Firmware application version #3 release
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N64 updates:
Some extra timing delays were necessary for consistent dumping.
Includes fixes for N64 dumping that proved working for me on 10+ carts I
dumped successfully. There is now a .csv in docs folder with cart size
in bytes, divide that number by 131,072 to get size in mbits for -z
flag. Includes CRC32 checksum that can be verified using HxD hex
editor. N64 file output is big-endian so it reads as it should in hex
editor which is .z64 file format. lua script updated to print out the
game name from the in rom header.
NES updates:
flashing support for quite a few different mappers including GTROM,
MMC2, MMC4, action53, easyNSF, and other tweaks to rd/wr timings.
FIRMWARE UPDATES:
inlretro2.lua script now tries to poll the firmware "application
version" and suggest updating your firmware if you're not running the
version in this release. You can always update your firmware using the
bootloader method in the readme. But there is an easier method if you
have an stm32 based device (translated: you purchased your device in
2018 or later). AND you're already running firmware version v2.3.x
simply run the new scripts which were added in this commit:
PCB version 2.0 or 2.1 (large square PCB with option for 6 connectors)
>inlretro.exe -s scripts\inlretro_inl6fwupdate.lua
PCB version 2.0N (smaller PCB with NES connector only:
>inlretro.exe -s scripts\inlretro_inlNESfwupdate.lua
Now that it's easier for the host software to detect the firmware
application version can work towards having the scripts automatically
update the device firmware for you.. But still need to implement this..
this is the verion getting flashed on all v2.0N NESmaker kits
v2.3.0 worked for basic functions, but was never shipped
Majority of effort revolved around testing mapper30 boards with the
smaller v2.0N INLretro with the NES connector alone for NESmaker kits.
added linear feedback shift register for test stream data generated
locally on the device. I'm not 100% sure if this is any faster than
pushing the actual data via USB though.. :/ It's plenty fast on the
stm32 nearly instantaneous for 32KByte. But the AVR takes a couple
sec..
Created "stuff" dictionary for things like that were I just want to add
small things and don't want to bother with a whole new dictionary.
Added file verification to the host with files.lua
Have some nes flash algos return post-written data so calling function
can decide if want to retry, fail, etc.
Changed host dictionary calls to assert instead of error because it
really shouldn't continue. I didn't see an error when sending opcode to
wrong dict and caused head banging..
fwupdate permits bytes to be skipped, or force the update. Found that
the fwupdater got assigned different addresses of ram depending on what
all other ram gets allocated to the main application
Some clean up of inlretro.lua
TODO:
host learn and keep track of the connected device.
Needed for ciccom right now, or knowing whether ciccom connection
is even present..
In the end maybe ciccom is better placed in firmware, but for small
transfers of only a few bytes it kinda makes sense to keep on the host.
Pinport gets quite messy with these made up pin names when really all I
want to do is toggle a specific pin on the NES connector. So maybe some
double mappings would actually be okay, need to rethink that..
create different flash modes that either keep going, retry, or error
depending on the goal of the flash operation. Fanout the return value
from flash algos to all of them.
have fwupdate assigned a specific area of ram so the ram pointer doesn't
change between builds. Okay to ignore for now.
Realized can have STM32F070C6 devices execute bootloader by erasing all
the flash or perhaps even just the first word of flash according at
AN2606. This wouldn't work for RB devices though. This could be done
through the bootloader dict
Put bunch of notes in Readme.txt on how to update device firmware to
v2.3 using dfusedemo. Anyone with a device currently in their hands
will want to update to this latest version using the dfusedemo
instructions there. Or the AVR instructions if you have an old kazzo.
For devices shipping after Dec 1st 2018 I will be flashing this latest
v2.3 firmware which has it's own firmware updater so the INLretro host
software can easily and seamlessly update the firmware for you without
any external software, switch or jumper operation on the PCB.
This update also includes some power functions in the bootloader
dictionary. Can now make direct read/write access to the entire ARM
memory space. Maybe I'll add this to the AVR someday..?
Having this previously would have actually allowed me to bootstrap
a switchless bootloader without dfuse.. ahh well...
Also turned the watchdog timer on for the STM32 build finally.
Requires refreshing every ~1sec, currently only done in the main.
Added application versioning to address 0x08000800 in the binary.
Couldn't get the linker script to do this for me for some reason.
So for now I just manually put it in the binary file.
The fwupdate.lua script has a lot more checks now. Uses the new
bootloader dict functions to dump device firmware and make sure
all looks good before it starts erasing firmware.
Haven't done much testing with the current AVR build. Got a report
there was a problem with UNROM flashing, will have to check that out.
Done with the firmware for awhile now hopefully. Need to clean up some
things with the main program & inlretro.lua script. Start making better
use of some recent contributions by several gracious people.
Maybe I'll get going on gameboy, GBA, & sega soon.. Got a ton of
NESmaker devices to push out the door now with this latest build. So
might be slow for a bit..
NES scripts to use new dump/flash methodology that MMC3 started.
Includes BNROM, UNROM, MMC1, and new scripts for FME7 & MMC4 (SOP flash).
Adding more general support to SNES with v2proto_hirom that script is
actually becoming more of a master script supporting both LoROM and
HiROM including flash, dump, and save backups.
SNES Rd/Wr now designate the state of /ROMSEL so have to manually
determine if access should be in /ROMSEL space of the SNES memory map or
not. (ie all SNES cart memories are /ROMSEL space except HiROM SRAM).
Every Kid Hero
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