Phil C's Raven build

[PhilC]

@DoG I like smt stuff until it gets smaller than 0805. It takes so long to bend resistor legs etc with TH.

[PhilC]

Just going to build up my Eiffel adaptor board today and will have 4 spare board if anyone in the UK would like one. I've also got some CH559 chips too if needed.

[PhilC]

Well that's the board built.

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Could someone please tell me what I will need to program the CH559. Thanks very much.

BTW, I'm presuming that PO5&6 are the solder points for the bodge wires to the Raven motherboard?

[agranlund]

Could someone please tell me what I will need to program the CH559. Thanks very much.
BTW, I'm presuming that PO5&6 are the solder points for the bodge wires to the Raven motherboard?

Instructions for programming can be found here:
https://github.com/agranlund/raven/blob ... /README.md

You will need a usb cable to connect your PC to USB0 on the ckbd for programming it.
USBA:male to USBA:male can be a bit hard to find so you might need to get inventive :)
I went with a USBA:male to USBC:male cable + USBC:female to USBA:male adapter

Bodges (if you are interested in anything they bring) can all be done fairly easy on the back side of the Raven board:
https://github.com/agranlund/raven/tree ... rades/ckbd

I took mine out of the case yesterday and did those and can confirm the right mouse button works for legacy mice in the Joy0 port.
But I haven't yet done the code for reading CPU temperature, powerbutton state, or for shutting down the computer from software.


(PO5&6 are unused. They're footprints for pulldown resistors that could perhaps in the future act as some kind of hardwired config for the firmware)

[PhilC]

Thanks @agranlund, I'll have a go at the programming a little later on.

[mrbombermillzy]

Phil, slightly off topic, but as you mentioned the eiffel...

did you ever get round to making up one of those C64 to PS/2 keyboard (C= key adapter?) boards?

[PhilC]

Phil, slightly off topic, but as you mentioned the eiffel...

did you ever get round to making up one of those C64 to PS/2 keyboard (C= key adapter?) boards?

I did for myself but could make a second if you want one?

Or actually thinking about it, I have a C128 keyboard I am adapting for my C128D so won't need my adapter soon.

[mrbombermillzy]

No worries. :)

I was unsure if you had made one up for me (in my DTV thread you mentioned building some). In which case I would have paid for it.

[PhilC]

No worries. :)

I was unsure if you had made one up for me (in my DTV thread you mentioned building some). In which case I would have paid for it.

Ok fair enough. I have all the bits to make one, just never did with everything that happened last year.

[PhilC]

Got the Eiffel replacement board programmed just now. It's the same process as @arkadiusz.makarenko used with his MSX board, so I had everything to hand and already installed.

Works fine with the existing PS/2 stuff and I'm now off to see where I left my USB keyboards and mice.