MiSTer

eddhorse · 08-08-2022 9:50am

One comment on the Irken Labs Jamma Expander, it has no spare USB slot, meaning i have to run an ethernet cable to update it or take it out of the cab.

Bit of a pain but its only a 2 meter run for me and might be trickier for others.

With the other DE10 unit i have the USB breakout board and a wifi dongle which makes this way easier.

Just my 2c in case you need it.

I did price the MiSTercade again today and its $315 before customs, oof

@CathalDublin If the game didnt originally have freeplay then the MiSTer generally doesnt have it.

Also a lot of people have a bluetooth keyboard for pressing F12, F11 for menu access etc.

The IrkenLabs has RIGHT and START mapped by default for that, UP/DOWN and START for volume which is handy too.

KeRbDoG · 08-08-2022 11:09am

Seems like a bit of a oversight - you would expect there to be one for a USB wifi dongle for updates rather than needing wired ethernet or pulling the SDCard.

The Last Bandit · 08-08-2022 12:05pm

No USB bridge on that jamma expander board, but you could use USB OTG hub instead on USB cable supplied. Messier but should avoid the need to open the cab on a regular basis

CathalDublin · 08-08-2022 1:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119443805#Comment_119443805

Cheers, I think I'm going to pickup an IrkenLabs when his online store open again, I can see past the USB, I'll just stick a spare powerline ethernet adapter inside the cab, no one will be any the wiser but my pet peeve is keyboards hanging from cabinets, I can't see past that one 🤐

eddhorse · 08-08-2022 2:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119444630#Comment_119444630

No bother i got stung by customs on that one for €70

o1s1n · 10-08-2022 11:23am

Any update on anyone's Mouser DE10 order? We're almost two weeks passed the 29th now and no update from them at all.

Just fired off an email to see what's up.

Inviere · 10-08-2022 12:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119453087#Comment_119453087

Nope, not a tap. I'm not at all pushed as I've no way to use it yet, but still, some customer service updates would be nice.

o1s1n · 10-08-2022 2:36pm

It's driving me mental now as I've invested quite a bit in prepping my SNK cabinet for fighting games and have been waiting for what feels like an eternity.

Had that custom SNK 12 button control panel made up back in early January, paid import tax, got the kick harness all wired up so it's 100% just waiting for something to connect it to.

Bought the MiSTercade in February.

Got bored waiting so set up a micro SD with a load of cores ready to go.

I actually still haven't bought the additional RAM for it but wanted to wait until I had it in my hands before dropping more money down the pit!

KeRbDoG · 10-08-2022 4:29pm

I asked on the Mouser help chat thingy a few days ago, they suggest they have no new eta from the manufacturer yet

Steve X2 · 12-08-2022 1:14pm

I hope Mouser don't pull the same thing on you that they did on me. I have an order in for some electrical components and stuff(about €2k worth). Ordered in November 2021 with an expected delivery of April 2022. I expected it to run to June or July, which was fine as I didn't need to have everything ready until November this year. But now they've pushed it out to February 2024 :0(

Inviere · 12-08-2022 1:17pm

Feb 24, wow

o1s1n · 12-08-2022 1:22pm

My god, that's absolutely insane.

Have they offered you a free cancellation or are you just going to wait it out?

Steve X2 · 12-08-2022 3:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119463394#Comment_119463394

Yeah I can still cancel, but the parts I need are on back order everywhere else as well so I'd be in the same boat. I'll see how it goes.

KeRbDoG · 12-08-2022 6:53pm

Checked with Mouser again - no joy on a new shipping date. I see that Terasic/Intel have a ship date of their next batch of stock of 19/08.

CathalDublin · 12-08-2022 11:47pm

I bought mine directly from Terasic and took about 5 days from payment until it was in my hand, albeit it did work out at about €60/70 more than mouser

KeRbDoG · 13-08-2022 12:05am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119466200#Comment_119466200

It's a bit more from Terasic delivered, around €90 and that's not including the FedEx customs fun :) did they get yourself?

CathalDublin · 13-08-2022 12:22am

Whoops, sorry, I wasn’t counting the shipping cost of €65 which plus the fedex charge of €80.96 It’s probably more like €110.

I’ll probably stick mine in the marketplace over the weekend at cost if anyones strung out for a de-10🤣

KeRbDoG · 29-08-2022 4:56pm

Agh, Mouser email update "Production Issues Reported - Delivery Unknown" - order canceled and one in with Terasic :D needs the second MiSTer for an arcade cab

o1s1n · 29-08-2022 5:01pm

Think I'll do the same this evening, what a waste of time that was!!

Inviere · 29-08-2022 5:22pm

Same email here, I'll leave the order open for now

80s Synth Pop · 29-08-2022 10:26pm

That's a joke. I'm telling you guys, a mini groovymame pc is a better option now the prices of mister has gone up so high and the lead times far out there.

Much higher learning curve but spend a weekend learning how to set a groovymame pc up and you won't regret it.

I measured the input lag comparing several mister arcade cores to the real pcb to groovymame a few weeks ago and some mister cores are slower than pcb/groovymame like the neo geo core.

Metal slug:

PCB: 5 frames input lag (baseline)

Groovymame: 6 frames

Mister: 7 frames

o1s1n · 03-09-2022 12:22pm

I'm in way too deep now with the MiSTercade sitting in my cabinet so definitely need to see that to it's end before thinking about another setup.

I might try out Groovymame for the other cabinet though as I won't be doing this again!

That's my Mouser order now cancelled finally.

CathalDublin · 03-09-2022 7:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119539733#Comment_119539733

Yea, I'm not that impressed, I haven't compared to original hardware as most my PCBs are in the attic, I'm totally over tinkering and just like to play a game these days so anything that I need to mess with just gets dumped to the side. My mister is going under the tele for console emulation for now or maybe in my defender as a multiwilliams if I can figure that out.