Part 2 – Software Demo
Just showing a mod I recently found out about. I’ve installed an SD card slot in my Dreamcast to allow booting games and homebrew from a regular SD card. I’ve not seen too many videos of this mod and it doesn’t seem to get a lot of attention so I though I’d do my own.
Parts I used were from Maplin (UK electronics store). The following are the exact parts I used in this video.
1x Electrolytic capacitor 47uF 25V (Maplin part #VH32K)
1x Decoupling ceramic disc capacitor 0.1uF 50V (Maplin part #BX03D)
1x Metal film resistor 470ohm 0.6W (Maplin part #M470R)
1x 3mm LED (Any should do – for example part #N20FN)
1x Stripboard (Maplin part #JP46)
1x SD card interface – I bought a cheap multicard reader and gutted it for parts.
Original schematic by jj1odm
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/sabbath_dude3/dcserialsdcardif2.gif
Stripboard Layout I designed using jj1odm’s schematic
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/sabbath_dude3/xbox360/dcsdstripblayout.jpg
(My first attempt at designing a stripboard circuit – might not be the most efficient layout but works fine)
Dreamshell developer’s site and downloads
http://www.dc-swat.net.ru/news/13/
(right click “Save link as” on the Dreamshell download links – this confused me at first, lol)
Duration : 0:8:15
This is sweet! I’m …
This is sweet! I’m gonna break out my backup DC and the soldering iron and try and get this up and running:)
This is realy cool …
This is realy cool I never had a dreamcast but now I might pick one used to try this out.
Thanks for showing …
Thanks for showing off this mod in action, this is a really cool mod. Great job on the mod. I look seeing to seeing this mod fully fitted into your DC. It makes me want to go out and buy another DC.
Cannot wait to see …
Cannot wait to see what the final product will look like good job mate!!
Hmmm the main …
Hmmm the main reason I wanted to do this mod was to run retail games from the SD card. I am slightly disheartened that it won’t run many retail games from the card : ( . I don’t really bother much with homebrew as most of the games I have tried are either crap or buggy as hell. I may still do this mod anyway, just for the challenge ! Thanks again for sharing this mate : )
Very interesting …
Very interesting mod, and very interesting video.
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