Picostation - A PSX ODE based on the Raspberry Pi Pico!!

[tech3475]

What are the limitations that prevent this from running in other motherboard revisions?
Can anyone share a tl I'm stoopid kind of summary?

From the guy himself..

 

[Airain]

Btw, if anyone makes a board and wants to try the latest commits of the GitHub, I used this guide to compile:
https://shawnhymel.com/2096/how-to-...-with-vs-code/#Download_Pico_SDK_and_Examples

 

[Airain]

Can get it to consistently load audio cd image, and read it from start to finish, but no luck loading unirom nor a game, seems there's a problem with region unlocking (works fine for Paulo, not for me but we are not in the same region, Europe here)

Can't wait for someone else to try and help

EDIT: tried loading unirom (bin/cue on picostation) via freepsxboot (on memory card), it works !!!

 

[urbanman2004]

There's actually a Pico-based NES Emulator as well:
https://www.hackster.io/news/pico-based-nes-emulator-outputs-hdmi-video-4f1843507515

 

[Airain]

Just to let you know, I finally booted a game of course it still need lots of polish, and a loader would be a dream, but still satisfying !

 

[DarthMotzkus]

That's amazing! Looking forward to the Chinese make a reliable pcb of it already builded.
Searching for a pu-18, finally, because xStation is too expensive and difficult to import here in Brazil.
Let's hope someone develop a software like xStation, so we can load everything and play on it.
Is this will be necessary solder components like xStation?

 

[ploggy]

Saw on Twitter that someone has made a new PCB design for the Picostation.
The PCB serves the same function as paulo7x8's PCB. It just looks more aesthetically pleasing
This board is called Deltastation and it looks like they're making some new QSB's to go with it
https://www.delta-island.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4271

 

[SylverReZ]

Saw on Twitter that someone has made a new PCB design for the Picostation.
The PCB serves the same function as paulo7x8's PCB. It just looks more aesthetically pleasing
This board is called Deltastation and it looks like they're making some new QSB's to go with it
https://www.delta-island.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4271

That is a sick looking PCB.

 

[ploggy]

That is a sick looking PCB.

yea, it looks great! not sure how much they will go for but I'm interested in grabbing one or two
I especially like the led placement lol

 

[Airain]

That's amazing! Looking forward to the Chinese make a reliable pcb of it already builded.
Searching for a pu-18, finally, because xStation is too expensive and difficult to import here in Brazil.
Let's hope someone develop a software like xStation, so we can load everything and play on it.
Is this will be necessary solder components like xStation?

Yes soldering is mandatory (and even harder, some pin lifting too), it's exactly the same way to install as the xstation

Can't wait to get an image loader too, would be so much easier to try different games, but that means someone has to code it ^^

 

[DarthMotzkus]

Yes soldering is mandatory (and even harder, some pin lifting too), it's exactly the same way to install as the xstation

Can't wait to get an image loader too, would be so much easier to try different games, but that means someone has to code it ^^

well, i pass. Really want an ODE like the Dreamcast one. Solder is not an option to me. Even find a PU-18 is very hard on my country. I found PU-20 and PU-22 only. Some PU-18 but in no-use condition.

 

[RubyRoid]

I’ve built the board and after a lot of tries was able to boot Castlevania once.
This project has a long way to go but I can’t remember when was the last time I was so excited to see the game booting into the main menu

 

[Airain]

did you use v0.0.3 ? eur or ntsc ?

 

[RubyRoid]

did you use v0.0.3 ? eur or ntsc ?

Yes, firmware v0.0.3, eur version of the game.

 

[my2k2zx2]

I have a few of the parts so far. I have the pcb, pico & sd card holder. Waiting on the other parts to arrive to get this one finished.

 

[ploggy]

There's news! while the initial dev is no longer working on this there is now a new fork by johnbaumann (I say new, its actually been worked on since Aug 2024.. I'm just seeing it now)

https://github.com/johnbaumann/picostation

Instructions in the link above ^^^^^

Compatibility has apparently been greatly improved compared to the old Picostation code. If you have a Picostation board built up I'd suggest updating to the new fork build and give it a shot!

 

[SylverReZ]

Team Resurgent has released a fork of PicoStation with the addition of a GUI for selecting game images from a microSD card. Best to keep an eye on development.

https://github.com/Team-Resurgent/PicoStation

 

[ploggy]

Team Resurgent has released a fork of PicoStation with the addition of a GUI for selecting game images from a microSD card. Best to keep an eye on development.

https://github.com/Team-Resurgent/PicoStation

Found a YT Vid.. Looks to be using the new Picostation UI

 

[SylverReZ]

Found a YT Vid.. Looks to be using the new Picostation UI

*Megavolt85 firmware

 

[hippy dave]

How's compatibility now?