The PSCD32 is an adapter allowing you to use wired PlayStation 1- and PlayStation 2-compatible digital or analogue controllers with your Commodore Amiga CD32 console, any computer in the Amiga series (A1000, A500, A2000, A3000, A4000, A600 or A1200).
The PSCD32 has four output modes: CD32 Joypad Emulation, enhanced two-button Amiga joystick, two-button Amiga mouse and alternate layout Amiga joypad mode.
By pressing a simple button combination during play, you can switch between any of these modes at any time:
In CD32 Joypad Emulation mode, your PS pad will act exactly as a CD32 pad!
The symbol buttons will match the colour buttons of the CD32, the topmost shoulder buttons are mapped, and Start acts as Play/Pause.
When used with an A500 or A1200, it will work as a two-button joystick for games like B.C. Kid or Super Obliteration. CD32-aware games will automatically use all the available buttons.
In Enhanced Two-Button Joystick mode, two of the buttons become autofire-capable!
The pad will function as a two-button joypad, with Square and Triangle now mapped to Autofire 1 and 2.
In Two-Button Amiga Mouse mode, your PS pad will act as an Amiga mouse!
The directional buttons or left analogue stick can be used to move the mouse cursor. The face or shoulder buttons can be used as Left and Right mouse buttons.
In Alternate Layout Joypad mode, a special layout is enabled to allow finer control in early Amiga games.
For games with 'up to jump', you can now use the X button to jump! Fire 1, Autofire 1 and Fire 2 are all accessible on the face buttons. This mode is a great alternative for old platform games that use 'up to jump', 'tap fire to shoot' and 'hold fire for special ability' controls such as Wolfchild and Magic Pockets!
The left analogue stick can also be used in place of the directional pad in all modes.
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Default CD32 joypad behaviour
Works just like a CD32 pad, compatible with CD32 games as well as A500/A1200 one- or two-button games.
Rew
FF
Play/Pause
Red / Fire 1
Blue / Fire 2
Yellow
Green + Auto-fire mode
Works like an A500/A1200 two-button joypad, with extra autofire buttons.
Fire 1
Fire 2
Autofire 1
Autofire 2 Fire 1
Fire 2
Autofire 1
Autofire 2 + Mouse mode
Emulates a two-button Amiga mouse.
The D-pad or the left analogue stick can be used to move the cursor.
or LMB or RMB + Button to Jump mode
Works like a two-button joystick, with Up mapped to a button for games that use Up to Jump.
The D-pad or the left analogue stick control the directions left, right and down.
Up
Down
Up
Fire 1
Fire 2
Autofire 1
The prototype PSCD32 is constructed from entirely through-hole components (no surface mount soldering required!) and is easy to assemble at home.
The PSCD32 is powered by a PIC24FJ32GA002 microcontroller, which handles the polling of the PS2 pad and the response to incoming polls from the Amiga through SPI hardware modules. The incoming 5V power is reduced to 3.3V by a MIC2940A-3.3V regulator.
The microcontroller and regulator were provided by Microchip and Micrel as engineering samples.
PIC firmware images and source download. (Firmware image is in 'dist' directory.)
Schematic, Eagle Files, Gerbers, Bill of Materials download.
Blender design files and STLs for upper and lower section of case download.
It's a simple enclosure designed for 3D printing. It has to be able to hold the cable securely and be tall enough to hold the Micrel regulator vertically, since that's how it's mounted in my prototype. I could make a surface mount one, but I felt like soldering something together. This model is very easy to make at home.
Possibly! But this one is mine. :)
I haven't got a clue. If it's electrically compatible with (i.e. identical to) an Amiga 500, then it's likely. Otherwise, it's possible that the required power pins won't be present, and damage to the PSCD32 or CDTV may result.
The source code should be source-compatible with many of the PIC24 and dsPIC33 chips in all the form factors without modification. The firmware requires a scandalous 54 bytes of data RAM (excl. stack variables) and 3960 bytes of program PROM. Using the binary firmware image on a PIC other than a PIC24FJ32GA002-I/SP is not recommended or supported.
matt@mrdictionary.net
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