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Very nice to see my work get recognized outside of the Reddit/Discord community. I have to admit, it was weird seeing the traffic for my AGZ repo spike higher t

by Zekfoo 5y ago

Very nice to see my work get recognized outside of the Reddit/Discord community. I have to admit, it was weird seeing the traffic for my AGZ repo spike higher than the CGZ repo that I just released. Feel free to ask me any questions about this or the CGZ, I'll answer anything that's not a variation of "will you be releasing/selling it?" :)

esotericsean 5y ago
Amazing work my friend. Not to be rude or intentionally ask about what you said not to, but I haven't heard anything about you selling or releasing or anything. Is there an official statement from you about all of that? It's your work so you can do whatever you want with it, I'm just curious.
- Zekfoo 5y ago
  I suppose if I put the rule out there, it's bound to be broken hah. I have no plans to sell or open-source these two projects. They were passion projects of mine and while I understand everyone and their mothers who've come across them would like to try building them, I made this for myself. The Reddit posts and Github repos are just for me to share my achievements and enjoy the 15 minutes of fame I get among the retro modding community, and hopefully they inspire someone else to make something of their own. I've already had a few run-ins recently with people who can't respect these wishes and feel entitled to get a slice of the pie.
  - adamrmcd 5y ago
    Totally understand. No intention of building, but I am working on a project of a similar scale (very different context) and would be curious if you're available for contract work. (ie, review my work for best practices, etc.) Given no other way to contact you but publicly here, I've posted a FR on Discord, if you are interested :)
adamrmcd 5y ago
Had a blast reading through this and your CGZ work. Nice job! Can you post the schematics? I'm really curious on how you changed things (LCD bias, debounce circuit, etc.) Also, can you post a pic of the back with components populated, outside of the case? Thanks!!
- Zekfoo 5y ago
  Glad you enjoyed them! Photos of both populated boards, both sides, should be available on the repos (if not embedded on the main README, check the Images/ folder). I won't be sharing the schematics, though if you have any specific questions about something, I can try to answer as best I can. RE: LCD bias - I mentioned in my AGZ writeup that the stock bias voltages aren't required when using the IPS displays, this also applies to the CGZ. This is because the LCD kits that I use have all the bias voltage circuitry built-in on their flex PCB adaptors, so I only needed to supply 3.3V/5V from my boards. RE: Debounce circuit - Since the stock power switches carry the full system current, they can cause issues when they bounce due to dirty switch contacts. I redesigned the power switch circuit to instead use a high-side load switch implemented using a PFET with an RC time constant for debouncing.

by Zekfoo 5y ago

esotericsean 5y ago

Amazing work my friend. Not to be rude or intentionally ask about what you said not to, but I haven't heard anything about you selling or releasing or anything. Is there an official statement from you about all of that? It's your work so you can do whatever you want with it, I'm just curious.

Zekfoo 5y ago
I suppose if I put the rule out there, it's bound to be broken hah. I have no plans to sell or open-source these two projects. They were passion projects of mine and while I understand everyone and their mothers who've come across them would like to try building them, I made this for myself. The Reddit posts and Github repos are just for me to share my achievements and enjoy the 15 minutes of fame I get among the retro modding community, and hopefully they inspire someone else to make something of their own. I've already had a few run-ins recently with people who can't respect these wishes and feel entitled to get a slice of the pie.
- adamrmcd 5y ago
  Totally understand. No intention of building, but I am working on a project of a similar scale (very different context) and would be curious if you're available for contract work. (ie, review my work for best practices, etc.) Given no other way to contact you but publicly here, I've posted a FR on Discord, if you are interested :)

adamrmcd 5y ago

Had a blast reading through this and your CGZ work. Nice job! Can you post the schematics? I'm really curious on how you changed things (LCD bias, debounce circuit, etc.) Also, can you post a pic of the back with components populated, outside of the case? Thanks!!

Zekfoo 5y ago
Glad you enjoyed them! Photos of both populated boards, both sides, should be available on the repos (if not embedded on the main README, check the Images/ folder). I won't be sharing the schematics, though if you have any specific questions about something, I can try to answer as best I can. RE: LCD bias - I mentioned in my AGZ writeup that the stock bias voltages aren't required when using the IPS displays, this also applies to the CGZ. This is because the LCD kits that I use have all the bias voltage circuitry built-in on their flex PCB adaptors, so I only needed to supply 3.3V/5V from my boards. RE: Debounce circuit - Since the stock power switches carry the full system current, they can cause issues when they bounce due to dirty switch contacts. I redesigned the power switch circuit to instead use a high-side load switch implemented using a PFET with an RC time constant for debouncing.