ne7
Offline
UK

Helps a whole lot! I have another question, but I think it isn't as hard as the previous. What would I need to learn before trying this? What are some good projects to learn these skills?

Basic soldering / desoldering skills are essential - here are some nice guides I found for u:
http://www.aaroncake.net/electronics/solder.htm
http://www.aaroncake.net/electronics/desolder.htm

Start with some simple electronics projects like:
http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main. … 1.gif.html
^
Try building one of these - its worth it for practising your soldering, plus it makes groovy chippy noises *Grin* and gets you used to placing components on a 'board' of sorts - in this case stripboard...

Also another thing you might want to try is buying an old radio or personal stereo at a charity store and open it up / remove the guts and explore practising desoldering the components (battery powered devices are safer to practice on)

Cheers \o_

Lavar
Offline
ne7 wrote:

Helps a whole lot! I have another question, but I think it isn't as hard as the previous. What would I need to learn before trying this? What are some good projects to learn these skills?

Basic soldering / desoldering skills are essential - here are some nice guides I found for u:
http://www.aaroncake.net/electronics/solder.htm
http://www.aaroncake.net/electronics/desolder.htm

Start with some simple electronics projects like:
http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main. … 1.gif.html
^
Try building one of these - its worth it for practising your soldering, plus it makes groovy chippy noises *Grin* and gets you used to placing components on a 'board' of sorts - in this case stripboard...

Also another thing you might want to try is buying an old radio or personal stereo at a charity store and open it up / remove the guts and explore practising desoldering the components (battery powered devices are safer to practice on)

Cheers \o_

Thanks a whole lot!

ne7
Offline
UK

no probs \o/ glad to be of help.
also just quick note - never try and desolder/practice on Video recorders / TV's / Monitors or anything with a power cord as they can retain dangerous voltage!

Lavar
Offline
ne7 wrote:

no probs \o/ glad to be of help.
also just quick note - never try and desolder/practice on Video recorders / TV's / Monitors or anything with a power cord as they can retain dangerous voltage!

Would replacing the capacitors on a DMG be good practice for desoldering?

kineticturtle
Offline
Matthew Joseph Payne

Totally.

Analog
Offline
Ciudad de méxico, MX

Ok! got the buddy who will burn the eprom and just ordered a Nes open golf Cart. Next week I'm all over this.

Excited for native Nes tracking!!!


UPDATE: this is amazing. thank you for the tutorial. worked flawlessly. I've used the exact same instructions on your web, using the nes open golf cart. Got the cart from a trade, and the eprom for about 8 dollars, which is the total cost. thank you a lot!

Last edited by Analog (Jan 13, 2012 2:59 am)

ne7
Offline
UK

analog: hehe brill \o/ ace to see it working in the shots too big_smile

neilbaldwin
Offline
WOW MAN!

Good stuff!

Hope y'all using the latest version of NTRQ though smile

http://nes-audio.com

Analog
Offline
Ciudad de méxico, MX

ne7: yeah, thanks a lot!
Neil: In the ntrq.net web there's the latest 1.8 and I've used that. Are there any dramatical changes in 1.9?

ne7
Offline
UK

analog; dont worry if u want 1.9 i can send u it on a eprom for free, for being awesome and posting your build pics first :-) - just pop me a private message w. your address on here \o_

PULSELOOPER
Offline
São Paulo, Brazil

ne7, you rock. It's so great to have a cheap option for native hardware tracking, specially with such a great app as mr. baldwin's one.

i'm definetly gonna make one myself when I have the time.

just a doubt: can I re-write the own NES cart's eprom, or do I have to buy a new eprom?

ne7
Offline
UK

pulselooper; i'd always go for buying a fresh one after bending up the pins , of course you could solder in a turned 32 pin IC socket in the place of the eprom in my guide (using the same guide, bending up the pins on the socket + soldering to them instead of the chip) on a NES cart and simply unplug the eprom when u want to upgrade it, then use a UV eraser and burn/blow new version and drop it back in again afterwards but you probably wont be able to fit a case on it then (you'd have to make a hole to access the chip smile hope that makes sense - am updating this from the train atm *grin*

Analog
Offline
Ciudad de méxico, MX

amazing!

PM'ed

neilbaldwin
Offline
WOW MAN!
Analog wrote:

ne7: yeah, thanks a lot!
Neil: In the ntrq.net web there's the latest 1.8 and I've used that. Are there any dramatical changes in 1.9?

I couldn't really remember but from the release notes ('version.txt') it says V1.9 was just changes to the command-line tools so you should be OK.

Zuberi
Offline
Argentina

Nice blog! will try fo fix a GameBoy display

RG
Offline
Milwaukee, WI

Just so I'm clear, only the PRG needs to be removed/replaced? What about CHR? I was always under the impression CHR contained the necessary graphical elements.