https://pandorawiki.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Trickyhero&feedformat=atomPandora Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T00:42:46ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.32.0-alphahttps://pandorawiki.org/index.php?title=Nubs&diff=3260Nubs2010-07-27T00:32:08Z<p>Trickyhero: /* Early Nub Problems */</p>
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<div>The Pandora has 2 analogue nubs, which were custom designed.<br />
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== Early Nub Problems ==<br />
[[Image:Faultynub.jpg | thumb | 170px | left | One example of a faulty nub.]]<br />
The nubs on some of the first units suffered from a myriad of issues. The issues include bad traces, bad resistance in the joystick, looseness, grittiness, nubs not centering, and nubs sticking in one direction.<sup>[http://www.openpandora.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=2&lang=en]</sup> Probably the most common problem, which was caused by the nub manufacturer not having strict enough tolerances<sup>[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54824-production-status/page__p__883494&#entry883494]</sup>, was that the nubs could break resulting in a nub which cannot centre itself. This caused drifting while in-game, rendering the nub completely unusable.<br />
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Because of these problems, a few "one nub" units were made available to people who wished to accept one and skip the queue. The faulty nub is not covered under warranty for these units. Reports<sup>[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54073-the-one-nub-club/]</sup> suggest that many of these were reasonably functional, and problems relate to either the calibration process or dirt inside the nub.Soon after more testing was made for the nubs by the supplier and OpenPandora ltd<br />
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== Nub Calibration ==<br />
Push them up, down, left, right to the edge, then let go of them so they spring back by themselves.<br />
Ie push up, as far as it will go, then let go (it must spring back). Do that for each direction. Then do some circles.<br />
That should set them up. If you don't do this they can go wrong during that session until reset.<sup>[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54445-please-fix-the-right-anolog-nub-functions/page__view__findpost__p__876651]</sup><br />
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== Nub Disassembly ==<br />
'''This is a fairly tricky process, and will almost certainly ''void your warranty.''''' <br />
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You need<sup>[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54073-the-one-nub-club/page__view__findpost__p__874378]</sup>:<br />
* High quality soldering iron<br />
* Solder Wick<br />
* Shim Blade (Edsyn RB641)<br />
* Isopropyl Alcohol cleaner<br />
* Size 0.00 cross-head screwdriver<br />
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Removing the nubs from the PCB is difficult. They are mounted using cut-off plated through holes butted onto pads (fairly standard SMT technology). Just using solder wick will not be sufficient, and if you are not extremely careful, you will rip the pads off the nub or the board.<br />
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[[Image:Nub_back.jpg]]<br />
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This shows the under side of the nub, which has a small PCB screwed on, and 2 locating pins.<br />
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[[Image:Nub_inside.jpg]]<br />
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Full sized versions of these photos can be found [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsh2/4707661640/ here]. Original pics from [http://picasaweb.google.com/claude.schwarz/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCN7KsICXu-KTzwE&feat=directlink Claude]<br />
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Top left is the micro-joystick which serves as both a spring and the sensing element. when re-assembling this must fit perfectly into the plastic, and be perfectly clean.<br />
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--[[User:Tsh|Tsh]] 13:08, 17 June 2010 (MEST)<br />
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[[Category:Tutorials]]</div>Trickyherohttps://pandorawiki.org/index.php?title=Nubs&diff=3259Nubs2010-07-27T00:30:08Z<p>Trickyhero: /* Early Nub Problems */</p>
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<div>The Pandora has 2 analogue nubs, which were custom designed.<br />
<br />
== Early Nub Problems ==<br />
[[Image:Faultynub.jpg | thumb | 170px | left | One example of a faulty nub.]]<br />
The nubs on some of the first units suffered from a myriad of issues. The issues include bad traces, bad resistance in the joystick, looseness, grittiness, nubs not centering, and nubs sticking in one direction.<sup>[http://www.openpandora.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=2&lang=en]</sup> Probably the most common problem, which was caused by the nub manufacturer not having strict enough tolerances<sup>[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54824-production-status/page__p__883494&#entry883494]</sup>, was that the nubs could break resulting in a nub which cannot centre itself. This caused drifting while in-game, rendering the nub completely unusable.<br />
<br />
Because of these problems, a few "one nub" units were made available to people who wished to accept one and skip the queue. The faulty nub is not covered under warranty for these units. Reports<sup>[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54073-the-one-nub-club/]</sup> suggest that many of these were reasonably functional, and problems relate to either the calibration process or dirt inside the nub.<br />
<br />
== Nub Calibration ==<br />
Push them up, down, left, right to the edge, then let go of them so they spring back by themselves.<br />
Ie push up, as far as it will go, then let go (it must spring back). Do that for each direction. Then do some circles.<br />
That should set them up. If you don't do this they can go wrong during that session until reset.<sup>[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54445-please-fix-the-right-anolog-nub-functions/page__view__findpost__p__876651]</sup><br />
<br />
== Nub Disassembly ==<br />
'''This is a fairly tricky process, and will almost certainly ''void your warranty.''''' <br />
<br />
You need<sup>[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54073-the-one-nub-club/page__view__findpost__p__874378]</sup>:<br />
* High quality soldering iron<br />
* Solder Wick<br />
* Shim Blade (Edsyn RB641)<br />
* Isopropyl Alcohol cleaner<br />
* Size 0.00 cross-head screwdriver<br />
<br />
Removing the nubs from the PCB is difficult. They are mounted using cut-off plated through holes butted onto pads (fairly standard SMT technology). Just using solder wick will not be sufficient, and if you are not extremely careful, you will rip the pads off the nub or the board.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Nub_back.jpg]]<br />
<br />
This shows the under side of the nub, which has a small PCB screwed on, and 2 locating pins.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Nub_inside.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Full sized versions of these photos can be found [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsh2/4707661640/ here]. Original pics from [http://picasaweb.google.com/claude.schwarz/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCN7KsICXu-KTzwE&feat=directlink Claude]<br />
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Top left is the micro-joystick which serves as both a spring and the sensing element. when re-assembling this must fit perfectly into the plastic, and be perfectly clean.<br />
<br />
--[[User:Tsh|Tsh]] 13:08, 17 June 2010 (MEST)<br />
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[[Category:Tutorials]]</div>Trickyherohttps://pandorawiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Software_projects&diff=2769Talk:Software projects2010-07-08T18:38:25Z<p>Trickyhero: </p>
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<div>I think the games should be split into ports and original games. Of course, this might sometimes be hard to decide, for example with Wizzley Presto, which is a new original game but could also be called a port from the iPhone version... [[User:OrR|OrR]]<br />
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I think that's a good idea. But I got stuck on that same blurred line while planning a blog feature for homebrew games. Wizzley Presto is one, also GP2X games like Pool Panic and Battle Jewels. For my purposes (being to showcase our scene's own work) I decided that these games should fall under originals, because (i) it's all talent from within our scene, and (ii) the original authors are doing the porting. I don't know if we can apply such subjective rules to wiki categories though. [[User:Gruso|Gruso]]<br />
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How about 3 categories:<br />
*ports of classic games<br />
*ports from other platforms<br />
*original Pandora games<br />
[[User:OrR|OrR]]<br />
:Then I propose not splitting the list, but simply adding another column onto the end and marking each game "classic", "original", etc.. That way, if anyone wants to, he can "sort" the table into the correct categories.<br />
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:On an unrelated note, I can't seem to figure out where to put GemRB. It doesn't seem to be a "game" as such, but a game engine port. But should it go into "emulators" along with ScummVM? [[User:Esn|Esn]] 00:17, 10 June 2009 (CEST)<br />
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== "Where in world is... " ==<br />
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There is an entry under Games named "Where in world is... " which just links back to a Polish blog and doesn't appear to be a real game/application. Can anyone confirm this is a genuine entry? [[User:Enverex|Enverex]] 23:30, 8 August 2009 (MEST)<br />
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I am pretty sure "Wandor" and "warioland-inspired game" are the same--[[User:Kuru|Kuru]] 12:02, 6 March 2010 (MET)<br />
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== Stuff that should be removed from "Other programs"==<br />
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I don't see any reason to list the programs that are already included with the Pandora or those already in the Angstrom repo. I guess that list hasn't been updated since after the pandora started shipping. --[[User:Cheese|Cheese]] 04:28, 23 June 2010 (MEST)<br />
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Agree - this page should be for holding info on active developments, as a reference for when someone is looking for a program for a certain function. I like the move of games/emus to independant pages. Might be worth using the 'category' feature to tie together all individual dev/released project pages as they grow too. --[[User:Tsh|Tsh]] 12:51, 23 June 2010 (MEST)<br />
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== Combining released and in development stuff. ==<br />
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This page was great before the pandora was out, but now that it is I don't think it makes sense to look in two different places for what's released and what's in development. That's why I have moved the in development games and emulator lists to their own pages (those pages include released games and emulators). Now when something goes from in development to released, it's a simple matter of moving the game up to the released list rather than to another page.<br />
--[[User:Cheese|Cheese]] 05:10, 23 June 2010 (MEST)<br />
:I agree, and I think it's time to do the same thing for this page as well. I'm working on it. [[User:Esn|Esn]] 06:56, 5 July 2010 (MEST)<br />
:Ok, it's done. I started a thread on the forums [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/55047-pandora-wiki-list-of-everything-except-games-emulators/ over here] for discussion, though of course someone could say something over here as well. [[User:Esn|Esn]] 08:14, 5 July 2010 (MEST)<br />
== Angstrom Linux OS ==<br />
Arn't we using a moddifed version of that? Why would that be uncomplete?</div>Trickyhero