looking for arduino based multi boot cable for game boy advance, lost in space

• looking for arduino based multi boot cable for game boy advance, lost in space
  Posted by legacy on 06 Oct, 2014 13:59
• hi guys
  googling around i have found this useful article that shows you "how" you could upload an application into nintendo gameboy advanced. Unfortunately the article is pointing to a dead link about the arduino project, so i have opened this thread to ask if someone of you has saved the project and could share.
  
  Thank you.
  
• #1 Reply
  Posted by IanJ on 07 Oct, 2014 17:10
• Is this the page you are looking for?
  
  http://web.archive.org/web/20100815071014/http://blog.evildro.me.uk/?p=21
  
  Ian.
• #2 Reply
  Posted by legacy on 07 Oct, 2014 22:12
• yes, thank you!
  
• #3 Reply
  Posted by legacy on 08 Oct, 2014 10:48
• very very useful information, i am toying with my GBA SP, pretty able to upload things in its internal 256Kbyte ram through the serial cable (made with an Arduino micro) 
• #4 Reply
  Posted by TeaNTronics on 12 Nov, 2014 17:06
• sorry for jumping this 1 month old post up back,
  
  but i just want to tell i tired use this GBA Multi-booter too (about 6 months ago),
  unfortunately, from what i've found, there is no tool for windows for this 
  (except really old and outdated one that works with old printer port, and hard to work with, and also make problems  ).
  
  So the only way you can run the tool is under linux or Mac OS.
  anyway, i made to myself a small "dev-kit" of all necessary files needed for running this tool,
  i'm attaching it.
  it's including also instructions, some schematic, and 2 GBA Multi-boot tools:
  
  - MSMCcable-1.01 (arduino sketch type)
  - usb-gba-multiboot (arduino leonardo "frameware flashing" type, see: http://youtu.be/Zfmj_KPE_L4)
   (can be found under "Other Booting Tool" folder)
  
  i tired to do it in Oracle VM VirtualBox with "PClinux", and it didn't work, its because the drivers in the latest linux version cannot support the MSMCcable-1.01 (which using old libraries),
  so i guess the best way is to try it out with older linux versions (linux versions from 2004~2003, might work) and then try to install it.
  
  i hope i've helped you with this

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  GBA Arduino link.zip
• #5 Reply
  Posted by TeaNTronics on 12 Nov, 2014 18:43
• btw, i forgot to say, i dont have the BGA Link cable too,
  you can order gameboy link cable for 1~3$ on ebay, cut it and rewire it to the arduino.
  but i decide to do other thing, i've added serial port on my gameboy (using dupont 2.54mm connector)(see pictures)
  so i can easily connect it to the arduino (with logic level converter of course).
  
  
  i solder it to all 4 Serial pins on the gameboy link port.
  its was really tight fit, i didn't had more room to use 5 pin connector. (for ground wire to the arduino)
  so i'm using gameboy usb charge cable,
  and i connect the ground the the arduino.

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