MiSTer FPGA Forum

Whatever you do, use optical isolation to protect your MiSTer. The circuits of a CRT are not friendly to sensitive equipment like the DE-10. Even if the remote board is lower voltage (i.e. not 20kV) I would never want to risk it... So first design a way to control the remote board using optocoupled inputs, maybe experiment with an Arduino... then m...

Anyone have a working 25kHz video_mode example? Have the monitor, would like to try it.

Best case you can find some fried SMD component like a resistor or diode near the VGA port.

paulbnl wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 4:54 am Here is a tutorial how to set it up properly: viewtopic.php?t=448

This did not work for me. After defining joystick buttons for P1, the OSD menu stopped responding to my controls.

This is why I went with the JPAC in keyboard mode and recommend it to everyone.

I agree with OP. Let's rectify this misconception.

Make sure the IPAC is in default (keyboard) mode, and make sure you don't try to use the jamma_vid/pid option in MiSTer.ini. You do not have to (and should not) use the "Define joystick buttons" UI. It should just work out of the box. Which cores are you trying? Btw, the input test core will NOT work. It doesn't show MAME key inputs for s...

The term comes from the technology itself. The electron beam scans across the screen, line by line.

The MiSTer USB OTG port is incredibly finicky. You are probably stuck with the 4-port hub until you can find another one that works.

I had the best luck with a spare part USB hub from a cash register PC. It works 100% flawlessly. I suggest looking in that direction if you have trouble - older, solid parts that are built to work.

You can pretty much assume it won't become cheaper over time.

This one? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003O55U8K

And on a 15kHz CRT? Are there any options that make sense?

They all look like that (the AG6200 ones that work). So I wouldn't hope for anything less flimsy.

C-R-T wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 3:12 pm The last version to work with direct video is January 31. It’s got sound support and everything so I’m happy with it. Using direct video on a CRT.

Can confirm versions after Jan 31 seem to break sync. But I wouldn't worry, Robert hasn't started working on fixing sync yet, so it's sheer luck that it did. Not sure why it broke though.

Try external power if you can. It does help.

Can confirm the Direct Video approach is excellent when putting it in an arcade cabinet.

Oh so games never ran at higher resolution in Pal mode? Or you're just saying than you can't have both wil a Pal 60 mode? They run at a slightly higher res ( 256p vs 240p ), but at 50hz. If they run at 60hz, they use the NTSC resolution, with PAL color encoding, that is PAL60, which never existed on the real PSX, it was introduced with the Dreamca...

i'm from PAL territory and the only reason i'd ever play a PAL version would be if there's no US or JAP version of that game. I think some interesting cases exist where Pal versions of some games run at higher resolution than NTSC versions. Combined with the Pal 60 mode in the core it could make for a few games running at higher res while having a...

Donpachi works

Dodonpachi hangs on the LOADING screen after selecting ship/weapons.

metalfacemark wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 2:20 pm Has this changed other sounds? I was getting audio in the boot menu and in ridge racer but now no sound at all (1 stick i might add)

I also have no sound whatsoever (maybe a slight crackle now and then) with recent core builds. All other cores still work, and I've checked volume etc. One SDRAM.

I think it would be safer to get a hot air gun and replace the USB chip entirely. But I am not used to SMD work.

I had this issue for a long time, until I wired up a high quality externally powered USB hub. Still don't know why it happens, but the DE-10 USB OTG setup doesn't seem to be very stable.

Also, none of the IO boards are required for normal operation.

Must be something wrong with your setup. Perhaps the YPbPr conversion.

What sort of lines did you have? My D.V. issue was always that the sync was off somehow, leading to mid frame horizontal glitches.

Sorry, what downloader script?

Yeah but 15kHz displays typically seem to have a little slower phosphors than VGA ones, so the flicker isn't quite as noticeable.

On the topic of cost, wtf no. You do not need a PVM or even Trinitron to get "quality".

Does that module say which revision of the board it is?

Yeah probably needs some interaction with the HPS side. On an MVS, it seems that pins 26/d of the "JAMMA"-like connector are used for the game selection buttons (same ones used for button 5 on CHAMMA). I would in fact love if more signals like these were allowed to be mapped in/out of the system. Coin counters, status LEDs etc are common ...

I feel your pain, ran into the same problem. I ended up rotating the tube 180 degrees.

Another solution is to swap the two vertical yoke wires with each other, and the two horizontal yoke wires with each other. This will effectively rotate the screen 180 degrees. (The usual safety warnings apply.)