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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #254 from previous page: January 31, 2013, 08:27:25 AM »
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*smacks you back of the head*

Measure twice, cut once :)

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Yeah my enthusiasm got the better of me! :D
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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #255 on: February 01, 2013, 12:36:25 AM »
So I tried out Ian Stedman's latest video cable design (It add's 3x 220uF 10v Caps to the RGB Lines) and the result was quite good, a slight but noticeable improvement in PQ - Less vertical banding and a little less motion artefacts around the mouse when using my GBS-8220.

I even managed to fit it inside the Connector shell! :D

Not my best soldering work (I've re-used that connector a few time hence the mess) but you can't see it inside the shell so I dont care! :p







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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #256 on: February 01, 2013, 11:09:23 AM »
Did some more work tonight - I started by making some nice long extension cables for the display which worked great this time around. I still need to trim the ProtoBoards with my dremel (which is why they are shown installed back-to-front) but im really happy with the results: :)



Temporary Install for testing:


Yay, it works!:


So now All I need to do is wire-up and Install the switches! :cool:
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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #257 on: February 01, 2013, 11:51:16 AM »
You seem to be a happy little vegemite :)

Getting close to the end of this project...  anything new on the horizon?

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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #258 on: February 01, 2013, 12:08:01 PM »
djos : Your pictures links seems to be broken.
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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #259 on: February 01, 2013, 03:07:39 PM »
Nice work, I love to see your updates, I keep reading :) The picture looks good from the photo :)
 

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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #260 on: February 01, 2013, 08:52:26 PM »
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You seem to be a happy little vegemite :)

Getting close to the end of this project...  anything new on the horizon?

Az


Yep it's been a lot of fun and almost finished now, just need a custom 1.3 rom with the 3.1 scsi.device on it and a cf ide68k to finish it off.


For the next project I may have ordered an a1200 from Petro. :D
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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #261 on: February 01, 2013, 08:53:15 PM »
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Nice work, I love to see your updates, I keep reading :) The picture looks good from the photo :)


Thanks Som :)
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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #262 on: February 01, 2013, 08:54:04 PM »
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djos : Your pictures links seems to be broken.


Dropbox may have had an issue as they are working atm
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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #263 on: February 02, 2013, 10:01:59 AM »
Picked up my 19" LCD today, still cant believe I got it for $20 and it has a superb picture! :)

I was hoping that it might support 15khz but it doesnt - im not really surprised tho and my GBS-8220 does a decent job of converting the pic so im not complaining. :cool:

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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #264 on: February 03, 2013, 10:42:07 AM »
I finally found some time to trim down the ProtoBoards today - they fit perfectly around the right way now. :)

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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #265 on: February 05, 2013, 03:42:15 AM »
I found some time to drill holes for and Install the HxC case mounted buttons today, just need to wire them up now.

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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #266 on: February 05, 2013, 05:27:41 AM »
Working from Home is awesome as I was able to finish the switches off on my lunch break! :)

Finished the soldering, just need to test the switches:


Works great 1st time! :)


Fully installed now with some hot-glue for protection:


Final test, working perfectly! :cool:
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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #267 on: February 05, 2013, 06:29:54 AM »
Do you have any more photos of the buttons and the block connection?

Deciding how to go about connecting mine or if I even want to.  :-)
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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #268 on: February 05, 2013, 07:18:02 AM »
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Do you have any more photos of the buttons and the block connection?

Deciding how to go about connecting mine or if I even want to.  :-)

I can do better than that! :)



and the Display cabling is even simpler, just a 1 to 1 mapping of the pins.
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Re: My 500+ Project
« Reply #269 on: February 05, 2013, 07:31:06 AM »
Now that is very useful, have been looking everywhere for a layout for the buttons. The LCD part I sussed out but couldn't work out what was needed for the buttons.

Best layout, thanks Djos !!!! :-)
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