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Title: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: Fidde_se on 02/12/2014, 04:38 PM
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111278279891 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111278279891)

Any one here knowing anything about it?

For 10pcs it sound pretty cheap, you will have to use a programmer and solder it onto the board
unless you can find a holder, would have to be a programmer holder and make it rather high.

Yes the turbodrive supersedes it, but this is great for making a small batch of homebrew that's not cd based.
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: MotherGunner on 02/12/2014, 08:30 PM
Same one mentioned at the bottom of this thread.

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=11230.180 (https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=11230.180)

These look nice, I want to make a U.S. Magical Chase now.  Sucks that you actually NEED to solder on the eeprom though as I would want it to look as close to the retail as possible.
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: Arkhan Asylum on 02/12/2014, 08:52 PM
Quote from: MotherGunner on 02/12/2014, 08:30 PMThese look nice, I want to make a U.S. Magical Chase now.  Sucks that you actually NEED to solder on the eeprom though as I would want it to look as close to the retail as possible.
Yeah, that's where Aetherbyte comes in.

That and we won't charge 75$ + shipping...

;) lol.

Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: OldRover on 02/12/2014, 08:53 PM
Soldering a SOP chip isn't too hard though... I can think of worse things. :lol:
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: MotherGunner on 02/12/2014, 09:13 PM
Quote from: Psycho Arkhan on 02/12/2014, 08:52 PM
Quote from: MotherGunner on 02/12/2014, 08:30 PMThese look nice, I want to make a U.S. Magical Chase now.  Sucks that you actually NEED to solder on the eeprom though as I would want it to look as close to the retail as possible.
Yeah, that's where Aetherbyte comes in.

That and we won't charge 75$ + shipping...

;) lol.
Ah, a clandestine run of U.S. version MC's would be so awesome!
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: OldMan on 02/12/2014, 09:40 PM
QuoteSoldering a SOP chip isn't too hard though... I can think of worse things. :lol:
Funniest thing I've read all day :)

QuoteFor 10pcs it sound pretty cheap,
I think that's he has 10 pieces. Not all 10 for that price.  Even so, that still makes it about $6 each, just for the bare board...
...which you could get made cheaper.
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: Tatsujin on 02/12/2014, 09:50 PM
but I must admit, that that "bare board" looks super nice and professionally done :)
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: Arkhan Asylum on 02/12/2014, 11:28 PM
Ah, right, so it IS a lot of 10.  I thought each one was that much.

and yeah, soldering SOP = no. 

I'd rather just have a big clunker ROM chip + socket so you can swap games out at that point.

Or, a GameOfYou flashcard... lol
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: thesteve on 02/12/2014, 11:49 PM
Anyone who has put together a few of the new region mods should have no issues with the soldering 2
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: TurboXray on 02/13/2014, 12:03 AM
I must have decent soldering skills, because that's pretty easy to solder. Dip is nice, I won't lie, but surface mount stuff isn't so bad. 

Quote from: Tatsujin on 02/12/2014, 09:50 PMbut I must admit, that that "bare board" looks super nice and professionally done :)
The guy that originally made them, is sending me a few boards. I need to get a chip converter for my dip programmer.
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: Tatsujin on 02/13/2014, 12:30 AM
nice :D
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: Jammaniaclord on 02/16/2014, 11:21 PM
This is pretty cool.
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: fratzengeballer on 02/20/2014, 09:59 AM
Bought a bunch of those cards for a gameproject I am working on right now. Great to have some cards for not having to release on cd only
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: Arkhan Asylum on 02/20/2014, 03:58 PM
Quote from: fratzengeballer on 02/20/2014, 09:59 AMBought a bunch of those cards for a gameproject I am working on right now. Great to have some cards for not having to release on cd only
What kind of game?
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: Keranu on 02/20/2014, 04:39 PM
Quote from: guest on 02/20/2014, 03:58 PM
Quote from: fratzengeballer on 02/20/2014, 09:59 AMBought a bunch of those cards for a gameproject I am working on right now. Great to have some cards for not having to release on cd only
What kind of game?
Ya, what is he holding back from us!?
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: fratzengeballer on 02/21/2014, 02:07 AM
I am not holding back anything but as I am new to this platform I have to find some solutions first, like how to play music, which format etc. When I have a clue about that, then I can continiue on the rest. It is a kind of action puzzle game
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: Arkhan Asylum on 02/21/2014, 05:37 PM
Quote from: fratzengeballer on 02/21/2014, 02:07 AMI am not holding back anything but as I am new to this platform I have to find some solutions first, like how to play music, which format etc. When I have a clue about that, then I can continiue on the rest. It is a kind of action puzzle game
For Music, you want Squirrel.   Check it out at www.aetherbyte.com (http://www.aetherbyte.com)   :)
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: fratzengeballer on 03/15/2014, 10:17 AM
Received my cards and they really look good, only drawback is, that you have to flash the chip before soldering it. Anyway, the cards are really cool. There will be a new designed one soonish
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: bust3dstr8 on 03/15/2014, 11:12 AM
I went with Arkhan's idea and set it up to use clunky DIP chips and a socket  :P

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7410/12956316465_e5a497cef1_c.jpg)

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/12956740164_7ffdfc88df_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: Psycho Punch on 03/15/2014, 03:31 PM
Thread: I came. The SOP rom soldering is kinda worrying but the rest is great. I think you could place a little plastic shell on top of the Huey to hide the ROM just like the Ten no koe does to hide the battery socket.

Arkhan hurry up with your bluecards already! :P
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: MotherGunner on 03/15/2014, 03:36 PM
Quote from: fratzengeballer on 03/15/2014, 10:17 AMThere will be a new designed one soonish
Any details you can share?  How did you come into that info?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: fratzengeballer on 03/15/2014, 07:50 PM
I just asked the guy who did the cards about what would be the smartest way of flashing, like with adapter to directly flash the hue card or flashing before soldering. He answered me, that flashing with hue-adapter will not work as he had to wire the write pin to vcc. He told me that he is on his way to redesign
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: Psycho Punch on 03/15/2014, 08:05 PM
If he could sell the revised board with a mounted flash chip, programmable by tapping into the hucard pins (like I imagine it is on the Arkhan's abcard), it would be great. And a built in One Time Programmable chip for homebrew runs.
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: MotherGunner on 03/15/2014, 09:36 PM
With today's technology, I wonder why not consider just making them exactly like the original HuCARDs?
Title: Re: Newly made development hucard released
Post by: bust3dstr8 on 03/15/2014, 10:41 PM
Quote from: guest on 03/15/2014, 08:05 PMIf he could sell the revised board with a mounted flash chip, programmable by tapping into the hucard pins (like I imagine it is on the Arkhan's abcard), it would be great. And a built in One Time Programmable chip for homebrew runs.

That could be done with just a few board modifications. If he added a few solder pad jumpers to the control lines the HuCard flash combo could be shipped in write mode and then after you program it just move the jumpers over to read mode.
Quote from: MotherGunner on 03/15/2014, 09:36 PMWith today's technology, I wonder why not consider just making them exactly like the original HuCARDs?
Getting set up and printing mask roms isn't cost effective until you get somewhere in the 5000+ range.