I don't know. Nintendo is pretty conservative about their figures, at least compared to Sony and MS. Who knows, maybe 13.5 is a conservative number as well, but I wouldn't get my hopes up that much.icurafu said:
High end universal remotes, some of them costing as much or more than the projected price for Craigix's new machine, use LCD touch-screen controls which can be customized for the particular equipment combination. With a built in IR LED and the proper application software, his machine could easily equal these very expensive remotes. Even though implementation of a high output LED wouldn't cost much, in the interest of not adding to the "include the kitchen sink" trend here, I won't claim that it's a must have feature. The only "must have" in my book is a powerful portable gaming machine at a reasonable price. An optional USB IR emitter powered by the USB port could be added to the game system to allow it to serve as a remote.Exophase said:
Don't get excited, DON'T GET EXCITED!!!.... AARRRRGHHH, Mewants! :lol:Eolair said:
mavsman4457 said:Don't worry, there probably won't be rumble anyways since this is the first time it's been brought upsam fisher said:
Nope, it's been brought up and shouted down before. Rumble is a sucky idea. Dont.
What? Is Sir Clive sponsoring this?Lurkio said:h34r:
'IR' isn't the end of it all though. To be understood by a TV, DVD Player or whatever, the IR needs to be placed on an appropriate carrier. 38Khz is typical, but some devices do expect others (I've seen 36Khz too for example). This could be done in software, but is Linux's timing that accurate?Dubya' said:
You know, the other day I thought of that myself. Where indeed! the thing is, originally I wasn't even looking to designing the look of the console, as I don't know where to put the connections - headphone socket, usb etc. Sure I could draw them in anywhere but that doesn't neccesarily make it possible or the most practical way of doing things.. To a degree I suppose the board is designed around the casing, and so what began as a pic to illustrate the trigger idea has moved up a little. You'd think that considering the main point of the pics were to show the triggers I would have drawn them wide enough for your fingers, wouldn't youX-Code said:
Eolair said:It would be nice if the OMAP3430 is using the SGX530. It has an effective fill rate of 1200M pixels/s and 13.5M polygons/s. It's not the highest mobile SGX but has more than enough power for our uses IMO.Lazy8s said:
i.MX31 comparison:
135M pixels/s and 1.7M polygons/s
I wouldn't expect that kind of performance from any embedded processor. There are two things that stand in the way of achieving those "magic" numbers:
1. Memory interface - must have dedicated RAM on a dedicated channel which no SOC has, it is always shared with main memory. For example, yes the MBX lite is rated up to 1.7M polys but the i.MX31 is rated at only 0.8M polys realistic throughputs with effects applied. If the OMAP SGX core can do 13.5M polys, maybe we can see 3M? (still very impressive and beats Nvidia or ATI's embedded graphics chips) I think some of those MIPS chips with GPUs use 64-bit interfaces to double date throughput, but it's MIPS, so nevermind.
2. Clock speed of GPU core - I believe that clock can be up to 200MHz but isn't likely to run at that speed once the core is inserted into a chip design and has to scale back according to the architecture and transistor layout it needs to mesh with.
Having said that, the OMAP3430 should kick the crap out of the I.MX31 in many applications.
I agree, a £200 remote control that needs to have its batteries changed on a daily basis would suck! (Whether it had an analogue control or notcowai said:
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The ethernet was just an example. With proper libraries and a good connection to the other components, an FPGA would be awesome. Look at these:Squidge said:
Still not revealing the number of shoulder buttons eh (or at least the number of inputs available on the shoulders)craigix said:OMAP does not support 2xSD
Wifi yes, bluetooth no (sorry).
Microphone yes!
