Based on the Gamebuino at www.gamebuino.com

My implentation using an arduino nano dev board

The boot loader has been flashed eith a modified version of optiboot.

Shall post further developments as I test the board

Next shall be the micro sd reader

Flashed the nano with information at

http://gamebuino.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=932

Experimental boot loader available at

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BweEjvtKj1KLMnMxNHFlSnZYN2s/edit?usp=sharing

At the moment my layout based on this schematic

David R. wrote:
> At the moment my layout based on this schematic
I can see no (in numbers 0) decoupling capacitors at the ATmega...

You should NOT conntect Aref to Avcc. Instead you sould connect only a 
capacitor from Aref to GND:

1

      Vcc --------| Avcc

2

                  |

3

           .------| Aref

4

           |      |

5

10n..100n ===

6

           |

7

          ---

Then you can also make use of the internal reference volatage. And of 
course you can use Vcc as refeerence voltage also. Simply select it as 
reference source in the ADC settings.

Lothar I'm only using the schematic as a guide, I dont have any 
connection to aref at the moment.

But I'll bear it in mind for later

Ive now rewired the board, it looks alot better

The sd board is attached, formatted to fat 16, loader.hex and 
settings.hex are present on the sd card.

With the sd card is inserted, the screen backlight has a slight pulsing 
action, take it out and its steady! Both the screen and the sd module 
connect to the same clock and mosi.

The sd card is running off 5v via its on board regulator and the screen 
off 3.3v from the nano

Next for the buttons

Using the arduino ide and editing the board.txt file

Place this code at the end

gamebuino.name=Gamebuino Nano
gamebuino.upload.tool=avrdude
gamebuino.upload.protocol=arduino
gamebuino.bootloader.tool=avrdude
gamebuino.bootloader.unlock_bits=0x3F
gamebuino.bootloader.lock_bits=0x0F
gamebuino.upload.maximum_size=30720
gamebuino.upload.maximum_data_size=2048
gamebuino.upload.speed=57600
gamebuino.bootloader.low_fuses=0xFF
gamebuino.bootloader.high_fuses=0xDA
gamebuino.bootloader.extended_fuses=0x05
gamebuino.bootloader.file=gamebuino_boot/gamebuino_boot.hex
gamebuino.build.mcu=atmega328p
gamebuino.build.f_cpu=16000000L
gamebuino.build.board=AVR_NANO
gamebuino.build.core=arduino
gamebuino.build.variant=eightanaloginputs

Then using a usbasp programmer, connect the icsp header to the nano 
board.

Then goto tools in the ide and select programmer as arduino asp or 
usbasp, choose board as gamebuino nano then choose burn bootloader

Hey presto the bootloader is written and when the sd module is wired 
pressing c on the clone the bootloader flashes the Gamebuino clone with 
the loader.hex for choose what ever is on you sd card, game or settings.

Prior to doing the above

Download and extract to my documents on windows or the sketch folder if 
on mac the 3 folders

When using the arduino ide, goto examples to see if gamebuino is there, 
if so you have installed the routines for the Gamebuino clone

https://github.com/Rodot/Gamebuino/archive/master.zip

My new layout using single core hook up wire

The left button A , the middle button is down, the right button is C for 
exiting games and accessing the SD

Next a nice pcb with probably just a atmega 328 instead of the nano 
board

What is your problemuino?

Pete K. wrote:
> What is your problemuino?

I have no problem, I am the author and  this is my post

If anyone else would like to build

Hi. You need a 100nf decoupling capacitor on the supply lines to the 
lcd.

My latest design. Fully compatible with gamebuino and makerbuino.

Bastler wrote:
> THT components ... really?!
> Groundplane?
Well, i don't see any sense in recreating something that already exists 
except learning purpose.

But whats the problem with THT? It's easy to solder and absolutely OK 
for home made projects like this.
And theres no need for a ground plane on "slow" mcu's like AVRs, but it 
would be good for learning how to make perfect layouts.

mfg

Woz is in the air wrote:
> David R. wrote:
>> My new layout using single core hook up wire
>
> There  is no layout, this is a mess! Get yourself a soldering iron if
> you wish to become an engineer.

Why don't You all stop bitching. If you don't like it, don't comment 
with shit criticism. This is a diy version of a smd board for noobs to 
make.

See my website at www.makerbuino.com