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So, for anyone building your own PSX64, you may have noticed if you used firmware 1.0 that it didn’t work with guitar controllers. WHOOPS. The schematic wires the pots opposite to the way the firmware handles them, so the strum pot was handling the whammy bar, and vice versa. Firmware 1.0a fixes this and is available here for download. Sorry about that, too many late nights.

Also, it looks like the prototype PCB board should arrive within the next 5-7 business days, so we’re looking at 2-3 weeks after that until we can start shipping PSX64s, not too much longer now!

Lastly, I had the honor of presenting Shredz64 for Neues, a tech program on the 3sat network (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). For those with 3sat access, keep a lookout for Shredz64!

Firmware (v 1.0) for the PSX64 is now available here. This version supports improved analog stick functionality, second button support for the Amiga and Sega Master System, and improved macro handling.

For those wanting to build the PSX64 interface, the schematics are now online. The plans include an ICSP port for uploading firmware to the Atmega 8 MCU. Please note, these plans assume the DIP package version of the Atmega 8 – the pinout is different for the surface mount packages. Firmware will be online within the next day or two.

If you don’t have any kind of Atmel programmer, you can build a really cheap parallel programmer using these plans. It works like a champ for programming the Atmega8.