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Re: New flash cart in development

Posted: June 22nd, 2016, 17:48
by rufus10
VirtualChris wrote:Whatever happened to this?
I was wondering the same thing. I'm guessing you're having some trouble or have been busy with other stuff?

Re: New flash cart in development

Posted: June 23rd, 2016, 02:02
by zoranc
rufus10 wrote:
VirtualChris wrote:Whatever happened to this?
I was wondering the same thing. I'm guessing you're having some trouble or have been busy with other stuff?
Well, there was a small mistake on the PCB that was corrected. PCBs were then ordered. Since it is still initial test series (very small quantity) the factory is not in a hurry to produce them - they have more important (larger) orders, and we are not in a position to push them either (friends doing us a favour). Will fly there on the weekend and hope to have some more news around middle of the next week.

Rest assured this project is very high priority for me, so I won't let it just fade away. On the other hand thanks for your interest - I am glad its not only me who wants this! ;)

Re: New flash cart in development

Posted: June 23rd, 2016, 12:01
by zoranc
We are having progress slowly but surely. See what I received some minutes ago :mrgreen: :
PCBs
PCBs
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Re: New flash cart in development

Posted: June 23rd, 2016, 21:04
by rufus10
Great to see you're making more progress!

Re: New flash cart in development

Posted: June 24th, 2016, 01:45
by MiniMe
So happy to see this for those who don't yet have a flash cart. Projects like this are the lifeblood for a small, retro community. Keep it up and good luck! :)

Re: New flash cart in development

Posted: July 7th, 2016, 19:59
by VirtualChris
Any updates?

Re: New flash cart in development

Posted: July 7th, 2016, 20:13
by zoranc
VirtualChris wrote:Any updates?
Nothing major yet. Tomorrow 5 of the PCBs should be soldered in the factory so then the testing can begin. I hope to have some news before the end of the weekend.

Re: New flash cart in development

Posted: July 8th, 2016, 16:45
by zoranc
As planned the first PCBs are populated with the components. Lets start with tests now!
Polulated PCBs
Polulated PCBs

Re: New flash cart in development

Posted: July 10th, 2016, 23:58
by YasaSheep
They look awesome. :D

Re: New flash cart in development

Posted: July 11th, 2016, 17:13
by zoranc
Latest news the 5 PCBs are finished as you saw from my last post. There was a small error in the produced PCBs which turns out is not a big deal to fix in the final production run. Those produced PCBs are good enough for testing, developing the VHDL firmware, and the PC flasher software. Stay tuned for more news!