My first impressions of the Pyra

[EvilDragon]

As it stands charging is very slow, I hope this can be optimized in due course

Charging should work fine. As long as the unit it running, it can be pretty slow, sure, as the unit itself needs a bit of power.
Using a proper power supply (3A, 5.3V) with a good MicroUSB-Cable (not too long and not too thin), connecting this to the USB-OTG port and then powering off the Pyra will quickly charge it.

 

[NoeleyC]

Today's update, installed a few emulators from the online repo (not the Pyra specific one). The first was ScummVM, it's not the latest build but it runs really well. Plays nicely with fullscreen. I didn't have files for Blade Runner or Grim Fandango ready so I don't know if it's up-to-date enough to run them but any of the older Lucasarts games seemed to run really well. another emulator I tried was FS-UAE, it will need a lot more further testing but my initial attempts did not work well. Even though I was trying to emulate an Amiga A500 the results were far too slow to be playable. I will try some more things at the weekend. I read that there might be a N64 build coming soon, that sounds really promising!

 

[EvilDragon]

another emulator I tried was FS-UAE, it will need a lot more further testing but my initial attempts did not work well. Even though I was trying to emulate an Amiga A500 the results were far too slow to be playable. I

Yes, as these usually use software scaling at the moment, which slows them down a lot.
Using hardware accelerated OpenGL / GLES will change that in the future

 

[levi]

Charging should work fine. As long as the unit it running, it can be pretty slow, sure, as the unit itself needs a bit of power.
Using a proper power supply (3A, 5.3V) with a good MicroUSB-Cable (not too long and not too thin), connecting this to the USB-OTG port and then powering off the Pyra will quickly charge it.

Does it really take a better charge using the USB3 micro-USB OTG port than it does using the dedicated USB2-like charge and debug port?

 

[Stouffa]

Does it really take a better charge using the USB3 micro-USB OTG port than it does using the dedicated USB2-like charge and debug port?

Stupid question time, is the OTG port the longer one at the end?

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[FelixNemis]

Yes, the one that looks like two ports squished together

 

[EvilDragon]

Does it really take a better charge using the USB3 micro-USB OTG port than it does using the dedicated USB2-like charge and debug port?

It depends. While debug port is dumb, so it doesn't talk to the power supply how much current it is allowed to draw. We increase the value when the system is running - but I'm not sure this value is kept when the system is switched off. So it could limit to 500mA max then.

The OTG port is smart and checks back with the power supply how much it can provide, so it always works, even when switched off.

 

[FBnil]

Heh, if a pro like Wally can't get his battery cover on, what chance do I have?

You'll be fine. Just picture the cover as a slice of pizza and the battery as a small heater...

 

[matzesu]

I didn’t had any issues after I figured out that it’s better this time to just put the Cover whit the battery on, but I wrote this several times..
seems like I have to make a video but first I have to figure out how to get the cover open to reinstall the Battery and cover on Film ^^

 

[Wally]

You'll be fine. Just picture the cover as a slice of pizza and the battery as a small heater...

also it was my first attempt ever. Can get it on pretty swiftly now

 

[matzesu]

I made a Video ^^

 

[netcat]

I made a Video ^^

did i miss mario land?

 

[matzesu]

It’s a bit difficult to play Mario Land on a Battery Cover Tutorial ^^

 

[PowerGod]

@matzesu : In one of the previous videos you wanted to cover IMEI, but in this last one is pretty visible

 

[matzesu]

Well, in my Unboxing, it’s ditnt work out anyway, so I thought as I don’t want to use 4G on my Pyra it wasn’t that important for me anymore..
maybe someone could hack me now, but why should someone?

 

[asimov-solensan]

Has anyone tested PPSSPP yet in Pyra? It is in the repo but nobody commented on the forums about how well it runs.

 

[matzesu]

Well, I thought about testing the older stuff from the Repo, but then I downloaded the Atari Emulator which ditnt worked because it was compiled for a 1 or so year older kernel, so I thought, anything older than the Drastic Port will not get tested by me..
could be they work now that whe have OpenGL

 

[Stouffa]

I also tried to download an Atari 800 emulator, but not from the Pyra repo though. It did not work. I've not tried The PSP emulator though, but as for hand Supertux didn't run for me either. I did manage to get my second battery working properly , it turns out I was getting caught with the issue with my SD card in the primary slot stopping bootup

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[Silent-Hunter]

Has anyone tested PPSSPP yet in Pyra? It is in the repo but nobody commented on the forums about how well it runs.

It just gives a black screen. Wally has said he will fix it soon.

 

[matzesu]

I wonder how good the Performance of the PSP Emulator might get, could be we get even 3D Games, GTA Vice City Storys on a Portable Console ? This will be cool and on cheap SD Cards, not on these over expensive PSVITA Memory Stick Pro Duo Successors..
And there is a cool Metal Slug Collection..