![]() The first video below lays the basic groundwork, with a bunch of experiments with 3-axis Hall effect sensors, specifically the Texas Instruments TMAG5273 and TMAG5170. Either way, decided to take a look at what would be required to build a better joystick and came up with some interesting results. Modern gaming console controllers aren’t without their annoyances - Joy-Con drift, anyone? The problems might stem from design deficiencies, but we suspect that user enthusiasm and the mechanical stress it can introduce might play a significant role as well. Posted in Playstation Hacks Tagged CD emulator, playstation, psone, psx For those of us for whom games consoles in the CD era were both work and play, we hope that other consoles will receive this benefit. What this does raise though is the interesting prospect that the Picostation might be adapted for other less-popular CD-based platforms. The games meanwhile are loaded from a micro-SD card.Īs single board computers have become ever faster, it’s no surprise that one would be able to emulate a ’90s CD mechanism with ease. To that it brings a drive-shaped board, as well as a series of daughterboards for the various different revisions of the Sony motherboard. ![]() With the hardware now long in the tooth, what is to be done with a dead CD drive? Perhaps has the answer, with a CD Drive emulator board which fits in the space left by the original (French language, translation link).ĭoing the hard work is a Raspberry Pi Pico, building on the Picostation project. These were seemingly manufactured from Sony’s finest chocolate, and would stop working at the slightest hint of getting warm. ![]() The grey console was the thing to have a quarter century ago, but we’re guessing few who had one will have a soft spot for their CD mechanisms. Those gamers who were playing in the mid 1990s may retain a soft spot for Sony’s first PlayStation.
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