I finally fulfilled a childhood dream; I used the NES expansion port to enhance the NES! I created an interface and a homebrew cartridge for it which allows it to send tweets.
I finally fulfilled a childhood dream; I used the NES expansion port to enhance the NES! I created an interface and a homebrew cartridge for it which allows it to send tweets.
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Great project, and excellent write-up! I really feel like I learned more about the NES by seeing the process from your perspective. Looking forward to more awesomeness!
I made a few NES Cartridge breakout boards, basically just an easy way to connect wires to NES Cart Slot headers for experiments: http://soniktech.com/chipmaestro/assets/breakout.jpg
I’d love to donate one to you to help your research 🙂
Wow what a great offer, those look really awesome. When I start a new project I’ll probably take you up on that. Have you or anyone else used them for anything? I’d love to see what others have come up with.
I used mine to prototype a Chip Maestro 🙂
Came across this today on Hackaday, and I had to come here to tell you this was super cool. When I was a kid I always wondered what you could do with the expansion port, and it warms the cockles of my heart to see someone actually did something with it all these years later. I still have my original NES, but it is long dead and I have a stack of electronics projects in my “someday” pile (including doing something cool with my NEC case), so I won’t be trying to replicate it, but you’re still a hero in my book.
Wow thanks for the note – this means a lot to me – thanks very much for the kind words!