More videogames…
Last week my good friend Gabriel invited me to a game party to test his new TV, which has a VGA input that allowed us to display his note screen on the TV. I was working on 3 different projects at the time without a focus on one, but since one of the projects was a board for the USBJoy project that I found on the ObDev site, I rushed to make a prototype of the board to test it and have fun at the same time.
The prototype worked well under Windows XP and Linux, should work on Mac to, since it is a HID (human interface device).
The USBJoy connects Dendy (Russian NES), SEGA Mega Driver II and PlayStation I and II to the computer trough a USB port, but the board that i’m making only works with PlayStation I and II.
Anyway, the layout of the board is ready, I just need to make one board and test it before putting on the site.
So probably this week or the next the project should be up.
August 6th, 2008 at 21:39
Indeed, the protocol used is so generic that it would be a shame to the Apple’s team if your prototype doesn’t work on the fly in a regular Macintosh. It did work even in my very rough Slackware, with very generic drives running! Absolutely PnP.
By the way, when you’re finished with that, bring my home the final project, let’s get in trouble together (as if anyone of us had time to spare play snes…)