"homemade" HuCARD for translations / homebrews/ repros

[ichigobankai]

Hi everybody.

Few years ago i've made some hucards.
Some members have bought them through ebay.


Now, a new version is available.
Much more "sexier" than the old one.


Two colors available black and white.
It's nearly a flashcard.
Can handle 1Mo/8mbits roms (depends on your soldered tsop eeprom)

They are 2 parts :
- the pcb "card"
- a laser cutted polypropylene mask, must be glued on the bottom side to achieve the right thickness.
Without it, the card can not work properly (as it does not make contact).

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2 mask sizes available :
- "short", the card can be reprogrammed (with the mask glued)
- "full", the card can not be reprogrammed

The adapter is fully compatible with the GQ4x and Willem programmers.


TSOP eeproms compatible :
[ul][li]39SF020 (2Mbits /256ko)[/li][li]29F040 (4Mbits / 512ko)[/li][li]39SF040 (4Mbits / 512ko)[/li][li]29F080 (8Mbits / 1Mo)[/li][/ul]
PS. Just in case :
for a 384ko game you'll need a 512ko eeprom
and for a 768ko game you will need a 1Mo eeprom.

Be careful, soldering skills are required : you'll need to solder TSOP chips !


IMPORTANT *** UPDATE 02/2016

Concerning "MASK" (the polypropylen part)
Now you send to fab YOUR mask as it takes too much time to fab & ship them (takes 1 month last time to fab them...I prefer to stop)
Files are avaible on the bottom of this post (ready to send to fab)
You can make mask with Ponoko (USA), Formulor.de (Europe/Germany),...


Prices :

"DIY" CARDS (you will have to solder the tsop eeprom part),
price for pack of 5 cards. (no mask)
[ul][li]x5 white card : 19$[/li][li]x5 black card : 24$[/li][/ul][ul][/ul]PRE-SOLDERED CARDS ,
price for 1 card (no mask).
[ul][li]x1 white card + 512ko : 6$[/li][li]x1 black card + 1Mo : 7$[/li][li]x1 white card + 512ko : 7$[/li][li]x1 black card + 1Mo : 8$[/li][/ul]
[ul][li]Mask only : 1$ -- not available --[/li][li]Adapter : 8$[/li][/ul]
Prices are without shipping
Can be with or without tracking, insured...

FILES TO FAB THE MASK PART
- Card "long"
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l0mxpc24h62wbn5/HuCARD_cache-UNIVERSEL-courtProg.eps.zip?dl=0

- Card "short"
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0q2bdae53w0h3ec/HuCARD_cache-UNIVERSEL-long.eps.zip?dl=0

- 1 complete sheet 384 x 384mm / 15.100x15.100 inches (7 "short" and 21 "long")
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rjtrr6g22folfmr/hucard_pcb_21long%2B7courts.eps.zip?dl=0

ps. Files are EPS Illustrator files.

Ponoko website  (USA/New Zealand):
http://www.ponoko.com/
Choose Delrin (0.032 inches)or PETG - Clear (0.039 inches) as material
(Acrylic seems not to have right thickness)

On Formulor* (Europe based on Germany)
http://www.formulor.de/
Choose Acrylic (1mm) or Polypropylen (0.8mm)

Payment : Paypal
- 120 cards of each color in stock
- laser cutted masks are made in Germany (on demand). Fab takes ~10 days.

Due to forum restrictions/rules, instead of a prepared rom set this is a little soft to prepare your rom before flashing it.
http://tinyurl.com/HuCONV-v1-5
(detect header, region and removed them/make region free)
No install, just unzip and drag your rom.pce on the icon to get your prepared rom.
Make in python 7 (if somes want the .py file, PM) - Compiled for windows (.exe)

For GQ4x users, i've made some lines to add at your customdevices.txt (or create it if you do not have it)
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;*****************
;*    HuCARDS    *
;*****************

Name="29F080*HuCARD",ID="01D5",Class="29F040B",Category="FLASH",MFG="AMD",CodeSize="1048576",Adapter="HuPROG Adapter / ICHIGO 2015 - ultimate-consoles.fr";
Name="29F040*HuCARD",ID="01A4",Class="29F040B",Category="FLASH",MFG="AMD",Adapter="HuPROG Adapter / ICHIGO 2015 - ultimate-consoles.fr";
Name="SST39F040*HuCARD",ID="BFB7",Class="SST39LF/VF040",Category="FLASH",MFG="SST",VCC="5V",Adapter="HuPROG Adapter / ICHIGO 2015 - ultimate-consoles.fr";
Name="SST39F020*HuCARD",ID="BFB6",Class="SST39LF/VF020",Category="FLASH",MFG="SST",VCC="5V",Adapter="HuPROG Adapter / ICHIGO 2015 - ultimate-consoles.fr";(just copy/paste)

At last, i've made a little video (but in french sorry)

[Necromancer]

Please read the rules: posting of rom/iso links is grounds for immediate permanent ban.

Neato cards, though.  I kinda wanna buy some, even though I'm far too dumb to actually flash and solder an eeprom.

[ichigobankai]

damn, sorry  :oops:

[Dicer]

Those are neat for sure, but my soldering skills are not what they once were...

[Gredler]

This makes me so hopeful to someday have a hucard game I worked on. Wow, these are awesome. I might buy some just to have them in-case we actually finish our homebrew effort

But man, I just hope these are only used for the power of good, I kinda wish they only came in extreme colors like neon orange to match the turbo color scheme, or purples/reds/teals to match PCE.

Whatever they are, I think this is awesome.

[xelement5x]

Very very neat!  Thanks again for your hard work on this, the improvements are stellar.

[SignOfZeta]

I have to have some of these.

I can solder tiny stuff no problem, but I'm %99 sure I'll never be able to flash them and I'll probably smash my head against the wall so many times trying that I'll lose my ability to solder.

The technical folks that make this kind of thing always say how easy the software side of things is, seemingly aware that not everyone is immersed 24/7 in computer crap. Hopefully this won't be one of those cases.

[Punch]

Man if the components were soldered I would be all over it. I'm the inverse of SignOfZeta, no problem with software but a hand too shaky to solder lol.

Good luck with your sales!

[IvanBeavkov]

These look cool. I'm curious how do you print the labels? Also, what do you use to glue the card and mask together?

[SignOfZeta]

Man if the components were soldered I would be all over it. I'm the inverse of SignOfZeta, no problem with software but a hand too shaky to solder lol.

Good luck with your sales!

If you flash them, I will assemble them.

[Jibbajaba]

Those black hueys look badass.

[esteban]

Gorgeous.

[ichigobankai]

Thanks guys !

Actually *I can*  presolder eeprom (i've got some soldering skills, a reflow oven, solder paste) but i do not have stock on eeprom and no specific stencil for the oven for the card (to place the solder paste on the right place).
I will make a quote if you're interested. (with each type of eeprom soldered)

The label is "just" a sticker.

[wilykat]

Looks wonderful. I would be all over this if I could program a decent game, I could assemble a very limited autographed and numbered run then watch everyone go nut on eBay trying to be the highest seller while undercutting other seller by $0.01 cent

Alas my programming skill got left behind when C64 was all but extinct outside Commodore clubs and forums.  I tried to take up ASM on Atari 2600 and I was able to produce something static but never developed beyond that.

It is hard to teach new trick to this 41 year old dog!

[Punch]

Man if the components were soldered I would be all over it. I'm the inverse of SignOfZeta, no problem with software but a hand too shaky to solder lol.

Good luck with your sales!

If you flash them, I will assemble them.

Hey if you're serious and geographically close that could actually be a nice partnership, unless ichigo decides to presolder flash chips.