SmartyPi –Emulation PCB replacement (SEGA edition)

[John Bennett]

Border Force? Did they intercept and open the parcel?!

 

[bonehead]

Very exciting!!!

 

[smarty]

Border Force? Did they intercept and open the parcel?!

Yeah parcel opened and one PCB pack split open. Maybe they took a look at the bag of silica gel balls in the vacuum packed PCBs? - Probably just a random check, its was via DHL & turned up 48 hrs after being shipped from China.

smarty2021-04-29 07:45:49

 

[muddymusic]

Very cool

 

[Baggio850]

This is amazing. Well done Martin! Would definitely be interested in 3 of these. I’m just hoping you can get the motion controls working for my Afterburner and Outrun deluxe cabs. Baggio8502021-05-10 16:36:16

 

[Shinydaz]

Oh I got all excited then, I thought there was an update on this fantastic project.

 

[smarty]

I thought there was an update on this fantastic project.

OK then, as you asked...

The new boards work fine (which is good!) in the two cabs I’ve tested. Chris has a new CannonBall build which optionally adds extra music form the 3DS/Switch version. There’s a host of other gameplay options and small fixes that kept him busy.

I’ve built a small batch. Some for me to test with and some that will go to people who’ve shown interest and can assist with pre release testing, that’s really just checking the boards work on multiple cabs with different monitors and power supplies etc. Also some additional checks that I’d like answered.

I’ll be making a visit to a v.good OutRun player soon, WC 17th all being well. I’d like to get the steering dialled to the best possible config before shipping the boards mentioned above.

A re-engineering of the board with Surface mount components is underway, it’s actually done but I just need to finalise the shape and connector locations. This will likely be the initial release version 1 board.

 

[Flinnster]

Amazing!

 

[itruk]

I should of done it sooner.. interest expressed lol

Well done, looks a great bit of kit

 

[Bensonrad]

This is truly exciting stuff, I 100% would love one if they are get released, well done clever folks

 

[JAG555]

Amazing

 

[esoteric_rt]

Again, fantastic project and great progress. I hope you haven't underestimated the demand, you will sell a ton if it is a fully plug 'n' play solution. I have 4 of the DLX cabs listed and may buy one for each as a backup.

Sorry if I missed it but will they run Pi 3 or Pi 4?

 

[smarty]

I 100% would love one if they are released.

They will be Ben. But it’s just me, working a full time job, with a family and a builder in the middle of renovating our home so it’s quite hectic at the moment, all my spare time is being spent on progressing the project.

 

[smarty]

I hope you haven't underestimated the demand
Sorry if I missed it but will they run Pi 3 or Pi 4?

They will use Pi4 and it will be supplied with the main PCB. As for demand, we’ll see, I have a guesstimate number in mind I think is realistic, but this is one of the reasons for going surface mount for the majority of components, to reduce my build time.

 

[cparsonsuk]

Bloody amazing work! We are not worthy!

I can test that it does nothing on a Power Drift cab with a broken monitor :-D

 

[PhilT]

fantastic project.

registering an interest here for a couple, cannonboard too for an Outrun DLX if that makes an appearance in the lineup.

 

[ataritoobin]

I'm definitely interested! I'd been wanting to find a Power Drift PCB and make an adaptor for my Out Run DLX, but this is an even better solution particularly as the motion support becomes available

It's not the most convenient cabinet to move and swap PCBs around in

 

[Sbdesign]

Ready when you are!!!!!!

 

[Wall_Street]

interested in a few of these when they are finished. Looking spectacular, ??

 

[stevebm1]

only just caught up with the updates to this thread,amazing work smarty,this has the potential to save quite a few machines from being scrapped or poorly mamed