TAG Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Yes, I'll make a video. I am able to play back data from .NSF files through the peripheral, but you can definitely tell that the low pass filter that is in the NES after the chip output is missing. Has any low pass filtering been added for any of the other Retrocade chips? I have an actual NES that I have taken apart, I'd like to hack in the Retrocade output pins right into the NES hardware where the audio outs of the real chip would normally connect, that way I could do a more apples to apples comparison to a real NES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Can you tell me the necessary connections in the schematic library in order to enable midi in the retrocade sketch? I created an arduino library for the 2A03 APU using the YM2149 library as a template, and have added it into the retrocade sketch. If I can get the midi connected in the schematic I should be able to start playing my new peripheral via midi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Gassett Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Can you tell me the necessary connections in the schematic library in order to enable midi in the retrocade sketch? I created an arduino library for the 2A03 APU using the YM2149 library as a template, and have added it into the retrocade sketch. If I can get the midi connected in the schematic I should be able to start playing my new peripheral via midi. Its just a second serial port (uart) connected to wishbone slot 11 with the bits generic set to 4. The serial port will then be initialized at 31250 with the MIDI library, so the MIDI functionality is implemented by C code. Serial1.begin(31250); Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Gassett Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 I put together a quick project of what the full retrocade schematic should look like. I didn't get to test it or anything though... Jack. Download Source CodeAudio-RetroCade-Synth.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Perfect, I have it working now, more to show off in the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 I made a basic Ctrlr panel to control/test the chip via midi: http://ctrlr.org/ I looked at the flowstone retrocade control panel, but there seemed to be a learning curve there and I had already used ctrlr. I am working through the details of how midi should control things, and using NSF files to try and identify any issues with the chip implementation. Once I get through some of that I'll make a video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Gassett Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Excellent! We eagerly await your results. Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted October 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 I submitted a pull request for my library for the 2A03 and wishbone peripherals for both the 2A03 APU and the Atari TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted May 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Trying to remember where I left off with this. If I recall I had a .nsf player and there seemed to be some timing issues and I wasn't sure if the problem was with the player or in the HDL. Would like to get a VGM player working to both test the NES peripheral as well as being a general purpose player for other chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Gassett Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 I'm including your HDL and libraries to the next release of DesignLab so everyone can play around with those chips. Should be DesignLab 1.0.6 release. Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unpaid-intern Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 That is exciting news! I eagerly await the chance to experiment with the 2A03! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 https://youtu.be/horZRGA5I24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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