Big update! It took about 3 weeks to get my order of boards shipped from China. I finished assembling my first prototype of Rev03. I verified that the microcontroller powers up and runs but I still have to probe the rest of the board searching for design issues. Things are starting to roll forward, though. Enjoy the pictures for now and post your questions/comments.
Looks great can’t wait to buy it. I just have one question Is $60 USD the price, or is it what it cost you.
60 is the raw materials cost.
Just a couple of questions
1. Did you get the prototype working yet
2. Does it fit a normal VB cart size?
Thanks and good luck w your project I for one am very enthused
It does not and will not fit a regular VB cartridge. I don’t want to use donor carts from VB games. At the moment I’m not working on it because a family member had a stroke, so I’ve been busy.
Thank you for your quick response. I’m sorry about your family member I will try to pray for you and them.
Hello could we have an update please and are the carts going to be available by Christmas 2012. Please let us know we are very interested in your progress.
Things are still coming along. Can’t give you an estimation for when it will be done. It all depends on my schedule and how much time I have to work on it. Right now I’m trying to find a replacement for my microcontroller because it is running out of memory. Also writing the FPGA code and debugging some board issues.
Ok thanks for your quick reply I guess I’ll hold off buying a flashboy for another year Oh and BTW I know that you don’t want to give out prices at this time but will the final product be around $100. USD?
lastly I should of added this on the last statement but oh well will it have an outer shell or will it be bear board? I’d much rather like it to have a shell but I know that will drive cost up if it does. Also if It doesn’t have a shell could you provide exact specs for someone else to make a shell before it is released so when it is released we could have it in a shell if we could fabricate one ourselves. Thanks again. and good luck w your awesome project I can’t wait to own one if it is affordable.:)
Any updates at this time?
I haven’t worked on it for a few weeks because things have gotten really busy at work and I’m working long hours. Before that, I was debugging some issues with the FPGA board. I have the SD card functionality working so once I get the FPGA working it should hopefully be a quick jump to getting a game running. There won’t be a case for the board, or at least I haven’t thought that far yet. I can certainly release dimensions when the board is final. I don’t have a 3D printer or any manufacturing capabilities for a case at this time.
I understand you are probably in finals right now well good luck and enjoy your graduation in Dec.:)
No, I work full time for a global company.
sorry I apologize I read that you were graduating in Dec I should of checked the year:P
I would like one of these also! Thanks for making these!
I’m trying to get it done. Unfortunately it’s easy to get burnt out on something like this because there isn’t a lot of demand (despite a core following at planetVB, but I’m guessing I would only sell 100 or so) and I am not making these for profit. I have another project going that can potentially make me a lot of money so it’s tough to get the motivation to work on this. I haven’t forgotten about the planetVB community though.
Please DON’T GIVE UP the work that you are doing is momumental for the VB community. Your targeted price is very reasonable. You are a real hero to the community.Tell me it does’nt really matter but are you planning to etch the boards in red? I read a post about it earlier on PVB.
Probably, depends on what fab I use. I would like to, at least.
I have PM’d you on Planet Virtual Boy please write back
I PM’d you again at PVB…I hope I’m not bothering you.