Hi Guys,
In a month or 2 or 3, give or take approx. , I am going to order GB Flasher PCBs. Details on pricing to come, If anyone would like to combine the order, I can ask him to ship for me to difference places, or I can ship them to you, provided you paypal me the cost of your board + shipping. I really don't look to make any profit out of this.
The board will likely be like the following:
I plan to add six plated holes to the pcb file, connected to the microcontroller, to place pin headers in, for easy ISP (in-system programming).
On a personal note, this pcb was designed by someone in spanish, with no contact info I couldn't find on the page it was hosted at. However, it seems the only distinction between this pcb and the original GB flasher is the use of the FTDI ft232R instead of FT232B, whereas the R internalizes more components (see http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/FT232R.htm
http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/FT232B.html
I have no guarentee of the original GB flasher software in performance with this device, however, the guy who created this PCB has released specific firmware and software(multiplatform iirc), for this device. I did a diff of his firmware and the original and i looked them in a hex editor, they didn't even RELATE. I wonder if the format was different? Either way, I believe I will try this one out. Worst comes to worst, I plan to design my own firmware, for fun.
In a month or 2 or 3, give or take approx. , I am going to order GB Flasher PCBs. Details on pricing to come, If anyone would like to combine the order, I can ask him to ship for me to difference places, or I can ship them to you, provided you paypal me the cost of your board + shipping. I really don't look to make any profit out of this.
The board will likely be like the following:
I plan to add six plated holes to the pcb file, connected to the microcontroller, to place pin headers in, for easy ISP (in-system programming).
On a personal note, this pcb was designed by someone in spanish, with no contact info I couldn't find on the page it was hosted at. However, it seems the only distinction between this pcb and the original GB flasher is the use of the FTDI ft232R instead of FT232B, whereas the R internalizes more components (see http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/FT232R.htm
http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/FT232B.html
I have no guarentee of the original GB flasher software in performance with this device, however, the guy who created this PCB has released specific firmware and software(multiplatform iirc), for this device. I did a diff of his firmware and the original and i looked them in a hex editor, they didn't even RELATE. I wonder if the format was different? Either way, I believe I will try this one out. Worst comes to worst, I plan to design my own firmware, for fun.