I've tested it in a few games and it seems to work fine. The memory card image must be exactly 128KB in size (131072 bytes, the exact size of an original memory card) and must be named exactly "MEMCARD.MCR".Īlso remember to perform safe-ejection after uploading a new memory card image otherwise the data will not be processed correctly. To upload/download a memory card image simply plug in PicoMemcard into your pc and copy to/from the PicoMC disk. To install PicoMemcard on the raspberry simply plug it in via a micro USB cable while pressing the "BOOTSEL" button, than drag and drop the latest release of PicoMemcard. If you are using the controller cord the connections are slightly different, you can find the controller pinout here. Than you can scrape away the protective film on top of the traces and solder the wires onto them (yellow squares).įinally cut a hole at the bottom in order to feed the wires out (dashed red area). You need to cut a grove deep enough to disconnect the original memory controller (dashed red line). The schematic below shows what pins of the Pico need to be connected when using a Memory card.
The total cost of the whole project is less than what would cost an original Memory card!Īssembling the device is quite easy. I Will post some pictures as soon as I receive the first prototype) Basically everything works, clone Memory cards can be found on AliExpress for less than 2$)Ĭontroller cable (the connector that you plug into the PSX)Ĭustom PicoMemcard PCB (not yet available.
Memory card (original or a clone or even broken. For more in-depth information visit the compete github repository: Here I'm, posting a small guide on how to assemble the device and use it. Figured I posted this here since it's kinda a similar concept.īasically I recently created a Memory Card replacement for PSX using a Raspberry Pi Pico. I just finished watching the video Anthony did about reading cartriges from old consoles.
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