nice to see a real hack

Posted at 1:03 pm on Jun 6th, 2008 by tiuk

This hack is so straightforward it’s hilarious. We’ll be seeing dual-core microcontrollers next.

Posted at 1:42 pm on Jun 6th, 2008 by Solenoidclock

Wow that is sweet, I didn’t know there were custom firmwares available for the wii, thought you had to launch TP at every boot to access homebrew.

Posted at 1:44 pm on Jun 6th, 2008 by Edward Nardella

@nardella:
there isnt.

But now they have the ability to test to make changes to the wii without having to buy a new one if they fail.

Posted at 1:54 pm on Jun 6th, 2008 by Jaykie

This reminds me of hacks made to the TRS-80 Model I to add lower-case letters or speed the computer up.

Posted at 3:58 pm on Jun 6th, 2008 by Psion

I’d like to see someone complain about this being a hack or not being a hack, because it is the perfect definition of a hack. It is so brilliant, yet utterly simple and one of those things that make you go “duh! why didn’t I think of that!”

Posted at 4:09 pm on Jun 6th, 2008 by Mike

Quite similar to the XBox 360 modchip or the PSP chip, both of which were so god damn obvious that no one noticed.
I can’t wait to see where this is going, but he really needs to add an easy-flash interface for this to be a spectacular hack. The only issue right now is that he has to take them out to flash them. Perhaps wiring two platforms into the case would be an option?

Posted at 4:33 pm on Jun 6th, 2008 by Dzugavili

This is really cool. I wish I had a steady enough hand to solder surface mounted chips. Just not reliable enough with it to trust myself. Great to see someone use chip stacking though. Isn’t that how people used to add more memory or storage to old computers and video games?

Posted at 9:49 am on Jun 7th, 2008 by Carpespasm

Hey carpe! Chips this size can be a pain – I use a $200 stereo microscope from ebay & that helps a lot. Also know that flash memory chips typically use only 1/2 of their pins, so if you mess up, look at the schematic and see if it actually matters.

I added 32KB of memory to my TI Basicalc http://www.datamath.org/graphing/ti-74.htm
.. but it’s a lot easier to do when it’s in DIP packaging! Here’s its PCB:
http://www.datamath.org/graphing/jpeg_ti-74.htm

Posted at 12:05 pm on Jun 7th, 2008 by morcheeba

@Solenoidclock:

1. There are already multicore microcontrollers like Parallax’s Propeller.

2. This approach wouldn’t work for “dual core MPUs.” But would work to switch programs running on the MPU, barring you don’t flip the switch mid-execution.

Posted at 10:37 am on Jun 9th, 2008 by J. A. Streich

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Posted at 8:22 am on Sep 6th, 2008 by Wii Dual NAND Flash Hack - Hack a Wii - Wiimote Hacks, Mod Chips, DIY Nintendo Wii projects and more

Nice. It takes a lot of guts to put solder to a $250 console.

Posted at 9:41 pm on May 18th, 2009 by Princessb89