awesome ways...

Post by **marshallh** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:00 pm

I PMed you with all the gory details.