tty2oled Soft&Hardware Add-On (Shows Core based Pictures on a Display)

[OnCor]

For the Saturn logo I think all options should be available. This gives variety if you use alternates or lets you pick the one you like the best if you don't. I think the color of the screen might have a big impact on the appearance of each one.

Yeah, we are having all options for that. That's why tty2* is having an (default enabled USE_RANDOM_ALT) option to use "alternate versions" of a picture. But I want to use only one of the above as they're more or less identical. It's up to to you Da Vincis out there to present more

I meant that it might be nice to leave all 3 images in as alternates. It will give you a bigger variety of pictures to display for the console.I think they are different enough to be unique. If you have alternates disabled like I do (I prefer to just have a single image for each core) you could just pick whichever one you prefer and rename that image to match the core name. It's hard to tell what those graphics will look like until you see them on the actual display. The "pixviewer" app comes close, but even that is just an approximation.

[rhester72]

Is there any way to set the MCU type in an ini file or similar so it doesn't fail detection every time and must be selected manually? This is a regular thing for me with the ESP8266.

[RealLarry]

For the Saturn logo I think all options should be available. This gives variety if you use alternates or lets you pick the one you like the best if you don't. I think the color of the screen might have a big impact on the appearance of each one.

Yeah, we are having all options for that. That's why tty2* is having an (default enabled USE_RANDOM_ALT) option to use "alternate versions" of a picture. But I want to use only one of the above as they're more or less identical. It's up to to you Da Vincis out there to present more

I meant that it might be nice to leave all 3 images in as alternates. It will give you a bigger variety of pictures to display for the console.I think they are different enough to be unique. If you have alternates disabled like I do (I prefer to just have a single image for each core) you could just pick whichever one you prefer and rename that image to match the core name. It's hard to tell what those graphics will look like until you see them on the actual display. The "pixviewer" app comes close, but even that is just an approximation.

I see, but there's also a solution for that: just put your favorite picture(s) to /media/fat/tty2oled/_/pics_pri and these one(s) will be favorized.
And to get an idea how a picture looks like in real life, just visit the pixviewer or - for the more advanced and fearless user - open a console at MiSTer, login and type

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echo "SETNAME" > /tmp/CORENAME

SETNAME is either the known name of the core (as been set by the core or it's appropriate MRA) or simply the name of the picture without file extension. Voila, Pixel-Porn!

[RealLarry]

Is there any way to set the MCU type in an ini file or similar so it doesn't fail detection every time and must be selected manually? This is a regular thing for me with the ESP8266.

Interesting that detection fails with your 8266. I have one myself and never had an issue while testing @Venice's test versions. But nice idea; I think we will have a talk about that feature.

[venice]

Is there any way to set the MCU type in an ini file or similar so it doesn't fail detection every time and must be selected manually? This is a regular thing for me with the ESP8266.

Can we have a picture of the detection screen?
Is your device working normal with the MiSTer?
Could you tell/show us more about the used hardware?
Which USB Serial Chip do you use?
Do you have the possibility to use the Arduino IDE Terminal?

As RealLarry wrote, we have no problems with the detection and we have a lot different boards here.

[RealLarry]

Is there any way to set the MCU type in an ini file or similar so it doesn't fail detection every time and must be selected manually? This is a regular thing for me with the ESP8266.

Can we have a picture of the detection screen?
Is your device working normal with the MiSTer?
Could you tell/show us more about the used hardware?
Which USB Serial Chip do you use?
Do you have the possibility to use the Arduino IDE Terminal?

As RealLarry wrote, we have no problems with the detection and I have a lot different boards here.

Yep, and the problem with pre-defining the MCU type is that then no one knows the installed software version as this is accomplished in one step (identify device = MCUtype and software version). I'm wondering why the simple and only one command used here to identify the device (CMDHWINF) fails.

[NightShadowPT]

Hi,

Just got one of these... makes the MiSTer look even cooler thanks for the hard work guys!

I have a quick question (two in fact ):
- Is it possible to choose to the transition effect I want to use (instead of the random one that comes by default)? How can it be done?

Thanks in advance

[Jukk@M]

Alternate logo:
Atari Lynx, Commodore 64, Commodore 16,
Commodore VIC20 & PlayStation.

tty2oled_15.png

tty2oled_15.zip

[RealLarry]

- Is it possible to choose to the transition effect I want to use (instead of the random one that comes by default)? How can it be done?

YesNo It isn't possible to define a fixed transition effect by INI (yet). But it is possible to edit the Daemon (/media/fat/tty2oled/tty2oled.sh) at line #153 and give 'em a fixed transition effect as a 3rd parameter.

This is what the line looks like normally:

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echo "CMDCOR,${1}" > ${TTYDEV}			# Send CORECHANGE" Command and Corename

The line could be like that:

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echo "CMDCOR,${1},EFFECT" > ${TTYDEV}			# Send CORECHANGE" Command and Corename

EFFECT is a numerical here between 0-23 (inclusive 0 and 23). Value 0 is "no effect at all".
Please note, however, that the Daemon is overwritten with every call of update_tty2oled.sh! So it's more a temporary solution for you...

[RealLarry]

Alternate logo:
Atari Lynx, Commodore 64, Commodore 16,
Commodore VIC20 & PlayStation.
tty2oled_15.png
tty2oled_15.zip

Aah, nice catch! We always appreciate fresh meat! I'll sort 'em in as alternatives... Thanks, mate!

[RealLarry]

I choose Door No.2

YOU HAVE WON THE ZONK!!
Due to the large participation - zillions of participants - pictures 2 and 3 made it.

[RealLarry]

A good soul has provided supplies, and while I'm waiting for a customer who has registered for 8 AM I made part1:

montage.jpg

[RealLarry]

...and part 2 for today. Next part will follow shortly. As always. Naturally, of course.

montage.jpg

[venice]

YOU HAVE WON THE ZONK!!
Due to the large participation - zillions of participants - pictures 2 and 3 made it.

Many Thx

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[salamantecas]

I leave the image of my 2 tty2oled screens the casings or covers are homemade by hand the one that is on is the little plastic box where the screen came from and lined with insulating tape making a tent to hold it a bit simple but it works . The other is placed on a sheet of metrakilato inside a painting and it looks really good and very clean. I like both of them. Thanks to Venice for this project, it's nice when things are so beautiful and work. When I change the casings I will put photos but for now I wanted to show them in case you want to add them to the project gallery. All the best

[RealLarry]

...and part 3. I left some ambigous entrys for a later try.
The pictures today are paid by Deutsche Telekom for their 4th missed appointment.

montage.jpg

[salamantecas]

...and part 3. I left some ambigous entrys for a later try.
The pictures today are paid by Deutsche Telekom for their 4th missed appointment.

montage.jpg

I upload the version I made of 4 of these screens I hope you like it

[RealLarry]

I upload the version I made of 4 of these screens I hope you like it

YES! That's what I meant by "...everyone welcome - do it better!"
Thanks a lot, these made it as a replacement to mine.

[jacob.pederson]

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I have the premade tty2oled kit from https://www.pcbway.com/project/sharepro ... m_32d.html
This is all I get from dmesg

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/media/fat/Scripts# dmesg | grep tty
[    1.622937] ch341-uart ttyUSB0: break control not supported, using simulated break
[    1.623240] usb 1-1.5: ch341-uart converter now attached to ttyUSB0

That result is strange.
The board is from d.ti but the USB-Serial Chip which is shown by dmesg cannot been added to that PCB as far as i know.
You wrote „premade kit“. Did you get a „ready to use“ device?

Is the „normal“ tty2oled usage working for you?

This is not the right place to discuss tty2oled hardware.
Please answer in the tty2oled thread.

Moving this over from the SAM thread as requested. It is all working correctly after commenting out the 3 lines you suggested from SAM. Thanks! Sam now starts from a cold boot without hanging up and displays both the core names and the game titles correctly on tty2oled. This is the link I actually bought my kit from. https://www.antoniovillena.es/store/pro ... -cart=4270 It was completely premade, but not quite sure what all the components were. I thought I was buying this one https://www.pcbway.com/project/sharepro ... m_32d.html However, maybe I clicked the wrong link ?

[salamantecas]

fast screen for this great game that to be a beta as it moves!!!

[salamantecas]

another pack os images

[venice]

...This is the link I actually bought my kit from. https://www.antoniovillena.es/store/pro ... -cart=4270 It was completely premade, but not quite sure what all the components were..

I now them. It's an ESP8266 with an CH34x USB-Serial Adapter Chip.
This ESP is much slower then the ESP32 which I use, and can cause timing issues.

But good to know that it works now.
Maybe you can leave a short note in the SAM thread (I thought we need a longer discussion here).

[RealLarry]

another pack os images

Thanks mate, all four moved as alternatives to the repo.

[venice]

Hi@all,
we added the new Option "Transistion" to our Scripts & INI Files.
Add/set the Option to/in your "tty2oled-user.ini" file to set your preferred Picture-Transition.

See https://github.com/venice1200/MiSTer_tt ... n#ini-file and search for "Transition".

[salamantecas]

I leave a new image of super glob

[RealLarry]

I leave a new image of super glob

Again a nice one which made it as an alternative. Thanks!

[warham]

Is there a repository for the art while its still a normal picture in color with the correct file names?

[salamantecas]

Is there a repository for the art while its still a normal picture in color with the correct file names?

here is the repository of correct names without image and the repository of finished images with the correct name. I don't think there is ever a repository with images before the process that each person can save them personally. In any case, the largest repository of unfinished images is called Google, but of course the correct image name has to be found in the other 2, which are specific to Mister.

[salamantecas]

I leave the image I made of ninja warrior

[RealLarry]

Is there a repository for the art while its still a normal picture in color with the correct file names?

PM sent via Discord. I think I have to open a new thread for the tty2tft project to channel the topic.