![]() Saturn Cartridge - Rev 1b PCB Design : Oct. I actually wasn't expecting anything from this prototype Well, this was an occasion to get used to KiCad and SMD soldering. (And in Saturn cartridge case, routing everything "by hand" is actually funny ) I don't say that auto-router is bad : it is for experienced users ! Beginners shouldn't use auto-router, but rather do PCB routing by themselves in order to understand how PCB routing works. it wasn't as expected, hence the result looks like a mixed spaghetti meal ![]() My best lesson from this proto was : "don't trust the PCB auto-router, unless you know how it works" : I initially thought auto-router was a great tool to do the dirty routing job instead of humans. Except that, everything was wrong : no power regulator to feed SD card, mistakes in glue logic, etc. The only success in this prototype was to allow 1MB flash ROM (= 512KB x 2 chips). Saturn Cartridge - Rev 1a PCB Design : Sept. I'm nostalgic about this PCB revision, because I learnt SMT soldering with it It supports only 256KB flash ROM (128KB x 2 chips), but this is OK for installing USB dev cart original firmware or Pseudo Saturn Kai. This is the initial PCB revision of USB dev cart by antime. USB dev cart - Rev 3 PCB Design : June 2012 USB dev cart and Gamer's Cartridge Gallery Since I was a complete beginner about PCB design and SMD soldering, I made many broken prototypes until getting something working, and thought it would be funny to gather all theses prototypes on this page I started electronics when USB dev cart project was announced on Segaxtreme forums somewhere in Summer 2012.įirst, I just populated USB dev cart, then started to design my own cartridges, with the goal to make a Saturn memory cartridge using SD card. Press the power button three times to work through the temperatures.Many pictures of the homebrew Saturn cartridges I designed and populated so far. ![]() The button should blink five times in white.
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