Low cost Flash Hucard

[burn_654]

Put in my order Can't wait!

[sunteam_paul]

It's arrived!

[gameofyou]

I got another 11 boards assembled today.  Now I only have 12 more to go and the first 48 will all be assembled! 
 
I seriously underestimated how much time this would take, lol.

[ccovell]

How dare you!  This is unprofessional.  I'm cancelling my order, etc. etc.   

Just kidding.  It takes me 3 hours just to solder a DE-9 joystick connector together, so I respect anyone that can put together dozens of SMD boards by themselves.  Thanks for designing and making this!

[ConHuevos]

For those thinking about purchasing one, I received mine today and it works perfect.  No issues with compatibility so far (except some software issues, but totally not the cards fault).  Great product for $45!

[Nando]

Looking forward to reading the reviews.

[gameofyou]

After I finish building the final 8 units (should be able to do it this weekend), I am going to hold on any further building of boards until everyone is working correctly.  I want to make sure that there are no issues, before I build another batch.
 
It looks like there were a few of the early ones sent out with inadequate solder on some pins.  I have greatly improved my solder/clean/test procedure since then, & I don't anticipate any future problems.  But I will definately repair any board for free if it has assembly problems.
 
If you can't get your card working, the best thing to do is email me directly.  By knowing a couple things from your PC, and knowing what the indicator light does, I can determine the problem fairly accurately.

[mrhaboobi]

hey man.. keen to order.. have been away for a bit, how do i order?

[ConHuevos]

hey man.. keen to order.. have been away for a bit, how do i order?

http://www.gamingenterprisesinc.com/Flash_HuCard/

[arromdee]

Would it be possible to create a PCE/TG-16 Hu-card adapter for a similar or lower price?

(Just asking out of curiosity--I still have my old green diving board adapter from back in the day, so I wouldn't need one.)

[MottZilla]

The hard part of creating an adapter is making the HuCard connector. The rest is trivial. If someone could source or have manufactured new Hucard connectors you could easily make adapters. Although if you did, you shouldn't stop there, you should get a cheap CPLD and a tiny Flash Boot ROM and make a tiny Game Genie like patcher so Japanese systems could play US games with a simple cheat code, and you could use cheat codes if you wanted on any HuCard game. The key is getting new HuCard connectors.

[gameofyou]

Would it be possible to create a PCE/TG-16 Hu-card adapter for a similar or lower price?

(Just asking out of curiosity--I still have my old green diving board adapter from back in the day, so I wouldn't need one.)

I agree with MottZilla.  The difficult part would be finding (or making) the HuCard connector.

[Mishran]

Would it be possible to show a loose connector to a manufacturer and see if it can be copied? I have a loose hucard connector if needed.

[MottZilla]

You could try to find some company that could do that. I believe such companies do exist. No idea what they would charge you to do it. There are ones that will take existing PCBs and clone them I know.

[gameofyou]

I have just sold the last card, from this first batch.  If you did not get one yet, do not panic.  I WILL make another (small) batch soon.  It probably won't be for a few weeks, at least, though.
 
I'll make a post when I have some available again.