Mister Pi Users

[strong falcon]

I remember multi player turning into a powerpoint

[gritty herald]

that's funny, I have several MiSTer setups here and it works fine on all of them but the MiSTer Pi

[sacred flint]

Yeah multiplayer can go under 10fps sometimes lmao

[dense zenith]

are people expecting 007 to run at 60fps? 😛

[timber fern]

I think that’s being generous

[warm olive]

I can't suggest to ou guys enough that you use the turbo core, N64 performance was quite slow on the real hardware, the turbo core takes care of that mostly.

[dense umbra]

Yeah Turbo core is nice

[sacred flint]

We had multiple users report issues to the author of the core many years ago and he indicated he had no plans to fix it. Ask @cinder crane and @dire merlin etc ...

[tropic haven]

no but more like a 25 ish 😛 10 is very low 😛

[timber fern]

I like the slowdown, it reminds me of actually playing the games when I was younger

[sacred flint]

I personally didn't have issues with it on my 3 misters though

[strong falcon]

Do the new core changes leave any issues for anyone?

I left my only board that can do this back at the office

[oblique drum]

I'm slow myself so I still prefer the og core. Gives me time to think.

[warm olive]

I switch between the regular and turbo on some games, depending on how nostalgic I feel haha.

[sacred flint]

It might be a similar kind of fix @gritty herald simple phase shift.

[limber token]

You mean N64 ?

[strong falcon]

Yes

[hearty hawk]

Once I was able to "properly" seat ram everything running as intended on stock and turbo core

[strong falcon]

[limber token]

Shifted core seems to be the solution

[tropic haven]

want to try it but can't find it 😛

the links have "No access" for me

[limber token]

only V.I.P.S.

[gritty herald]

my understanding the issue is a combination of ram quality and it overheating in some cases without proper ventilation.

[hearty hawk]

...

[dusky glen]

N64 ran at 4k 120Fps with HDR ... i think i am remembering correctly

[cinder trout]

@tropic haven I think you need to give yourself the cycle accurate role or ask a mod for it

[dense umbra]

How does a FPGA overheat ? They are low power and frequency

Does the core hammer the HPS ?

[hearty hawk]

Todd is just plugging his cases 😆

[gritty herald]

i am talking about the ram

[tropic haven]

Can you help me finding a mod and how to do that?

[lyric gull]

So much misinformation going around.

[gritty herald]

mine is my case and still does it

[oblique drum]

Correct. Back in 1996 we called it the "ps5 pro of 1996"

[sacred flint]

I gave you cycle accurate just now

[gritty herald]

so i think heat isn't an issue

[sacred flint]

Yeah I don't think overheating is the issue.

[dense umbra]

I have never seen any overheating issues in nearly 5 years ...

[dense zenith]

someone needs to make a rpi ice tower style cooler 😛

[hearty hawk]

Liquid cooled mister case ftw

[tropic haven]

still no access 😦

[limber token]

@cinder crane

[cinder trout]

yeah maybe he restricted it now

[sacred flint]

I already gave them cycle accurate, try and close and open discord

Like fully quit it

Got a flight to catch!

[gritty herald]

just trying to be helpful and report issues

instead it gets dismissed as crap developer

[dense umbra]

Because the issues with that core has been known for years

[dense zenith]

I haven't seen anyone be disparaging at all. but there can be too many cooks in the kitchen too.

[gritty herald]

again, reporting issues that, on my real de10 setup, doesn't occur and MAYBE you guys with MiSTer Pi's can verify as well

[tropic haven]

Still same issue, have a good flight 😉 will wait for 36 hours then 😄

[limber token]

Your case has no holes, were the hot air could get out near the Leds... 😂 😉

[dense umbra]

But the issue has been reported on DE10s in the past so it's no surprise it happens on the Taki board. If the issues were fixed then it would be something unique to the board

[gritty herald]

again, i've spoke to the team and their findings were that most all cases of issues with the core were due to the sdram overheatings. And in almost all those instances there were using the MiSTer Addons passively cooled case and the ram in that case just gets scorching hot with cores that really work it

[dire merlin]

is this the raizing core resets during bootup with bad rom issue or a different one?

[gritty herald]

once you took the MiSTer out of the case, the issue went away

[gritty herald]

it locks up or displays memory errors

[limber token]

SDram will not get warm i thought. But ddr3 will

[dense umbra]

Tried taking the Taki board out of the case ?

[dire merlin]

my open air de10 always fails the batrider B version Japan rom test. the other mras that are patched to skip it work though

[sacred flint]

I did not say that, to be completely clear. Just that the core already crashes, the developer was made aware, etc...

[gritty herald]

my Taki setup is doing this once the intro starts

[limber token]

What is that for an game, i could test it on my taki, if that helps?

[gritty herald]

Armed Police Batrider

just launch the game and let it roll through the attract mode

mine locks up with that in a few seconds

[faint dune]

More tests?! I’ve been avoiding playing games all day!

[dusky glen]

play = testing 🙂

[dire merlin]

also whoever it was that had issues with setting the outfoxxies font on mister, I hate you

[analog dagger]

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sounds like this was already reported

[hearty hawk]

I played that to completion yesterday (assuming that's not a console port of some kind) mister pi is not in a case, played at 1440p direct to a cheap 32" Sylvania led in my truck with a 12v 3a DC charger at hq2x filter didn't have any issues with game play, crashing, boot problems etc

[dense umbra]

I just booted Armed Police Batrider on my QMtech build and it works fine. So it's different to the N64 issue as that affected the QMtech too

[faint imp]

Is this a jotego core?

[dire merlin]

no

[dense umbra]

No coin ops

[winged summit]

Wasn’t the people with N64 problems in qmtech using old cores and thus unrelated to the issue?

[faint imp]

Is coionops == pram0d?

[dense umbra]

I was using all the latest builds on my QMtech

[winged summit]

I stand corrected

[dense umbra]

The QMtech board with built on SDram even using slightly different spec ram hence why it can be stable at 160mhz

[limber token]

no crash here (USA Version)

[gritty herald]

this is probably like some of the other ram issues reported where it's hit or miss

[faint imp]

Maybe the developer just needs to revisit the ram sampling code

[wary turret]

Yeah people report issues with this core but I’ve only seen the bad rom check issue. There’s a bunch of mras so I just pick the next one down and it works (probably the skip check zakk mentioned but it actually shows it do the check so 🤷🏼‍♂️ ) I’ve never had the games crash after they get past boot

[limber token]

could be, my taki runs RE2 also fine without patched core.

[tepid lynx]

Running fine on attract mode for my taki board

[dire merlin]

yeah, like the version of garegga with my patches is ok because it skips rom check, but the others fail

[wary turret]

I never choose the Zakk one, I assume it’s a bitcoin miner

[dire merlin]

I think there's always been something a bit on the edge. like my patches on garegga seem to cause the game start transition screen to take noticibly longer, but it doesn't do that on real hardware

[lyric gull]

Memtest is the actual bitcoin miner.

[strong falcon]

[delicate hazel]

Good Evening Todd, sorry to bother you. Does that still happen with Mister pi and someone elses ram kit? Like a different vendor? If you dont have a different one then no bother 🙂 . Im just wondering if its the same quirk as that n64 core. Where a different ram would work fine on the Mister Pi.

[dire merlin]

the rank percentage is actually telling you how far along you are in mining one coin

[faint dune]

I get all the way through attract mode without issue. I don't, however, have any sound coming out of the analog board - it's all hdmi

[delicate hazel]

I know you have done a lot of testing. Wasnt it you who had a different vendor ram? If you have the time, maybe see what its like on the mister pi with that different ram.

Similar to who other vendors ram would "work fine" on the mister pi with the n64 core.

[faint dune]

I can test that in a bit, yeah. But it's working fine with taki ram atm

[delicate hazel]

I just thought there may be something similar going on.

[upbeat gyro]

I’ll test when I get home

FINALLY ANOTHER PURPOSE IN LIFE!!!

[neon summit]

Praise the lord 🙌

[gusty marsh]

okay yeah, Batrider both Japan B and USA will play through the attract mode and enter game fine for me

but i am a known good-RAM-haver

[upbeat gyro]

Batrider is one that should have come in with update all arcade downloader?

[gusty marsh]

yes

it's Armed Police Batrider if you're having the problem i did in finding it by looking in the Bs

(and the JP version B is under _alternatives I believe)

[runic pecan]

You need to select what channels you can see/access from 'channels & roles' at the top of the channel list

[faint dune]

Ok, I get a lot of crackling in r-type leo

all the bass is blown way out after "3 2 1 let's go!"

turned down volume to no avail

[upbeat gyro]

No problems

That was anticlimatic

[gritty herald]

Kinda proves that the core has “memory issues” might not be true. And instead is a faulty ram issue

[small lark]

Are you using analog? or the toslink digital signal

[upbeat gyro]

I would see if someone like willuigi who couldn’t play anything n64 or @neon summit can get through attract mode on that

Also if you have other ram swap it and see if it works?

[gritty herald]

I’ll test other ram tonight. Plus maybe pull up on the ram some like Taki suggested on Twitter

[cinder crane]

No that’s not correct. The core doesn’t work well for me and my ram has been perfect for every single core. Same with a multitude of users who’ve had similar issues. It’s definitely a core issue.

If it were just me I wouldn’t care but I’ve had field questions from a lot of people over the past year who’ve had similar issues and every other works for them.

[gritty herald]

Then what explains the fact it works for all these other folks?

[cinder crane]

Because the memory timings is inconsistent

[gritty herald]

Right. With the memory itself

[cinder crane]

Yes and when the core isn’t within spec, it creates issues

Pretty easy to understand

[gritty herald]

What spec is it not in?

[cinder crane]

The one that makes it work for people lol

Explain to me why literally every other core works, even the most demanding Saturn core and this one doesn’t?

It’s cut and dry dude, core has issues

Again if it were just me I wouldn’t care but loads of people have had similar issues

[gritty herald]

I think it’s more a case of hammering the ram to get the performance they need and marginal ram has issues

[cinder crane]

yeah out of spec

When it’s the only core that doesn’t work, it’s a problem

Literally the only core

I don’t have a clone either, I have official board and great ram

It’s a core issue that unfortunately won’t be fixed. Which is a shame because it’s a wonderful core.

I even posted a report on their GitHub along with several others, huge thread. But they moved repositories and it was deleted. So it’s in the past. It’s a well known issue unfortunately.

Sorry normally I wouldn’t care but I had to correct you on that one.

I don’t want people thinking there are other hardware issues when it’s an unofficial core that’s broken for a lot of people.

And working for a lot of people too. To be fair.

[faint dune]

analog

[small lark]

yeah it's not so good for me either.

[faint dune]

is it a coop collection core?

[cinder crane]

I don’t know the name, I think so?

Raizing

[faint dune]

I wonder if I can poke them in their discord. I remember them mentioning something about raizing cores

[cinder crane]

Wonderful job by the devs, I just wish that was looked at again.

They don’t have a MiSTer and I wouldn’t bother them about it.

The core is what it is, they’ve moved on.

[faint dune]

I reported a problem in the game gear core yesterday so there is no harm in trying

ahh, I see

[cinder crane]

I think they did a great job with it. So I’m not complaining. It just doesn’t work for me which is unfortunate.

But the games are on the Saturn so I’m happy.

[faint dune]

oh it was pram0d who did it. they mentioned looking for their mister the other day so they could bring the combatribes to mister (they just released it on pocket)

[cinder crane]

that’s cool

Combatribes is a great game

[faint dune]

demon clowns

[cinder crane]

Yeah sdram, sorry

That’s the memory to me

That’s great to hear though

[faint dune]

yeah. it's not on pocket, and since that is the thrust of their development, maybe we can get a mister fix too if they pick it up

[dense zenith]

except i have 4 mister setups. all 3 no issue. 3 single ram. one dual ram. if i put ANY of my 2.9 or 3.0 kits in the MPi setup - works. Just the MPi ram fails. 100% of the time. NO other ram from any other manufacturer is failing the n64 core.

[cinder crane]

I’ve never seen glitches on the core but I assume he knows best

[cinder crane]

Sorry I was talking about the Raizing core

[dense zenith]

ah.

my bad.

[cinder crane]

Nah it’s cool, apologies for being confusing

[faint dune]

i can't get the raizing core to flip on my tv. flips on my monitor just fine. monitor has a mister pi, tv has a mister - I wonder if the tink is gumming up the works there

[cinder crane]

That would be great. It’s a huge challenge for sure.

But I’d also understand if they’re not interested

[faint dune]

as an aside, works great as a side scrolling shooter too. just have to remap the direction controls

[cinder crane]

Like when I say it’s in the past, I mean they’ve moved on from MiSTer which is their prerogative and great for them. So I didn’t want to bug them about something they’re not developing for. You know?

But if they’re interested that would be great. First time I played those games actually. MiSTer made me a shmup fan lol.

[faint dune]

yeah, i wouldn't even bring it up to them if they hadn't mentioned (I think either today or yesterday) that they are looking for their mister so that they can look at porting combatribes

[cinder crane]

ok cool

Well even though I complained I really do love the Raizing core lol

Apologies for my harshness

[faint dune]

its a good core. 🙂

[cinder crane]

Yeah it’s awesome!

[faint dune]

now if raki can get cv1000 on the mister....then we could all die happy

[cinder crane]

what’s that?

[faint dune]

the last cave board

[cinder crane]

I am shmup ignorant, I just play the core and go “wow this game is cool!”

lol

[faint dune]

you will say that a lot if Raki performs their witchcraft

[gusty marsh]

i would also love to see this on pocket lol

[faint dune]

Oh, followup. For those looking for a switch. This works and has excellent mouth button feel https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-4-on-off-power-switch.html

[upbeat gyro]

Yeah but those of us with serious N64 issues can play the bat whatever core just fine. And N64 is fixed for all now anyways

[cinder crane]

lol sounds like I need to get a MiSTer Pi then

[gusty marsh]

one of the things it's really great for. too bad i don't have a way to do true tate tho

[faint dune]

you need a mister pi and a qmtech stack. we pokemasters now

[cinder crane]

Anyways sorry for shitting up y’all’s chat.

[faint dune]

not at all. you want to shit up chat? let me tell you about the retrotink 4k :p

[cinder crane]

I can’t be opinionated on that unfortunately

I got a free morph4k so I’m already biased

[upbeat gyro]

I need 1 Retrotink 4k mailed to my address and I can contribute to this conversation

https://tenor.com/view/anyone-here-tumbleweed-john-travolta-pulp-fiction-where-are-you-gif-22041899

[faint dune]

you know, for the price of one PS5 Pro + tax, you too could have a retrotink4k

[upbeat gyro]

This is true. Let me tell my wife I canceled the PS5 Pro for some video box

[faint dune]

How many PS5s do you have? How many retrotinks do you have? I feel like the math is very easy here

[upbeat gyro]

I wish there was a cheaper one without the analog inputs

Like the morph

[faint dune]

some people have a scart fetish

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[sacred flint]

Thanks for making those patches so people are able to play the core!

[upbeat gyro]

I heard HDR plus BFI and some filters look quite good on an OLED

I still haven’t moved the mister down to the C1 since I’ve enjoyed playing memtest in the office during work

[cinder crane]

I am no scaler expert but I don’t really see that much of a difference lol. The fake HDR on the morph4k is way better than whatever we have on MiSTer though lol.

I assume the retro tink does the same fake HDR as good or better than morph4k.

[gusty marsh]

i am not about to spend 750 smackers on either but if i got to choose one to get for free the ps5 pro would not even be in the mix 😂

[faint dune]

I am not a playstation professional. it would be stolen valor

[faint dune]

I know as much about the morph that you know about the tink. I'm sure they are both great. It's probably just a matter of depth of options

[gusty marsh]

i am surprised i haven't really seen a super nitty gritty comparison

[cinder crane]

So I ignorantly thought that there wasn’t that much of a point since TVs upscale to 4K on their own but someone here educated me about the lag that can incur.

So that’s pretty cool, scalers really do offer a lot for people.

[faint dune]

yeah I didn't realize how big of an impact the tv upscaler could have on latency

[gusty marsh]

my current TV does 4K upscaling that looks much nicer than any previous display I've had but i probably should figure out how to test the lag, huh.....

[dusky glen]

Mr laggy?

[gusty marsh]

hmm that's cheaper than i thought

what's one more $12 + S&H device on my retro gaming doodad stack

the mister has already proven dramatically better than this stupid PoS2 that I'm trying to get loading

and i have bought way more doodads for that

[upbeat gyro]

Guys I just found out the Tiger game.com had Resident Evil 2.

WE MUST TEST

[faint dune]

game.com core when

[dire merlin]

just a coincidence, those patches predate mister! you plebes are just lucky it happened to help!

[cinder trout]

I want this.

[warm matrix]

A similar change might help the batrider core

[cinder trout]

makes sense for sure

[delicate hazel]

I would love to see a game com core

Does anyone actually own a game com? I do, it's in the attic. I got it as part of a bundle with Resident Evil 2 on the game com

[neon summit]

Any particular version?

USA left and Japan right

[neon summit]

My crappy Sony has twice the input lag for 1080p compared to 4K (40ms vs 20ms). Luckily the 1440p value is the same as 4K

[lyric gull]

I have so many SCART cables.

[neon summit]

I have an oem scart cable fetish

[lyric gull]

Oooh nice. I mostly have RGC cables.

[upbeat gyro]

I did, I got it with Duke 3d when it came out

[delicate hazel]

Ooh I didn't know Duke 3d is on the game com.

[lyric gull]

I really want a Game.com. I know it’s not a great console but I remember wanting one as a kid based on screenshots in magazines.

[slim sundial]

it fucks stuff up those that rely on the n64s terrible performance for timing, like Zelda

[warm olive]

As in using bugs or speedruns? If so, the turbo core is definitely not the way to go, but certainly for improved performance and a more modern feel.

[rigid eagle]

Anyone else besides me have a MiSTer-Pi + Analog board and the main MiSTer menu doesn't display on a CRT? I have 2 PVMs and 1 PC CRT and the menu doesn't display but console cores do. I have tried numerous .ini edits and tried RGBs (4-BNC) cable, VGA cable, and VGA to component cable

[wary turret]

Do you have a regular mister to swap the sd card into to try?

Post your ini

[rigid eagle]

No I don't

Why is the menu outputting 1920 × 1080 @ 15khz (this is on my HDTV)

[wary turret]

Not always accurate, ignore it for now, post your ini

[rigid eagle]

Not at home now to do so. I have posted my ini before

And I have 3 separate .ini'

I'm not the only one with this issue

[tepid lynx]

I had issues but the fix was a fresh .ini and re-doing my settings.

Now my mister pi is working on my consumer CRTs and my PVM

[lyric gull]

@rigid eagle Have you tried using the default ini from the repo?

[rigid eagle]

Yes I got the official one and edited that

[lyric gull]

Did you try it before edits?

[rigid eagle]

Yep

[lyric gull]

Did you try without any ini files (defaults from within the code).

[rigid eagle]

Yes. I only see a picture in cores

Already added [menu]

[lyric gull]

Did you try starting from a fresh SD card with Mr Fusion?

[rigid eagle]

Yes 2 different sd's

[lyric gull]

Okay, that probably rules out config issues then.

[wary turret]

Are you using direct video / DAC or that 9.2 vga bridge deal?

[rigid eagle]

No direct video. I have a full stack MiSTer-Pi. I was told to test direct video but that defeats the purpose of the Analog IO board

[wary turret]

Yeah I wouldn’t bother with that either

I’d go the other direction if you were using an external dac and suggest eliminating that

[neon summit]

@upbeat gyro btw how were you identifying the voltage/power draw of your mister? multimeter or

I'm just hoping to test if the usb-c power switch I bought is going to make any change. Though if I'm reading Taki's site correctly a switch that is limited to 5V 3A may actually end up as a benefit due to the voltage drop from 9V causing additional heat with PD

[lyric gull]

My Mister Pi and RT4K are currently using about 12 W combined.

[nimble nest]

this was the case for me

[hushed burrow]

Intresting, I've got a MisterPi and get that when using the VGA on the analoge out to a Retrotink... Did you solve this?

[rigid eagle]

@hushed burrow nope and no matter how I edit the ini, still no display on a CRT in the main MiSTer menu on 3 different CRTs

[hushed burrow]

Yeah, exact same here, thats troubling

Which cable are you using, out of intrest

I just thought my cable was faulty, but now I wonder

[hushed burrow]

well, I just plugged my Minster into a VGA montior and getting the exact same issue 😦

[hushed burrow]

Yeah, and if I load a core.. i get a display. Sounds like its the exact same issue

[small lark]

wait, on what?

[cinder trout]

Armed Police Batrider, it’s an arcade game

[upbeat gyro]

Yeah open it and see if it crashes during attract mode

[small lark]

I'll give it a shot

[upbeat gyro]

So far no one but Todd’s had an issue and Robby said the core just sucks

But you were one of the most broken n64 so….

[cinder crane]

It doesn’t lmao

it’s an awesome core but there needs to be some adjustments on the sdram side of things

People have had issues in the past and for me specifically it’s the only core that gives me trouble

But it’s ok, those games are playable on the Saturn core so I’m happy.

[dire merlin]

batrider isn't!

[patent knoll]

Also those Raizing core games don't work on 24-bit IO boards

Framework never got updated

[cinder crane]

I think that’s the one you made a patch for conveniently for me lol

[faint dune]

that explains why I wasn't getting sound out of the analog port

[limber token]

Is there a list wich cores are not compatible with the 24bit analog board?

[cinder crane]

I assume any that aren’t officially part of MiSTer.

[wary turret]

I keep seeing this, but what does it mean that some cores don’t work with the 24bit analog board? They don’t display anything? I’ve yet to see that with the misteraddons analog io pro for cores that aren’t updated like raizing. The most I’ve had for issues is if I want to use svideo I still have to use the YC cores because coinop/pram0d haven’t merged MikeS changes

But maybe the 9.2 is somehow different in a way that they break instead when not updated? That doesn’t sound very sorg-like though

[cinder crane]

Yeah all cores display fine for me over HDMI

[wary turret]

For me RGB they are fine, for svideo they are B&W without swapping to the MikeS YC version

Via CRT of course because I’m a good person and not an hdmi devil like robby

“It’s easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than an oled user to enter the kingdom of God” - Jesus, probably

[patent knoll]

MA's pro board does have dip switches to change back to 18bit color mode, so maybe it has some stuff to allow some of that signal to come through in 24bit mode

Taki IO board is just a black screen, so there is probably 0 backwards compatibility

[dense umbra]

Takis is just the stock 9.2 design though

[wary turret]

Yeah interesting wonder if someone with a 9.2 and de10 can confirm. Just unsorg-like to break compatibility. My dips are always on for MA for 24bit

[limber token]

The board was extra hold for some time to convert the cores to be compatible. But there was only a statement, that convert is done now. I saw never a statement, that not all cores were done. So it would be nice to have a list of not compaible cores.

[limber token]

The switches seems to bypass the dac introduced in 9.2, old analog board seems to have no dac installed in any way. Checked the pcb and could not found ones.

[dense umbra]

I think all Main cores have been done

Stuff from the likes of Coin-Ops are seperate

Jotego added support recently too

[shut warren]

do we know if the steam deck power supply (official) works with Mister PI?

I'm seeing some weird display glitches

[faint dune]

I believe that's the power supply on this page, no? https://retroremake.co/pages/firmware-setup

The "major linux handheld"

[shut warren]

That's what I thought also

[neon summit]

Display glitches where

[shut warren]

I was on the main screen, but I was also transferring some files over SSH

once the transfer stopped looks like the image stabalized

[dense umbra]

You will get glitches on the display if you are doing stuff on the linux side

though normally its when you have the command prompt screen up

[wary turret]

Yeah heavy transfer can cause glitches with normal de10 as well

[dreamy canopy]

Acrylic case form misterfpga UK looking so nice!

[solid stratus]

Any PD psu should work fine

Being PD mandates the minimum 5V3A that MiSTer Pi needs

[small lark]

i dont want to be a copycat so I haven’t purchased this… yet.

[dreamy canopy]

That acid green and smoke are also good...
Easy source for a heatsink and noctua made it feel like a no brainer

https://misterfpga.co.uk/product/mister-pi-case-acrylic/

[small lark]

I really like that helios yellow, but the looking glass is so good looking…

[dreamy canopy]

he uses Looking Glass as the main example image for a reason, looks sooooo good

like I have it in a lil skyscraper

[faint imp]

Hopefully nobody will try to connect an USB device to the onboard USB-A of the MiSTer Pi when it’s connected to a USB board

[upbeat gyro]

I did

lol

[faint imp]

Oh really? Lol

What happened??

Since the usb data lines have resistors, I assume that no damage will be implied, but the HUB and the device will surely not work haha

[upbeat gyro]

nothing

I noticed if somethingwas plugged into it when power was applied that port worked and the hub never turned on

but if the hub was on already the port just didnt work

[faint imp]

Nice!!!

[upbeat gyro]

Soon as I get my todd case itll be covered anyways

[patent knoll]

Make sure you use a binary speed data transfer mode when uploading files. It makes the read/write and MiSTer more stable

[shut warren]

How do I enable this?

[dire merlin]

if you're actually using ssh it's not relevant

only relevant for filezilla

filezilla+FTP

[shut warren]

Okay, yeah I don't like transferring over FTP, I stick to ssh all the time.

[patent knoll]

The fixed N64 core is now in update_all 🥳

turbo still requires a manual download

[shut warren]

what is this turbo core?

[patent knoll]

runs the n64 CPU at 80mhz and can improve framerates
#test-builds message

[small lark]

Winners don’t use drugs

[hushed burrow]

Can confirm, the lookig glass is quite nice

[shut warren]

I want to connect mt32-pi to mister pi, would that be a problem?

[faint dune]

No, in fact, this beaut accomodates it #mister-hardware message

[shut warren]

ooo nice, do I need to worry about the power supply or anything like that?

I read that some folks recommended upgrading the power supply for the OG mister

[limber token]

I would use the MT32 without on power supply only with a 5V4A on Mister

[dense umbra]

A good 3 amp PSU should be more than enough for MT32-pi powered by the user port

If you use a Zero 2 Pi you might get away with less

[faint dune]

Mister Addons ram arrived today. It’s settled business, but you know I still had to do it.

gonna leave that ram in

[neon summit]

https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-gif-24766590

[lyric gull]

But can it do 59 MHz?

[wary turret]

Misteraddons ram

[faint dune]

https://tenor.com/baDc5.gif

[faint dune]

God himself cannot run at 59mhz. Why would you ask that of ram?

[lyric gull]

So you’re saying the ram can’t do 59 MHz? Haha

[faint dune]

honestly I don't know

I'm running the upper limit test now

[timber fern]

But how tall is it though?

[faint dune]

you know, it's a little disappointing. I had to get out the small ruler

[timber fern]

Ouch, how embarrassing

[rotund parrot]

I just have to say, as a novice MiSTer user, I love that the NSO N64 gamepads sync pretty much instantly to the included wifi/bt dongle with hardly any input lag--and they instantly work when wired via USB as well

[clever topaz]

I avoid using the bluetooth connection, unless the controller has a dedicated receiver

[late rover]

I used to too but bt controllers seem to be the norm these days. DS4 also seems to work well enough on the mister. I have like a bag full of those for some reason despite me never really using one.

[small lark]

Same here, mostly because it’s so prone to interference for some reason. A leg is enough to completely sever the signal. I prefer to relax with a cord than to be on edge about missing or having extended inputs due to bt. On consoles it’s fine, but on MiSTer and my PC it has hardly been reliable

[untold python]

I agree, although ds4 gives.me pretty stable connection with MiSTer. At least to make it playable enough

[dense umbra]

I have had no real issues with controllers over BT and I have a soft spot for 8bitdo products
M30 is still a joy to use

[cinder trout]

did anyone install a heatsink on their MiSTer Pi? I just realized that it didn’t even occur to me 🤔

debating if I should even bother to disassemble it and put one in

[nimble nest]

nice qc stickers

[neon summit]

I've ordered one but it shouldn't really make a difference

[nimble nest]

i've read there's some cores that can become a little more unstable without some form of cooling

but dunno if thats true

[cinder trout]

@nimble nest yeah, common knowledge has always been to install a heatsink, a fan or both. I have the I/O board, so I do have a fan at least. My regular DE-10 has both a fan and a heatsink, so I’m thinking I’ll probably just put one on the MPi too

[late rover]

I don't see why not even if it wasn't exactly necessary.

[neon summit]

https://misteraddons.com/blogs/news/is-it-pronounced-aluminum-or-aluminium this may be outdated now though

[faint imp]

Yep! I did install it even though it doesn’t seem to be necessary with the fan. Just for the peace of mind sake and why not? 😅

This is the one I ended up getting https://a.co/d/hxTEUbs

[dusky glen]

the one i use is one that i scavenged from an old computer

[nimble nest]

this is just the max temp at which the silicone might degrade over some period of time afaik, but instabilities can occur well below the max temp

no idea what temp though

and if it's a real concern

[cinder trout]

hmm, I have some leftover 22x22x10mm ones back from when I put one on my original MiSTer…I’d think it should work? I think the standoff heights are the same 🤔

[faint imp]

Should work just fine! Before actually sticking it to the FPGA, try it with the IO board mounted to see it it touches anything, but I don’t think it’s going to happen

[dusky glen]

for my franken heatsink i had to remove one fan screw

[faint imp]

Yeah, I was afraid of something like that and I just got the 6mm tall one

[patent knoll]

I used an extra one from a de10 build that I replaced with a MA aluminum case. Fit exactly

[solid stratus]

The DE10-nano is designed to be run by idiot students fanless and heatsinkless, and IIRC has a stable temp of 105C. The MiSTer Pi is using an automotive part which is even higher rated; and that’s binned chips not different production runs. Basically as long as you have some airflow you’re fine; if you get a solid case then fan at least.

[limber token]

Students do not use a stack neither a case with the DE10. So Heatsink and fan is recommend in such situations.

[solid stratus]

Yes, that’s what I said

[dense umbra]

The heatsink and fan was added because if something hammers the HPC side, the heat might affect the FPGA but its a very edge case situation. The Cyclones were designed to run with no additional cooling

[dense umbra]

I dont think the Pi uses the automotive model ? The QMtech does though

[solid stratus]

Oh is it that way around? I have neither

[dense umbra]

I think so

[solid stratus]

It’ll probably change depending what chips are cheaper any given purchase cycle too

[dense umbra]

yeah it doesnt matter

[lunar stone]

Taki uses the 5CSXFC6C6U23I7N. This is the Industrial model good for -40C to 100C.

QMTech uses the 5CSEMA6U23A7N which is indeed the Automotive spec.

[dense umbra]

I think it was mentioned in the video by Whats Ken making on Youtube

[warm matrix]

should be pretty good for racing games then

[patent knoll]

holds a microphone up to the fpga chip

[faint dune]

@gritty herald search is failing me. When do cases start shipping?

[gritty herald]

sometime during the first week of October

[faint dune]

https://tenor.com/c5xR0aMYgMK.gif

[gritty herald]

shit, meant October

[shrewd dust]

Consolized ITX MiSTer Pi build is alive. The inside is a complete mess, there's no back plate either and I don't seem to have the front ports wired up properly but its working good enough to play with for now. The power button on the front works and lights up which I think is a nice QoL feature.

[late rover]

I like the "totally not optiplex" look they got going on with the case.

[nimble nest]

very nicely executed imo

[patent knoll]

awesome - I'm working on something similar and my library offers 3D print services. Was able to find an ITX mounting bracket and this IO panel:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4982578/files
worth a check to see if your library offers 3D printing

[shrewd dust]

Ah cool looks good. I've got my own 3D printer, annoyingly my local library only offers 3D printing to people aged between 13-18

For mounting I've got it on an Atlantis board https://battyetech.com/products/atlantis-for-mister-fpga-adapter-board-for-mini-itx-atx-and-compatible-at-pc-cases

[lunar stone]

Fodder for this subreddit for sure! https://www.reddit.com/r/SleepingOptiplex/

[hushed burrow]

Ahh balls. I picked upa. in-line power switch from the Pi store for the mister, ant it doesnt work

[neon summit]

yeah i just had one arrive and same lol

[hushed burrow]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-mad-homer-simpson-secret-you-didnt-tell-gif-17343940

[neon summit]

though I've just tried it with my pi 4 psu which is 5v 3a only and it works

[faint dune]

the canakit one I bought works good

[neon summit]

just not my pd ones

i guess i could buy another pi 4 psu

[faint dune]

good button feel too

[shrewd dust]

I've got the same thing and I've never been able to find anything that it works with. At this point I'm not convinced they work at all.

[neon summit]

at least the heatsink i bought works right

[dusky glen]

does anyone knows where do i change the order of how the scripts are loaded?

the installed ones

[upbeat gyro]

I don’t think any of them are autoloaded?

[dusky glen]

i am trying to get tapto and tty2oled to play nice together

i can run one or the other

but as soon i plug the tapto the tty2oled breaks

[upbeat gyro]

Startup scripts for services should be in /etc/init.d

[dusky glen]

someone told me to disable probing on tapto. i did and same issue

thank you

[upbeat gyro]

You can change the order by modifying the number

[dusky glen]

i broke it! lmao

time to use sdcard # 2

[dusky glen]

i found this in user-startup.sh

#!/bin/sh

Startup tty2oled

[[ -e /media/fat/tty2oled/S60tty2oled ]] && /media/fat/tty2oled/S60tty2oled $1

mrext/tapto

[[ -e /media/fat/Scripts/tapto.sh ]] && /media/fat/Scripts/tapto.sh -service $1

[dusky glen]

i managed to make them play nice tapto and tty2oled just added TTYDEV="/dev/ttyUSB1" in tty2oled-user.ini

[gritty herald]

https://x.com/ToddsNerdCave/status/1841596553628176741

Todd Gill - Retro Frog (@ToddsNerdCave) on X

Quick video on quality of life improvements i've made to the MiSTer Pi case. They start shipping over the weekend/beginning of next week.

Twitter · Oct 2, 2024, 9:50 PM

[cursive crypt]

not sure if it's intentional but the video (at least for me) quits at 4:22 when you are explaining about nailing down the slicer settings

[gritty herald]

Damn. I must have cut off the last couple seconds the exported video

[gentle citrus]

Case is looking great

[faint dune]

that fucking blue, todd. can't wait, man

(i had no idea those two ports were power only)

and yeah, it cuts out at the slicer settings

[faint imp]

Amazing!!!

[gritty herald]

Really that was about the end anyways. I’ve just spent some time this week implementing these changes and printing off new samples to nail down everything

[faint dune]

really looks great

[faint imp]

I do not remember the color of the buttons I have ordered haha

Blue is really looking good

[gritty herald]

All cases come with 2 colors

Light gray comes with purple and dark gray. Slate gray comes with orange and blue

[faint imp]

Whoa!

[gritty herald]

And black with gray and orange

Might include a single red one with each in case folks want to use the red button for reset

[faint imp]

That’s great news!!!

[upbeat gyro]

Can’t wait, guys at work want to see it but it’s not leaving the house till I have a case.. I also decided I need to buy a printer lol

[nimble nest]

i want a cool case for the qmtech... no one cares about us...

https://tenor.com/view/yakuza-kiryu-kazuma-its-so-over-ps2-gif-16662113689094319032

i got antonio's analog board which comes with a case, but the sides of it are white fr4 which is the only thing im not too fond of

[gritty herald]

I’ve had someone ask about that

[faint dune]

the io board comes with a case

[upbeat gyro]

Looking at the Bambu A1. Seems like a killer starter unit

[gritty herald]

A1 and A1 mini are both class leaders

[gusty marsh]

videotodd: i left off any text here because of how it prints at that size
me: hmm he should've tried single letters
videotodd: I also tried single letters

you're three steps ahead of me 😂

[gentle citrus]

@gritty herald maybe try text on top and bottom of the buttons?
So left and right button has text on top and middle has text below…

[gusty marsh]

if you do do this i will probably at least experiment with doing purple - dark grey - red for the three buttons

[gritty herald]

I might try that and then put up a poll for people’s opinions

If it turns out ok

[upbeat gyro]

Yeah A1 seems like an absolute no brainer for $400. Mini looks awesome too but bigger is always better lol

[gritty herald]

I’ve been meaning to pick up a mini sometime for my office for prototyping

[upbeat gyro]

I had a guy down the street with a print farm full of X1C’s that would run shit off cheap for me… then he moved across the country. It’s time to be a big boy lol

[cinder crane]

Move in next to him

[upbeat gyro]

I’m selling it to my wife that I can print stuff for our daughter and cookie cutters for her 😂

I can’t afford to move to CA lol

[gritty herald]

Yeah my farm has several X1C, 3x P1Ss and a P1P

Have 6 retired Prusa machines in storage

[weary rain]

I would not recommend an open printer ik your office due to micro plastics in the air

[dense umbra]

The supplied PCB material case is fine especially for the price

[dense umbra]

Yeah Bambu printers have really changed the market

I've had a P1P for nearly 2 years now and it's made FDM printing reliable and quick, they have made the printer a tool rather than a hobby

The A series were not available at the time sadly

Before that I had a couple of Creality and even a Prusa mini that got returned due to faults out of the box

[nimble nest]

the qmtech one looks cool imo

but i dont have the qmtech analog board

[nimble nest]

i have antonio's one

maybe i can model the sides and just laser cut them from acrylic

[hushed burrow]

Having spend a lto fo time with things like Enders and the like.... I'll be 100% honest with you

Get a bambu. Either the P1S/P1P/A1 or something.

Just... just do that.

If your hobby is going to be 3d Printing, not a 3d Printer get a Bambu 😄

[delicate hazel]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MiSTerFPGA/s/uO9MenFroG

Uh oh

[neon summit]

Hmm, I'll have to test sonic 3 I guess but with the PS1 core and some brief testing yesterday things sounded okay

[faint imp]

I definitely don't have the muffled sound issue with my MiSTer Pi megapack through analog audio

[delicate hazel]

Seems like it's not everyone.

[faint imp]

But I’ve got audio crackles with the PSX core that seems to be fixed by a test version of the core (if you are curious check the #1046940919607345272 channel)

[neon summit]

Could anyone provide a direct recording of this crackle? I'm curious

[faint imp]

#1287682359658807317 message

[dense umbra]

Antonio's case is decent

[nimble nest]

yeah but i dont like the white sides :(

[cinder trout]

interesting….if it’s a capacitor issue like they say, then shouldn’t it affect everyone?

[faint imp]

Maybe a bad batch?

[cinder trout]

yeah could be

[delicate hazel]

Honestly maybe? It's the same with that ram issue. There was a good chunk of people that didn't have any issues with the mister pi ram and mister pi.

The only thing I can think off is some slight variance when they were being made.

[solid stratus]

Taki wanted pics of the top board of crackly ones to ID the batch

[cinder trout]

oh yeah that’s right

just was curious to me as to whether maybe some batches actually had different capacitors

[solid stratus]

He implied that to be the case, in a reply to a report of wrong value caps on one. And then asked for the pics to ID the batch 🙂

[wary turret]

Yeah I saw a post elsewhere claiming the caps were wrong and causing audio issues for them. In an angry and dramatic way. Chill dude maybe you need some caps to smooth out your attitude

[solid stratus]

People love to cause drama

[upbeat gyro]

F. I’m not shipping shit back to Hong Kong tho

Guess I need to find some caps 🤪

[delicate hazel]

The only thing I would like is slightly better communication. There wasn't any communication when the N64 testing with the ram was happening, and we still don't know when batch 2 drops. (In 5 days).

I'm hoping I can get one in batch 2. But I need to know the time.

#1096015979055697940 message

That's the only response I got in regards to a time.

[wary turret]

Oh yeah not saying people shouldn’t be constructively critical or return things for sure. Just the ones having a an online fit should take a step back. It’s new budget hardware there’s going to be issues to work out. Even big companies screw this stuff up

[winged summit]

I think they made a poll in Twitter about having a sane prereserve system or having thousands of people trying to buy the product at the same time like if another pandemia hitted us and people chose the second?

[delicate hazel]

If that Ultimate Mister QMtech bundle for 200 euros releases soon, I might pick that one up instead. The only issue I saw with QMtech was N64 not working due to an older core or something. Once updated it was fine.

[winged summit]

no analog outputs on that one

other than that it is sexy as hell in that case with the TapTo

[delicate hazel]

I remember seeing a poll, but the pre orders/reserve didn't win.

I did briefly mention it to Taki too. And he said that option lost.

[delicate hazel]

Yeah, I only need Digital Out.

But that QMtech, I haven't seen any major or even minor issues bar N64 needing to be updated.

[winged summit]

I need analog video and digital audio, that is why I won't go with the ultimate mister bundle.

But I still think it is the best looking Mister I've seen

[neon summit]

I'd appreciate some transparency if there are affected batches. Wrong caps on the av board and "wrong" caps on the sdram module doesn't feel great. Besides the N64 core issue I had though I've not identified any other issues with my own setup

[neon summit]

Thanks. I definitely didn't hear anything like that while monitoring with some earpods yesterday. SCART lead should arrive in the next week though for testing with video on my CRT but I assume it'll not make a difference

[limber token]

Taki should send out replacements for the affected dac modules. Shipping back is more as the worth of the item.

[gloomy lotus]

Hey what psu is ok for the mister pi?afraid of overheating

[neon summit]

https://retroremake.co/pages/firmware-setup check the bottom of the page. You shouldn't need to worry about overheating though

[upbeat gyro]

My C14/C15 caps look pretty thin

And they look hand soldered for some reason

Like those are def hand soldered… no?

[limpid lodge]

Wonder if the factory messed up and forgot to add them in the production run, so some kid was sat down with a pile of nondescript ceramic caps and a soldering iron

[dense umbra]

The QMtech board and IO/USB board direct is cheaper
I don't believe the Ultimate one has analogue video output so you would have to use Direct Video

[delicate hazel]

I tried soldering once and failed so I ain't an expert.

But if I was to guess they don't look soldered by a machine. Id have thought if a machine was soldering the joints etc, the solder point would be consistent. Like a similar size

[delicate hazel]

Yeah, that could be an idea.

[upbeat gyro]

Yeah all the others look machine soldered

But 14/15 look hand soldered

Like someone knew there was an issue with the caps

[delicate hazel]

14 and 15. I wonder if that's the same caps someone replaced in that Reddit post

One monento

[upbeat gyro]

It is

That’s why I keep bringing them up 😛

[dense umbra]

I think Ricardo covered this on the forum

[delicate hazel]

Yeah, just saw

[gloomy lotus]

@neon summit thx

[delicate hazel]

Oh yeah

[upbeat gyro]

How do I identify the value of smd caps

I’m dumb lol

[gloomy lotus]

btw so are takis mister pi packages shitty quality?wwould u guys recommend to wait or buy from other store? cuase i wanted to buy a mister from taki in the next days. if someone can give me a few tipps or advice i would be really thankful

[neon summit]

The plot thickens

[dense umbra]

There doesn't seem to be any issues with the main board, just some of the add ons

I can't find any issues with the QMtech board. For the money it does the job just as good as my DE10 build

[faint dune]

these are kind of v1 issues. they may be sorted out by the next batch. how are you planning on using it? Like, if you have it connected to a TV via HDMI, you likely won't notice any of these issues

[gentle citrus]

https://www.fluke.com/en-us/learn/blog/digital-multimeters/how-to-measure-capacitance

[gloomy lotus]

no no i want to use it on a crt

crt only bro

[dense umbra]

And in some ways it's better as they have fixed the CEC so plays nicely with my soundbar and ARC on the TV unlike the DE10

[delicate hazel]

Not shitty or anything. For me the lack of communication and transparency on issues slightly puts me off. I do want to get one in batch 2. But he hasn't given us a time on when they will drop.

There was a lot of buzz from the community trying to find and fix the N64 core crashing issue. But Taki didn't really communicate much. Only afterwards.

Now we have this issue with the analog board's. I plan on just using digital out but I would like to make sure the whole product would work.

[gloomy lotus]

i dont like taki he never really interact with the community . i think its the first week of october for the release

[delicate hazel]

Yeah October 8th. But no time

[faint dune]

my digital out is funky. waiting to hear back from taki

[gloomy lotus]

oh ok thx

[delicate hazel]

Oh no

I do like how it comes with a year warranty though. A bit of a peace of mind. Some time to test.

[gloomy lotus]

im playin on a pi 4 with an rgb dual hat on crt and its awesome.its like zero lag with the preemetive frames feature in retroarch.i wanna try a mister but now im afraid i will have problems with the nano board. shit :/

[solid stratus]

That's the post from days ago, which Taki's already responded to as I mentioned here an hour or two back

[dense umbra]

Yeah it was

Some of the issues might me due to the open source schematics which I believe Ricardo has mentioned in the past and they just followed them
Rather than testing and finding the right ratings ?

The QMtech USB/IO board is 6.1 based so it's more tried and tested now

[nimble nest]

yeah, 100% sure

no doubt

all is done with solder paste, those 2 caps are done with solder wire. maybe even leaded...

obviously doesn't matter if it's one or the other

[upbeat gyro]

Yeah. I wonder if mine is ok or if it’s shit lol

I need to test

[nimble nest]

but it does indicate something's been done post production

[upbeat gyro]

It would be intriguing if this was “fixed” by hand and some just got sent as is cause fuck it

[nimble nest]

can also see some residue flux

maybe the issue was noticed only after some time, or maybe there's another reason behind it, who knows

[upbeat gyro]

ok just hooked up to analog audio... gonna see whats what

[hushed burrow]

I did notice using the 3.5mm had a lot of hum/buzz on it, but should try it with 3.5mm headphones or something

[upbeat gyro]

Mine doesn’t seem to be muffled

I’m interested to see peoples C14/15 capacitors that are having problems

[neon summit]

I'll measure mine when I get home. Output seemed fine last night

[faint dune]

I bought that dac toya/sk linked to test my optical out (which has been super crunchy)

should be here today

[limber token]

I would buy it again. Things can happen and i am sure if there was some faults, it would be sorted out for the next batch. I personally would prefer a board with only new components on it and not an board with an recycled fpga chip (Qmtech).

[upbeat gyro]

I think step 1 is are yours hand soldered

lol

[gusty marsh]

at this point we have probably heard back from a large number of purchasers and the only widespread issues are the n64 ram thing (resolved via software) and now this audio issue. i would not call it a super high risk to buy in future batches at least.

[lunar stone]

Taki said "a very small group of people" have been affected by the audio issue. #1287682359658807317 message

And TBF, the SDRAM capacitor design Taki used is per the official schematics. Very strictly speaking, you might be able to argue that other vendors using different caps than shown without documenting the change have violated the GPL by not publishing those changes. Again, very strictly speaking.

[limber token]

I have inspected my Dac board now. Seems also that C14 and C15 was corrected from hand on my board.

[faint imp]

Same here

[weary rain]

same for me. i cant notice any crackle or muffled audio coming out of the 3.5mm audio jack though, and im using quite sensitive headphones

I was testing the intro to parasite eve

[faint imp]

Yeah, not all users are getting the audio crackle

[weary rain]

Had to turn down the global volume to only 3 bars to get a good listening volume, that might have something to do with it, ill have to try at full volume later with my speaker setup.

I have a class A amp, and a A/B DAC, that should reveal any unwanted noise

[neon summit]

Same again

[upbeat gyro]

so everyone with hand soldered don't have muffled audio?

anyone with muffled we need you to check

[neon summit]

Not that I've noticed

Testing with some earpods

[upbeat gyro]

I have my HDMI audio running through my monitor and out to my speakers, I have my mister pi connected to the aux in on my computer speakers

so I have been able to swap back and forth pretty easy

seems the sameish

[faint imp]

Mine is hand soldered. No muffled audio. I get audio crackling on the PSX core via 3.5mm analog output though

[cursive crypt]

parasite eve into is the best test?

[faint dune]

dunno if you can tell from this pic, but i have muffled audio

(that's the pic I sent taki - my stack is not dissassembled right now)

[upbeat gyro]

they seem hand soldered

humm

C14 looks crooked from here which leads me to believe theyre hand soldered

[gusty marsh]

we have not seen anyone with non hand soldered c14/15 right

[upbeat gyro]

correct

was hoping a muffled guy had machine done ones

[limber token]

Could you do a better pic from the dac board ?

[faint dune]

Yeah, I can pull it apart again later today. That's just the pic I have now

Waiting for this dac to come so I can run some tests on that

[limber token]

Replacement Board ?

[faint dune]

nah, I bought a dac that toya linked in the psx channel. i think my dac is fine, but I want to confirm that to make sure the muffled audio isn't something on my end

[limber token]

Ahh, ok. Could be interesting to see.

[hushed burrow]

Just tested the 3.5mm here and it sounds grand is it a specific core or?

[green sparrow]

MegaCD and PSX are the ones to try.

[hushed burrow]

hmm... ok, was trying it with the Megadrive core for Sonic 1 and it sounded grand, but I'll check PSX

[faint dune]

If you have the Irem-m92 core, try R-Type Leo. That crackled like crazy for me (PSX was fine)

[lyric gull]

Isn’t muffled audio just an inherent flaw and not a manufacturing defect? Like the DAC just isn’t that good.

Getting an external DAC solved it for me.

[blissful hill]

Hi Robert, I'm trying to make sense of this change in Quartus, and I see that the previous phase shift was 0 degrees, and not 180. How was the shift from 0 to 180 done in the previous versions?

[lyric gull]

Is the Burr-Brown chip in the photos above the audio DAC? They make good op amps. Would be very surprised if they make a bad DAC.

[hushed burrow]

PSX core also sounds fine, like its not as nice as the output of my DAC but its.. 'fine' doesnt sound terribly muffled or crackly or anything

[faint dune]

my digital audio is bad - fine out of HDMI, but not the optical port

[hushed burrow]

I dont seem to have the lrem-m92 core, I guess thats not inlcuded in update)_all?\

[cinder crane]

Check to see if you have GunForce II in your arcade game list

I picked that one randomly, In the Hunt, Gun Force 1, Ninja Baseball Bat man, etc. are all good choices

[limpid lodge]

The core itself should be in _Arcade\cores

I use update_all and it's there (version from may)

[hushed burrow]

yeaI can see Gunforce 2 at least, I think I have a names.txt that might be altering things

[cinder crane]

Run it

[hushed burrow]

okay, ... I think it sounds okay?

[cinder crane]

ok cool, you have the core

What @limpid lodge is correct. Arcade cores are saved to "_Arcade/cores" but unlike the console cores, you don't ever run those.

You run the MRA files. Which are all the games listed in "_Arcade"

So with the arcade all you need to care about is running the MRA and making sure you have the right rom in "games/mame"

[faint dune]

there is a toggle in update all to download the arcade roms as well

[hushed burrow]

I think it sounds fine? there is the rare ittle 'pop' but...

I geuess mine is one of the good ones 🙂

[lyric gull]

Ohhh. Yeah, that's not good. Sorry!

[stuck tulip]

previously it was using a DDR IO FF, you can still find it commented out at the bottom of the sdram module

DDRIO has the advantage of having always exactly the same shift/delay over multiple builds, because it's location is fixed next to the pin, so there could be no different routing

well, until we learned that boards can differ and then fixed inside the FPGA isn't good enough anymore 😅

[faint dune]

So after reseating everything (from the last time I pulled it apart) it sounds..fine?...now?

[blissful hill]

i believe i see it now. the SDRAM_CLK is being assigned directly to output 3 of the fPLL now. thank you!

[neon summit]

i tested sound again, guess my module has the right caps. also learned that plugging headphones directly into the io board is a pretty cool way to play

[icy thistle]

here's my board with the wrong caps. I've since replaced them and it works fine now

[upbeat gyro]

Oh those caps look tall and not hand soldered

Mine are pretty thin

So assuming I have good ones

So my question is if some are hand soldered with right caps and some are wrong and not hand soldered…. Who knew there was a problem and let them go out

[rotund parrot]

I'm a novice Mister Pi owner, just stumbled onto this. Should I plug headphones into the 3.5mm jack, while otherwise playing through hdmi, and test Parasite Eve on ps1 to confirm? Do I need a vga cable?
Or do I need to learn how to solder......?

[gentle citrus]

If you have an issue email support, taki has already said if your board is affected they will rma it

[rotund parrot]

I meant to test

[neon summit]

the first step i would suggest is to check the underside of the right angled pcb. c14 and c15

[rotund parrot]

What am I looking for, I don't understand capacitors and the like

[neon summit]

you want them to look like this

not

[rotund parrot]

awesome thank you

[neon summit]

I hope some poor individual wasn't tasked with hand soldering thousands of these 😭

[rotund parrot]

Looks like my board is in the clear on that issue, yay

.....though I still wonder if my n64 core is indeed slower than it's supposed to be. I'd love to have a default MiSTer side by side to test. I'm very sensitive to frame rates and have tested n64 games since the 90s, I really do feel like sometimes it's even slower on here than it's supposed to be.

[timber fern]

Unlikely

[rotund parrot]

would that I could, I'd set both hw up and run identical tests + frame rate analysis through my PC to be sure

[lunar stone]

They were shipped in batches and could be that some were shipped before the error was caught.

[lyric gull]

Hmmm. Mine has the tall caps and muffled analogue audio. I can replace them. What should values be?

[icy thistle]

if you really want to replace the caps instead of returning they are 2.2nF

[lyric gull]

Thanks! Found the reddit thread that mentioned the values too.

[icy thistle]

I replaced mine and it works good. having to return and waiting just for two little caps, i'll take the risk

[lyric gull]

Yeah, there’s no way I’m returning it just for two caps.

[cinder crane]

no cap fr fr

[upbeat gyro]

Yeah I woulda replaced mine. I’m def not shipping anything to Hong Kong

[cinder trout]

hey if you figure it out, it’d be a great service to the community at large

that said, I guess I could technically do it too, I just don’t know how to go about scientifically comparing things

I’m sure someone around here has done this with a fair number of games already, though (I can’t remember for sure)

[quasi granite]

FWIW mine was part of a group that was recalled from the carrier and reshipped and has the short, hand-soldered caps.

[lunar stone]

Ah, so maybe the caps were what the whole "recalled from the carrier" thing was about? They got some back but it was too late for others?

[rotund parrot]

nothing "scientific," just find a sequence that's repeatable in a particular n64 game (the fly-over intro in Perfect Dark m01 is good), use some kind of HDMI capture device, and record the same 60-90 seconds with the frame rate counter turned on, whether using the standard n64 core or the turbo one

the overkill version is to take your raw capture and run it through frame rate analysis tools but MiSTER's built-in FPS counter would probably be solid enough to tell us whether there's an FPS difference beyond margin of error

[stuck tulip]

I have done that with some games: Mario64 intro, 1080 attract first level and banjo tooie attract ingame: in all cases the core was slightly too fast. Worst was 1080. Cannot remember the exact values but i did post them some time ago, but like 1 second over 1:30, so around 1% faster than it should be. As the TLB solution in the core is slower than with a real n64 to make it possible at all, it could be different for games that heavily use TLB like perfect dark, but i doubt it as the n64 performance and framerate is nearly never CPU bound

[rotund parrot]

@stuck tulip that's a heckuva test run, do you mean you tested Mister Pi compared to a "standard" Mister?

or a Mister Pi compared to native N64 hardware? that's my question, whether Mister Pi is showing different results than standard Mister

but comparing the new board to a default N64 also works

additionally it's not about timings but about FPS that I'm interested in testing

I may just borrow a friend's standard Mister and run some tests of my own, he just happens to be inundated in childcare so I'm not planning to interrupt him with my nerdy requests lol

[cinder trout]

@rotund parrot pretty sure Robert is saying he compared a standard MiSTer to real hardware

[wary turret]

Like he’d be caught dead with a Mr Pi. The scandal! 😜

[faint dune]

Is that Mr Pi's lipstick on your collar?!

[stuck tulip]

mister pi has same speed as normal de10-nano. VGE has already run tests. My tests have been core vs original hw with hdmi mod

[upbeat gyro]

yuck Sega CD is a poppy mess over analog audio

[faint dune]

i want to be done testing, SK

why do you do this

[neon summit]

oh boy!

[lyric gull]

But testing is the best part!

[upbeat gyro]

if we didnt test what would we do

[faint dune]

finally rest

[neon summit]

sounds normal to me. what game were you testing?

[upbeat gyro]

Shadow of the beast 2. So much popping

[neon summit]

i'll have to try that. snatcher seemed just fine at least

was the rom compressed at all?

[upbeat gyro]

I don’t think so

[neon summit]

hmm

my redump image has the tracks split

ah yeah, i hear it in that game

[faint dune]

ok ok ok ok hold on jesus

Yep, I hear them too

hdmi audio is fine

[upbeat gyro]

Try on de10. lol

😂

[faint dune]

https://tenor.com/e2H2KgNCDPm.gif

[dusky glen]

I had to disassemble my mister because of the rtc and my caps were hand soldered

I used toslink anyways

[violet tangle]

I'm using Toslink, but y'all got me paranoid about checking lol

[neon summit]

My scart lead arrived, doesn't seem to be any issues with the analog video output

[winged summit]

any place to find good info about Samsung CRTs? I'm looking a local ad for one but can't find %&*$# about it

ah, found it

[faint dune]

This is probably what you found, but in case you didn’t https://www.crtdatabase.com

[winged summit]

actually not, that site is great but heavily focused on US models

ok, let's play local ads lotery a little more. I have a Trinitron being serviced because image was too wide, now I'm going for two Samsung flat CRTs to see if I can get them working OK. I will keep one and see if the regional videogame museum will care for giving a home to the other two

oh #%*^& I'm such a boomer, I saw @neon summit gorgeous TV and I thought I was writing on the CRT channel 🤦

[dense umbra]

I will pick up nearly any CRT if it's cheap and 14"

Don't have room for anything bigger

[nimble nest]

14" is the sweet spot

carry-able too

[limber token]

Old 14" are more like 15" in TFT...

[civic badge]

We arent supposed to change any of the switches on the MiSTer Pi are we???

[patent knoll]

Nope

[civic badge]

I cant remember what it was used for. Maybe dual ram or digital io. Been a while since I built a MiSTer

[civic badge]

So far the MiSTer Pi is working great for me. Indistinguishable from my other MiSTer setup. Any tests I should run or games to test? I tested Jet Force Gemini on the new N64 unstable core and it seems to run great.

[neon summit]

uh, the stable core should be the same now. unless you mean the turbo one

[gusty marsh]

hooray, my mister survived the flood

[shut warren]

anybody tried the mt32-pi on the mister pi?

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but it doesn't seem to be working

[high umbra]

So is the Mister Pi compatible with the Mister Addons Analog IO Pro?

[faint dune]

I believe it is

[dense umbra]

The GPIOs and Arduino headers are the same so should work fine

[faint imp]

@strong falcon second batch wen

[dense umbra]

few days to go if thats accurate

[delicate hazel]

Supposed to be the 8th of October. (2 days away). I have been asking about what time they will drop but not got a response from Taki.

[untold python]

I read somewhere here that one usb-a port on the Pi is best not to be used as it might damage the board, is that correct?

[gloomy lotus]

@penny

[dense umbra]

There is no need to use it if you have the USB board

[untold python]

I have the usb board, but I want to make sure no one can accidentally use it. So might block it with a dummy rubber usb thing

[dense umbra]

I cant see any reason why using it would cause issues when the USB board is attached unless its a high drain device....

[gloomy lotus]

Why are there so many issues with thr mister pi

https://tenor.com/view/suck-meter-red-alert-gif-12459980795898408142

[faint imp]

Someone tried that already. See this #1287682359658807317 message

[neon summit]

isn't that just a usb a where the micro usb otg port is on the de10-nano?

[faint imp]

Mostly pebcak

[delicate hazel]

Regarding the issues, I think especially for the ram (RE2 N64 crashing). The schematics that was online were old or something.

Regarding the analog board (static/issues with audio). I don't know.

My main concern with the project is just the lack of communication. 2 days away from batch 2 and we haven't had a confirmed time of drop.

[gloomy lotus]

@faint imp lol

@delicate hazel yeah

No news on the website

[delicate hazel]

Il still try and get one on the 8th. Il keep checking the website. But without the time of drop and how fast batch 1 sold out. I don't think il be able to buy one.

Meaning il just buy the Qmtech board instead. As I don't recall any issues being present on that board.

#1096015979055697940 message

That's the only response I got to the Batch 2 time.

[faint imp]

Why does he have to stay awake? It’s an online store!

[gloomy lotus]

Penny csn u give me a link for the qmtech?

I heard when u have something in the cart now then its save and u can use paypal instead of shitty creditcards

[faint imp]

Just found this amazing item on AliExpress. Check it out! $131.20 | QMTECH Intel Altera CycloneV Cyclone V SoC FPGA 5CSEMA6U23 Development Board
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mtr81yy

That’s the version with SDRAM onboard

Out of stock though

[gloomy lotus]

Oh nice .im new to mister . If i buy that what is the rest iwould need from takis store?

[weary rain]

Nothing from takis store, you would get the IO board from QM tech

Same aliexpress store

[neon summit]

The cap values were manufactured as the schematic outlined, some other sdram module suppliers were modifying these values. The N64 core has been adjusted to compensate for these "early" Taki Udon sdram modules and I've yet to experience a core that doesn't work now. I would be interested to know if modifying the caps on a Taki module did make a difference though.

The AV board issue was due to two caps that were apparently manufactured with the wrong values and hand corrected later. The majority seems to have been corrected but some slipped through that weren't.

That's about it off the top of my head. As for communication there's a national holiday until the 8th. I wouldn't expect any communication until then

[gloomy lotus]

@weary rain oh ok i thought everything is compatible with takis hardware?

[delicate hazel]

I actually don't have the link, but thankfully Bootsector does.

[delicate hazel]

Thank you for explaining 🙂

[weary rain]

Well... QM tech stuff is only compatible with other QM stuff

[delicate hazel]

Yeah, I'm not sure.

A simple countdown on the store would just be amazing.

[dense umbra]

The N64 issue even affected some DE10s but was a edge case thing, on Taki and QMtech boards it was more consistent

The IO board issues are just one of those things and are being resolved

[dense umbra]

Not really the GPIOs are the same the only difference is the Arduino pins have changed location

Both Takis and QMtech are just compatible boards, compatible with the framework and cores

Both use different PCB designs compared to the DE10

[weary rain]

Aren't the gpios inverted as well?

Making it pretty much incompatible with any de-10 stuff apart from like the RTC module, SNAC, and sdram?

[dense umbra]

If you get the QMtech with the built on SDram. The stock 6.1 board works minus SNAC
Antonios MiSTerX for QMtech is his DE10 board with a simple conversion board for the Arduino pins

Only the QMtech without SDram has an inverted header which is used for the SDram

[delicate hazel]

I thought the N64 issue didn't affect QMtech boards? The only time I saw people having issues with the core on QMtech, they just had to update there Mister. (Before the tweaked core was released).

I remember trying to find people who said they had the crashes when the tweaked core was released. But it seemed that they didn't need it.

[dense umbra]

No it affected them too.
I have one with built on SDram and had the same issues with the likes of Conker

The fixed core works fine but the QMtech with SDram uses slightly different spec memory which is why it's stable at 160mhz

[delicate hazel]

Ahh I see

[faint dune]

My QMTech I/O Board comes today. I guess I’ll just…look at it

put the fan on it

all the fun stuff

[lunar stone]

I'd be interested to know if modifying the caps on a Taki module make a difference as well. For science. My hunch is that it doesn't, and that the real cause of the difference comes down to different trace lengths on the PCB. But we won't know until somebody busts out a soldering iron and runs a test against the older version of the N64 core.

[faint dune]

I thought the caps were sound related

[winged summit]

oooooh another memtest session you lucky man

[untold python]

i see, thanks

[faint dune]

Can’t without the main board. Should be back in stock soon

[civic badge]

Did you have any luck? I just tested mine from MiSTerAddons and it makes the MiSTer Pi get stuck in a reboot loop. Interestingly it seems to work fine on my Retrocastle DE-10 MiSTer build

[faint imp]

That’s probably a power issue

Doesn’t the mt32 pi need its own power supply?

[civic badge]

Let me try to add a power supply and see if it helps.

[wary turret]

Been a long time since I messed with mt32 but definitely it would work off mister power with a 3A supply. The only issue I had was my cheapo toggle switch causes enough voltage drop it would cause issues for the mt32pi

You can hit a switch on it I believe and power on it own as an option

I had to try several short usb cables too before I found one that worked

Anyway that was several years ago

So maybe I’m misremembering

[civic badge]

Im using a 3A triad that i bought for my retrocastle setup. That one was giving me all kinds of wifi issues because it didn’t have enough power

Let me try the extra power adapter on the Pi 2W and see if that helps

[civic badge]

Do you mean the inline toggle switches you can buy for power supplies? Because I am using one of those. Will try without it too and see if it helps

[shut warren]

Yes, it was all user error, haha. I used the setup script and realized I needed to plug the mt32pi into the serial usb on the mister and not the io board

Also I’m using this power supply : https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Supply-iUniker-Switch-Listed/dp/B097P2NLVH/ref=pd_aw_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0?pd_rd_w=HR65t&content-id=amzn1.sym.7f2d47c6-96e0-49df-9eed-025825f105c0%3Aamzn1.symc.2b06b7e8-a86c-4e6e-b02c-90d58278f4f1&pf_rd_p=7f2d47c6-96e0-49df-9eed-025825f105c0&pf_rd_r=TRN9X3PSQVGMEAQBB7A7&pd_rd_wg=xT6RX&pd_rd_r=a0afa2db-3025-4ffa-9464-406fb4c80cec&pd_rd_i=B097P2NLVH

Do i need to add cooling to the pi3B ?

[civic badge]

In-line power switch was the culprit. Once I removed that, the MiSTer Pi worked fine with the MT-32. Thank you again for your help!!!!

Hopefully as we sort out all these small issues, it gives folks confidence that the MiSTer Pi works fine.

[wary turret]

Yeah the dual barrel jack one but the same idea

[civic badge]

You wouldnt think there would be enough inside those things to cause such a big voltage drop.

I havent tested it on a meter, so take that fwiw

[wary turret]

The one misteraddons sold was fine but the Ali express or random Amazon ones had voltage drop

[civic badge]

Ah good to know. Maybe Ill pick one of those up. Mine came from Amazon

[wary turret]

Well this was for DC barrel jacks not sure what if anything he has for usb-c

[faint imp]

Glad to hear it was pebcak as usual 😌

I think I’ve heard that the megapack supplied usb-c cable is crappy too?

I haven’t used it as my PSU is already usb-c

[shrewd dust]

I've got one that looks pretty much the same as that from Amazon and I'm surprised your MiSTer Pi worked at all. Almost all of the inline usb-c switches out there are hot garbage except for perhaps the canakit one

[stuck tulip]

if the ram issue would have affected the DE10-Nano at all, we would have seen it in the past year, because the memory interface is the same for over 1 year now in the core.
And that includes all kind of ram modules that existed in the wild.
So something is different for sure with those newer boards or modules or both

[wary turret]

Has anyone actually confirmed the claim about the ram schematics being wrong? That means every vendor (MA, legacypixels, ultimate, antonio, many other china clones etc) were all using their own values but none had the issue? Thats possible I guess but a little hard to believe

I guess it’s limited to certain N64 games other than in extreme circumstances like speedlolita so maybe just not that many people ran the more troublesome titles

[faint imp]

The capacitors are allegedly different in the modules sold by most vendors if compared to the official schematics

Or whatever @wary turret just said

[neon summit]

well that's disappointing, i have that switch too

[civic badge]

Did anyone figure out a solution to the crackling audio on the headphone jack??? Believe most folks used to do the digital audio mod on the DE-10

[dense umbra]

I just vaguely remember some people having issues with Conker on the DE10 but this was was some time ago and possibly a different reason, so my mistake.
Thanks for the clarification

[faint dune]

It’s likely a I/o board defect

[neon summit]

#1287682359658807317 message

some of us inspected our av boards and noticed that C14 and C15 on the L shaped board had been hand soldered, to suggest a correction

[civic badge]

Ah ok, let me check mine

[neon summit]

mine looks like this, for example

[faint dune]

Mine were hand soldered. It started working after I reseated it

But I was getting static in r-type Leo before that

[civic badge]

Mine look hand soldered too suggesting the fix was already made. Maybe I’ll try a few more cables and see if any of those clear it up

[civic badge]

Ok I removed it and reseated so Ill test again

[lyric gull]

Is the link activity light on the ethernet port supposed to work?

[civic badge]

And that fixed my crackling audio. Just had to reseat the analog av card on the mister pi.

It’s been a very productive troubleshooting day so thank you all!!! So far all features of MiSTer Pi are working for me. Just need to test Sinden light gun and that will be it

[neon summit]

weird that reseating fixes it lol

[gloomy lotus]

@delicate hazel any news?

[faint dune]

Honestly weird that it happened twice. I thought it was just me being bad at putting it together…

[delicate hazel]

On the time batch 2 will release? Nothing.

[lyric gull]

@faint dune You feel like some testing? Haha

[faint dune]

I am not at home. Depends on how much time I have today

Remember I don’t have taki ram in the mister pi anymore

[lyric gull]

If you have an ethernet connection handy, mind seeing if your activity light on the ethernet port works?

When you get home I mean.

[faint dune]

Sure

[lyric gull]

Thanks!

[faint imp]

Wait so reseating the board was actually the fix to the crackling audio and not the test PSX core? I gotta test it again (I had to reseat the board because Taki asked for pictures)

[faint dune]

I never had crackling in psx. I had it in rtype Leo and my optical port was muffled

[faint imp]

I never had it muffled

[civic badge]

That was the fix for me at least

I was testing with Chrono Cross. Before reseating, I experienced quite a bit of crackling in the audio

I never tried the test core

[cursive crypt]

If you're missing all the testing on the Mister Pi you could fire up the PCXT core and see if it works for you: #mister-hardware message

Works fine on my MisterAddon's but won't fire up on Mister Pi #mister-hardware message

[civic badge]

Sinden light gun works perfectly

[civic badge]

Im not very familiar with the PCXT core and dont have any files to run. When I started the core, I got the same splash screen that you go in your other thread, but I dont really know what to do beyond that

Maybe someone else can test who uses that core more regularly

[neon summit]

decided to get a smart plug if the usb-c power switch causes such an drop to the current. just the case to go and I think I'll be happy with the setup, thinking i'll grab one off of misterfpga instead of the taki one - it looked pretty low quality even if its free for batch 1 purchases

[lyric gull]

Okay mine does the same. Only the green LED lights up.

Odd, wonder if it’s just not wired up or if it’s a software things.

Thanks for checking!

[potent saddle]

Only green for me too.

[lyric gull]

Thanks for checking!

[limber token]

Has anyone get a feedback for the cases from batch one? Shop has now an other colored case listed, but no information about the green ones. Support seems in holidays now.

[dusky glen]

the orange light will come up if you are using a 100Mb connection. green = Gigabit @lyric gull

[hushed burrow]

Curious there generally should be two lights. left one is your bind indicator (usually orange = 100mbit, green 1gbit) and the second light is activity and usually flashes when data is transmitting

Although some vendors play fast and loose witht hat 😄

[untold python]

Nope haven't heard anything. I thought batch 1 buyers were offered to get the case for free except for shipping costs?

[limber token]

I got a reply from support with a 14 day period for further information, but this was on 7th September 😕

[ember swallow]

I'm not sure if all the people experiencing the green light issue are Dutch. But I had the same issue with the original DE10. In the end it was an issue with the firmware of my Odido modem. Try testing it with a different router if you have an Odido subscription. If it works with a different modem/router try contact the support on the official Odido forums and ask for a firmware upgrade. 👍 Hope it helps.

[dusky glen]

Cisco switches behave this way. Greennlight gigabit and the green will blink with activity and orange 100Mb that will blink with activity. Nothing wrong with the mister

On my picture is orange because i forced the switch on that port to connect with only 100Mb

[upbeat gyro]

My Ethernet port behaves the same way and I’m fine with it, I don’t need anymore blinking lights in my life

[winged summit]

but you will be tempted if Mister could control a led strip around the TV to do an ambilight effect, don't try to fool us

[untold python]

Only left light working

[dusky glen]

i guess people dont read /sigh

[untold python]

?

[faint dune]

Left is the 100mbit indicator light, apparently

[lyric gull]

Ohhh. I thought it was an activity light.

[faint dune]

Err right

[faint dune]

It should be

Something should be blinking damnit! How will I know if it’s working?! 😀

[lyric gull]

Yeah, I'm used to blinking ethernet ports haha.

[faint imp]

Same behavior on the de10 nano IIRC

[upbeat gyro]

I would like a PoE MiSTer

[limpid lodge]

There you go, Mister Poe. And it even rhymes.

[faint dune]

I actually spent about 30 minutes seeing if there was a way to do that without just using a splitter

[dreamy canopy]

I think I've got the wrong ones on here? Could this be the cause of the loud volume issue someone noticed a while ago (if you turn down global volume when using analog trs audio it sounds correct)?

[limpid lodge]

Those are the wrong/"bad" caps, yeah

[dreamy canopy]

when my volume is cranked in the UI it is indeed fuzzy and bad but turning it down even to 80% global it sounds like fine (though I haven't done a lot of testing)

I'll have to check if I have some 2.2nf caps in here

[lyric gull]

I bought the caps (100 of them lol) from my local store over the weekend but then ran out of solder while working on something else. 😭

Maybe if I throw all 100 at the board, two of them will stick in the right place.

[dreamy canopy]

I have a lot of random caps and resistors sitting around from building PedalPCB projects

it really is not a big deal, will likely use HDMI audio in almost every setting anyway and never notice

[lyric gull]

I might stick with optical out, but I want analogue audio to be fixed anyway.

[dreamy canopy]

yeah it's a real quick swap

[lyric gull]

...if you have solder haha.

[dreamy canopy]

and I'm going to forgot about this and which ones it is in a few months if I wait lol

[slim sundial]

Finally got my mister pi, finally time to play the latest killer app!!

[lyric gull]

In tate mode!

Everyone knows the arcade version is better.

[wary turret]

It’s a timeless classic

[upbeat gyro]

I use a PoE Splitter in some of my LED controllers I built... I should try one on my MiSTer

[faint dune]

I fried a hue hub with a splitter. So I’m hesitant.

With that said, my switch is powered by a splitter so 🤷

Everything should be Poe

[upbeat gyro]

I have a couple of these UniFi Flex Mini switches that are powered by PoE

they're so good

[faint dune]

I just grabbed the 2.5g ones

[upbeat gyro]

oh I want those

[faint dune]

Unfi is such a fucking rabbit hole. I built out a system and was like “ok, that’s all I will ever need…”

Narrator: that was not all he needed

[upbeat gyro]

One place where I have a mini is my basement TV, it's all finished with only RG6 running over there so I am using MoCA to get a hardwired connection

so no PoE for me there

have to use USBC like a pleb

[faint dune]

So shameful

[upbeat gyro]

I searched for a moca adapter with poe but they dont exist

I do want to upgrade my moca adapters on that run to newer 2.5gbe ones and replace the flex mini with a 2.5gbe one

since I have some decently high bandwidth stuff on that switch

I don't have any 2.5gbe on the other end though. I guess I could use one of the SFP+ ports on my UDM Pro

[upbeat gyro]

When we bought this place in 2018 and I ordered $1000 in UniFi stuff I said thats all we would ever need.... you know how that works out

[high umbra]

Do you live in castles?

And you also need Internet access on the other side of the moat

[upbeat gyro]

yes

[faint dune]

oh I know how it works out...

[upbeat gyro]

Ooooo someone got that etherlighting

[high umbra]

That's pretty cool. Gotta keep the dragons at bay

[faint dune]

E T H E R L I G H T I N G

[upbeat gyro]

I’m not that fancy

[lyric gull]

I found some solder at a local shop and not my usual electronics store. Hmmm. Do I need a geiger counter?

[faint dune]

In Communist Russia, something something

[lyric gull]

I can taste metal.

Damn, it's lead free. Eww.

[faint dune]

safe to eat!

[lyric gull]

Only the finest food-safe solder.

[neon summit]

Lead free 🤮

[wary turret]

He’s fine that’s just flux fumes good for the lungs and eyes

[patent knoll]

healthy rosin from pine trees

[wary turret]

From nature

[faint dune]

it's what circuits crave

[upbeat gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/idiocracy-dumb-gif-22939957

[weary rain]

https://youtu.be/baY3SaIhfl0

[gloomy nova]

Does anyone know how the MiSTER Pi USB hub is powered? Is it from the upstream USB port (which is limited to 500mA) or the boards 5v rail (which is limited by the PSU) ?

And can one of the PWR USB ports be used to externally power the hub? 🤔

[warm matrix]

5v rail, limited by the PSU.

[icy thistle]

I replaced my caps but the cracking sound in the psx and mega cd cores (and only those?!) is unbearable. I’ve restarted it etc but nothing changed. Guess I’ll have to return though wish I knew what’s wrong

[dreamy canopy]

have you tried turning down global volume to 70% or so

[icy thistle]

No I haven’t, will try thanks. I tried changing core volume

[gloomy nova]

Thanks for confirming! I’m working on a project and we’ve ran into something strange happening using an external cd drive. It works fine on the QMTEC IO board USB but not the MiSTER Pi USB Hub… any ideas?

[dreamy canopy]

I put both core and global to 70% and it eliminated the issue for me, though I still have the wrong caps in there

[frigid igloo]

Anyone know what time the new batch is supposed to drop?

[patent knoll]

I'm powering my dvd-rom drive with an external 12v 2a adapter

It's an internal drive with a sata adapter on the back

Figured the 5v coming off the MiSTer wouldn't be enough for a disc drive

[gloomy nova]

It wouldn't on a SATA drive

[delicate hazel]

All we know is the 8th

[gloomy nova]

We are using USB and it works fine on the QMTECH board but not MiSTER Pi. The project I'm working on, I was hoping it could be used across all boards, but based on these findings it might have to be DE10 and QMTECH only, which is shame. If anything changes I'll report back.

[delicate hazel]

There hasnt been any confirmation on time.

[patent knoll]

I can check an see if it's at least showing up as a USB device on mine. I'm prepping a system in anticipation of TapTo's disc support

[frigid igloo]

https://x.com/takiudon_/status/1843448989095772352?s=46

Taki Udon (@TakiUdon_) on X

This is going to be a little after 10/8. We need to get mass production shells from a 2nd provider.

The store pages with the updated changes are live and listed out of stock:

https://t.co/DnpsnXqCD8

A limited number of Turbo Kits will also be available for PayPal payment.

Twitter · Oct 8, 2024, 12:31 AM

[faint dune]

Well there it is