Thursday, August 13, 2009

Tome GS Specs

A few people have asked about the specs of the current and planned devices. Later I will put project info and progress on the sidebar.

Current Device Specs:

cpu: at91sam7s256
speed: 55mhz
ram: 64k
flash: 256k
storage: minisd(4gb maybe HC) and 32kb eeprom
display: siemens s65 16bit color lcd
communication: bluetooth, usb, serial
audio: sterio using two pwm channels
power: 850mah li-ion battery, 500mah charger

New Device Specs:

cpu: at91sam7s256
speed: 55mhz
ram: 64k
flash: 512k
storage: minisd(4gb maybe HC) and 32kb eeprom
display: nokia 6610 12bit color lcd, adjustable backlight using pwm
communication: zigbee(MRF24J40MA), usb, serial, jtag(allow debug)
audio: sterio using two pwm channels, 3.5mm headphone, internal speaker
power: 850mah li-ion battery, 500mah charger

I might add a small expansion port with analog, digital and power pins.

The best thing about my design is that you don't have to reprogram the device every time you want to play a new game since they can be dynamically loaded from the minisd and execute in ram. The firmware will handle all the dirty work while and provide a simple interface to the hardware. The zigbee module can be used to communicate with other TGS's or other project utilizing zigbee communication. For example I'm building a quadruped robot and plan to control and monitor it with this device.

5 comments:

  1. What software are you using to develop/compile the firmware?

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  2. Would you be willing, once your finished, to make these devices to sell? i would be really interested in one.

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  3. @kennedy
    I use winarm to develop the code and Atmel provides a program called sam-ba which allows me to program the system over usb. When I finish the redesign jtag and serial can be used too.
    @steven
    I would like to do a small run of 25 units at first and if that goes well more would be made. If people are interested let me know.

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    1. Awesome game console on your YouTube channel!
      I'd like to get started with microprocessor and microcontrollers so could you please answer my questions?
      1. What is the basic working of your system
      2. What hardware/software would I need to build a system which can render graphics(optionally handle input), which makes use of microprocessor, from scratch.
      3. What were your learning sources, and what do you recommend for beginners to start out with?
      4. Would you recommend using a development board, why (not)?

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