diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b5ef6b2..b50310a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -177,6 +177,51 @@ Also, you can download automatic interim builds at http://clusterm.github.io/fds Remember, you can update the firmware by putting **FdsKey.bin** on your SD card and holding all four buttons on power-on. + +## Twin Famicom compatibility +You can use FDSKey with Twin Famicom too. But you need a special cable. It's easy to make one. + +![image](https://github.com/ClusterM/fdskey/assets/4236181/256291b7-1692-4cd1-9c2b-ba24c9a80ced) + +It has a simple 12x1 dupont connector on the one side, you need to connect it to Twin Famicom's **Port C** on the back-bottom side (instead of the original cable). + +Unfortunately, there is a non-standard connector on the other side of the cable. But you can use a SFC/SNES/N64/NGC AV connector: + +![image](https://github.com/ClusterM/fdskey/assets/4236181/633a3054-31e1-4f3c-8be1-a10fc0c81377) + +You can find it on [aliexpress.com](https://aliexpress.com). But you need to cut a "key" - piece of plastic on this connector, or just use the FDSKey without a case. + +Connection diagram: +``` + Twin Famicom Port C Connector for FDSKey + (looking at rear of console) (looking from FDSKey's side) +█████████████████████████████████████████ ████████████████████████████████ +█████████████████████████████████████████ ████████████████████████████████ +██ ██ ███ 1 3 5 7 9 11 ███ +██ 8 6 2 4 1 3 5 7 9 11 12 10 ██ ███ 2 4 6 8 10 12 ███ +█████████████████████████████████████████ \██████████████████████████████/ +█████████████████████████████████████████ \████████████████████████████/ + +Pin meanings ++----+---+-----------------------+ +| 1 | O | /write | +| 2 | O | VCC (+5VDC) | +| 3 | O | /scan media | +| 4 | O | VEE (ground) | +| 5 | O | Write data | +| 6 | I | Motor on/battery good | +| 7 | I | /writable media | +| 8 | - | --- | +| 9 | I | Read data | +| 10 | I | /media set | +| 11 | I | /ready | +| 12 | O | /stop motor | ++----+---------------------------+ + +It's recommended to pull-up at least **/scan media** pin to **VCC** via resistor (5K-10K) if you want to hot plug the FDSKey, because Twin Famicom has no pull-up resistors inside it. Also, don't forget to upgrade the FDSKey firmware to at least **v1.3**. +``` + + ## Donate * [Buy Me A Coffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cluster) * [Donation Alerts](https://www.donationalerts.com/r/clustermeerkat)