Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:17 pm
DE10-Nano and a 128mb module would be sufficient for one player any cores?
MiSTer FPGA Forum
The online community for MiSTer FPGA enthusiasts
https://misterfpga.org/
Basic Setup to Start?
Page 1 of 1
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:27 pm
yes
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:28 pm
You should be able to play any cores with that. I highly suggest a cooling fan though.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:40 pm
Oh yeah I have the Noctua on my list.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:51 pm
Don’t forget you may need an OTG cable and / or hub.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:52 pm
Yes you would do just fine with that, but like others said, I'd recommend the cooling fan and top plate too. It'll be a lot cheaper than a I/O board.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:54 pm
... And Heatsink.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 11:51 pm
If you don't need the i/o board, like myself, just grab a 3d printed top plate to house a fan and some heat sinks. I have seen issues with the 128mb sdram, so be aware(FF 3 on SNES I'm looking at you!!!), you only need it for a handful of neo geo games that you may never play.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 12:33 am
James, if you are really in DFW, I can 3d print you a case and have some extra stuff I don't need from my MiSTer journey. I'm in "North" Dallas, PM me if interested.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 1:47 am
I don't need the I/O board, so I went with a top plate with fan over the heat sink. That ran fine and still runs fine even in a now official case, you can get a top plate with no buttons.
Don't forget the OTG hub if you're not running the USB hub board yet.
Don't forget the OTG hub if you're not running the USB hub board yet.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 7:03 am
can anyone suggest a good OTG Hub from ebay please ?
thanks
thanks
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 7:19 am
If you are looking for a cheap USB hub, search for the 'MakerSpot '4-Port Micro USB OTG Hub' they work well with a MiSTer setup and are great value.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 7:31 am
Thanks Nat
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 7:39 am
AliExpress sell similar for half price, but shipping times are not great.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 6:45 pm
The cheap amazon basics one worked fine for me. I'm using another cheap one by Orico.($12 cad)
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 11:05 pm
I rocked this one until I got my USB board, does what it says on the tin, it's small and inexpensive on Amazon. Win all around.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 8:39 am
This worked really well for me until I got an actual USB board.
The one issue I had was that it had didn't work properly with my optical mouse (an old Wheel Mouse Optical), which I chalked up to power issues, as I also had a keyboard and USB controller adaptor plugged into it. I got around that by pulling out a powered USB hub and hooking it up to one of the regular USB ports on the MakerSpot board, and plugging my mouse into that.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 10:42 am
I wrote this on twitter with links to all the bits and pieces I use (most come from Nat's store):
https://twitter.com/evilryu_sp/status/1 ... 1319785474
Basically I would go for:
https://twitter.com/evilryu_sp/status/1 ... 1319785474
Basically I would go for:
- De10-nano, a cheap rpi fan and otg hub, an empty digital io board to mount the fan, and a heatsink.
- (optional) BT and Wifi modules for convenience.
- And I would save for the 128MB sram expansion rather than going for the cheaper one.
Re: Basic Setup to Start?
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 6:34 am