No. Flippydrive also uses ESP32. They promised to make it open source in the future. But for now only PicoBoot is fully open source and free.

Since FT245RL in USB Gecko is just a UART bridge I highly recommend using generic serial driver instead of FTDI. There is a problem with all these PC apps that they were written with FTDI driver and it prevents us from moving USB Gecko hardware away from FTDI. I was working on an RP2040 port just to...

I haven't seen WiiRD source code but Gecko dotNet is available on GitHub: https://github.com/MasterofGalaxies/geckowii I believe Gecko dotNet was an alternative/successor to WiiRD. The protocol is also described on WiiBrew Wiki: https://wiibrew.org/wiki/USB_Gecko . I still make and sell USB Gecko cl...

It's supposed to load Swiss from the disc. You need to provide more details what's happening - do you get an error of some sorts? Watch the tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IlfBV1B9CI

Nice! I'm definitely going to follow your work. I hope to get one but seeing how expensive these things have became it might as well never happen

Have you tried it with a different TV? Maybe your TV does not support particular resolution.

Shipping is going to be insanely expensive. This thing weights like 150kg. I've bought mine a few weeks ago for ~250 EUR but it was a lucky shot. You can check on https://consolevariations.com/ who has one and ask around their Discord if someone would be willing to sell it. There are GC collector gr...

GCMM or Swiss and SD card adapter. You can transfer your saves to SD card and then back to another bank.

There are a few discord servers I can recommend: - reddit's r/GameCube Discord: https://discord.com/invite/gamecube All around server to talk about games, mods etc. - Extrems' Corner: https://discord.extremscorner.org/ - hands down the best place for homebrew developers - webhdx's modding lounge: ht...

M.2 Loader is still stuck on the production issues. I was so busy with life I couldn't really find time to fix it properly. There was also ETH2GC launch in the meantime etc. I hope to get it done soon. For the LCD Jewel it would be best to follow Laser Bear Industries but AFAIK in the last update th...

Hi webhdx, Could you describe more details about your GameCube ARAM expansion mod? Is there a project page (maybe in future on GitHub?) and/or a list of used components and wiring diagrams? I haven't published anything yet because it didn't work reliably. For some reason the module is only detected...

64MiB of total ARAM memory with larger onboard chip + external expansion via Hi Speed Port.

If you have a modchip installed, especially PicoBoot, check wire length. Similar symptoms occur when wires are too long and IPL patching fails. Unmodified consoles can still refuse to boot when electrolytic capacitors inside have gone bad. WIth 20+ years of service, GameCubes are now very prone to p...

I'd say it's a big waste to use another Pico. You can just move your code to PicoBoot and run it from the same board. PicoBoot only activates during boot and then idles, there are plenty of resources for other activities.

1. I think the only option now is to use external programmer. I've tried to conver VGC bios to DOL but my attempts were unsuccessful.
2. It's not supported in r5.2, the only option is to remove adapter or SD card.
3. I think there was an option to do it but can't confirm at the moment.

ViperGC can be flashed with iplboot r5.2 but it doesn't support SD2SP2. There is r8 prerelease that supposedly is compatible with ViperGC and has SD2SP2 support but I haven't tested this revision. I'd personally keep ViperGC as a collector item or sell it (it has suprisingly high value) and just mov...

Download new Swiss release, grab swiss_rXXXX.dol file, rename to ipl.dol and replace the file on SD card.

Yes, you just need SD card adapter like SD Gecko or SD2SP2 and FAT32 formatted memory card. Here is the documentation: https://github.com/webhdx/PicoBoot/wiki ... tion-guide

There are no replacements available. You can still flash it through the console I guess.

PicoBoot is much more convenient than XenoGC. It'll autoboot Swiss from SD card. No need for a boot disk. It's also very cheap.

PicoBoot v0.2 release Just a heads up I've just released new PicoBoot v0.2 firmware. It comes with updated iplboot which introduces overall reliability improvements and new features. The most important one is that you can hold D-Pad Down during boot to see output from iplboot. It's very useful to v...

Yeah you did a huge mess on that board. There are multiple shorts on Serial Port pins and you ripped a pad on U10. I'd recommend giving the console to someone who knows how to fix it. I'm afraid you'll do even more damage and make it unfixable.

If the LED goes off it means there is a short somewhere. No offence but your soldering looks really bad, the exposed parts of the wires are way too long and there are loose strands that can touch nearby points.

Try different card and/or adapter

Hey, send me a PM, I can make you one.