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I have ported my old project “pNesX” game console emulator to the nucleo.
Dependencies: SDFileSystem mbed
Intro
I have ported my old project “pNesX” to the STM32 Nucleo. The pNesX is a NES emulator for the PlayStation that I have created 16 years ago!
Emulation part was almost without change, the sound part was newly added.
Parts
| STM32 Nucleo F446RE |
| QVGA 2.2 TFT SPI (with the SD card slot) |
| Audio jack(TS or TRS) |
| USB Connector |
| Register 100k, 10k, 4.7k, 100 |
| Capacitor 0.01uF, 2.2uF |
| Breadboard |
| Wires |
| Computer Speakers |
| USB GamePad |
Wiring diagram
| TFT J2 | Nucleo |
|---|---|
| VCC | 3V3 |
| GND | GND |
| CS | PB_5(D4) |
| Reset | PA_10(D2) Pull Up(100k) |
| D/C | PA_8(D7) |
| MOSI | PA_7(D11) |
| SCK | PA_5(D13) |
| LED | LED-100ohm-3V3 |
| MISO | PA_6(D12) |
| TFT J4 | Nucleo |
|---|---|
| SD_CS | PA_9 |
| SD_MOSI | PB_15 |
| SD_MISO | PB_14 |
| SD_SCK | PB_13 |
| Audio | Nucleo |
|---|---|
| TIP | PA_4(A2) |
| USB con. | Nucleo |
|---|---|
| GND | GND |
| + | PA_12 |
| - | PA_11 |
| 5V | 5V |
Limitations
- Since the rest of the RAM is about 50kbyte, maximum capacity of the game ROM is about 50kbyte.
- The length of the file name up to 32 characters.
- The number of files in the folder is up to 100.
Used Library
- SDFileSystem by Neil Thiessen
- F401RE-USBHost by Norimasa Okamoto
- USBHostGamepad by Yuuichi Akagawa