https://github.com/jago85/Brutzelkarte_PCB

Brutzelkarte - N64 Flash Cart PCB (KiCad)
https://github.com/jago85/Brutzelkarte_PCB

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Brutzelkarte - N64 Flash Cart PCB (KiCad)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jago85/Brutzelkarte_PCB
• Owner: jago85
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2020-01-19T14:08:11.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-05-19T17:06:34.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-08T23:10:13.395Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: hardware, n64
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.23 MB
• Stars: 62
• Watchers: 10
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Brutzelkarte_PCB

Brutzelkarte - N64 Flash Cart PCB (KiCad)

# IMPORTANT!

This project does not support piracy! You are only allowed to play games you own yourself and you have to create your own ROM images.

## Features

* Open Source hardware and software

* no BGA packages (DIY friendly)

* no original chips from victim modules needed

* FPGA based logic

  * Lattice LCMXO2-7000HC-6TG144C

  * flexible (everything goes through the FPGA)

  * updatable (internal FLASH can be updated over UART)

  * expandable (free ressources for new features)

* 64 MiB (512 MBit) QSPI FLASH for ROMs

  * can be split into multiple parts for smaller ROMs

  * download is slow compared to SD card based carts

  * once a ROM is flashed the boot is as fast as the original module (no need to select and load the game every startup if you want to focus on a specific game)

  * can be expanded in the future (QSPI FLASH chips can use the same pinout for bigger memory because they don't need additional address lines)

* 8 MiB (64 MBit) dedicated for cart menu

* 256 KiB battery backed up SRAM for savegames

  * SRAM can be split into multiple savegames

  * emulates all cart based savegames

    * EEPROM 4 KBit 

	* EEPROM 16 KBit

	* SRAM 256 KBit

	* SRAM 3x 256 KBit

	* FlashRam 1 MBit

* RTC

  * only used by Animal Forest

* integrated FT232RL USB-UART

  * direct UART TTL connections if you want to save the money for the FT232RL

  

![TOP](https://github.com/jago85/Brutzelkarte_PCB/wiki/images/top.jpg)

![BOTTOM](https://github.com/jago85/Brutzelkarte_PCB/wiki/images//bottom.jpg)