Friday, December 13, 2013

Arduino NES Synth Source Code

Just a quick update.

Part III of the NES Synth is coming soon. In the meantime, if you are curious, have a look at the Arduino source code I just posted on Github and marvel at my seemingly random application of coding standards.

 https://github.com/shiftmore/Arduino-NES-Synth

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  1. AnonymousDecember 23, 2013 at 2:08 PM

    So glad to hear updates are coming! Been watching with interest; the hardware would make a good interface with a MidiBox core(?).
    Just a note: GitHub seems to be down ATM, will try later.
    Yogi

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    1. Nathaniel ShiftmoreDecember 23, 2013 at 11:23 PM

      Thanks. Looks like the link is working now.

      It would probably be a bit simpler of a design and perform better with the MidiBox. The PIC it uses is much faster than the Arduino (40 vs 16 MHz) and there's probably enough I/O to interface to the 2A03 without the shift registers..

      The code could probably port without too much trouble (there's not really much to it). I don't have much experience with PICs or MB though.

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    2. AnonymousDecember 24, 2013 at 7:30 PM

      Github must be having a problem, down again, not just your file but all of it. will try back.
      Yogi

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  2. UnknownJanuary 31, 2014 at 5:59 PM

    +1 for using MidiBox. Now you have choice of PIC or ARM as well so there's plenty of horsepower to control the 2A03. MidiBox is a great ecosystem so it may see a bit more success that way, but on the other hand, is more complex to use and doesn't have as friendly of a toolchain as Arduino.

    Either way, I'm quite excited too! I finally have a good desoldering gun to rescue a 2A03 from a busted NES mainboard and have been thinking about how I could go about making an NES and, turns out, you did a lot of the work already!

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  3. UnknownFebruary 8, 2014 at 3:03 PM

    I am loving this project, and I'm dying to make something similar. My electronics skills are not great, but I am trying to learn as much about this as I can. I believe I can figure out the coding, but I still don't understand what needs to be setup to communicate with the chip. I have been working with the Arduino, and I have been able to write some code to get the MIDI I/O working. But aside from a degree in electrical engineering, where would be a good place for me to start understanding how you are accessing the chip?

    Also, does this run off of the power supplied to Arduino, or do you have have a separate power source for the NES stuff?

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  4. UnknownDecember 5, 2014 at 3:00 PM

    Hi been gathering part for this build and may be starting soon :)
    Just thought others would like this info; I think this post @ nesdev is the basis of the TSUNDER/ChipMaestro
    http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?t=3836
    On post # 13 Kevtris posted a drawing and explanation of how the logic gate state machine works.
    Yogi

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  5. Brad BatemanSeptember 17, 2015 at 5:00 AM

    It seems from your github that you switched back to the mega. Can you expand on your reasoning behind this?

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