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KeithE

I am pleased to announce a new motion sensing product that I have developed with Neo Team: the MK6-Motion.

The MK6-Motion is a slot-1 flash cartridge with the same motion sensing capabilities as the DS Motion Card (tri-axis accelerometer + gyroscope).

The specifications can be found at neoflash.com.

Here are some details:

Contains 16 Megabits of flash, so you can load a small homebrew game or passthrough rom onto it
Has motion sensors just like DS Motion Card
Has EEPROM for saving

It is not 100% compatible with the existing DS Motion Card functions, but I have written new functions that allow developers to make their software compatible with the DS Motion Card, the DS Motion Pak (slot-2), and the MK6 Motion. 1 set of functions, and the game is compatible with all three types of DS motion sensors. This new function library will be released before the DS Motion Pak and MK6 Motion are available for sale.

Software is loaded onto the MK6 motion from a slot-2 flash cartridge using an app that will be released by Neo Team soon.

It works as a game cartridge with motion sensing on any DS - you don't need a flashed DS for it to work.

I'm pretty sure that Neo Team will release full DLDI drivers for it.

Diddl · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 410 Location: Austria

cool! why not a big nand flash of 16GBit like the MK5?

KeithE · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject:

Good question. You'll have to ask Neo Team for the answer - my role in the development dealt only with the sensor integration.

sirpoonga · Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 96 Location: WI

I don't like neo's website, it's confusing to me. Is there info on this there? it sounds like it has a passme integrated?

KeithE · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject:

There is a topic about this product on the neoflash forums:
http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,4081.0.html
Unfortunately, you'll have to register for the forum if you want to read it.

If you want to use it to boot a slot-2 device, you burn a passme rom to the card. To use it as a slot-1 flash card, you burn a game rom to it. In both cases, you burn the rom from a slot-2 cartridge using a yet to be released app.

The major advantage of the MK6 over the DS Motion Card is that you can use it as a passthrough (by burning the passme rom to the card), so you can run motion sensing games from slot-2 without a flashed DS or a separate passthrough card.

If you want, you can put your motion sensing game right on the card, so you'll have the game and motion sensor all in one card, and it will work on any DS.

It also has EEPROM memory for saving games states.

Lynx · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 1752

tepples · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:16 am Post subject:

KeithE · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject:

Lynx, I don't know of any homebrew games that use EEPROM for saving either.

This card makes that option available to people who want to use it - the EEPROM and the sensors share the SPI bus on the card, and there is a special command you can send to switch between the two. The source code for doing the switch will be released by the time the device is ready for sale.

By the way, this card WILL NOT RUN COMMERCIAL GAMES. It only has 16 megabits of flash - just enough for a small homebrew game or passme rom.

One more thing - Neoflash is giving some MK6 devices away to interested developers - see http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,4092.msg28249

One last thing - I don't see this as a replacement for the DS Motion Card. I see it as a complimentary product - it is more expensive, but offers an advantage to people who don't feel comfortable flashing their DS. I think expanding the number of ways for people to create and play motion sensing games is a good thing - it will result in more and better motion sensing games for all of us to enjoy.

Lynx · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 1752

sanguine · Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Posts: 8

So this device would prove to be more compatible than my current setup?

Im currently using a flashme'd ds lite with a motion card and a GBA movie player updated with Chishms firmware update.

my setup seems to have problems running certain ds motion software
can anyone reccomend anything that would increase my compatibility?
im looking for a slot 2 device, I think the problem is with running certain
PALIB games,

Im mainly thinking for using this as my DS Motion setup but I would consider purchasing this new device for improved compatibility, However I would still be interested in knowing what device I could use for best homebrew support.

Thanks
Rob

Lynx · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 1752

Interesting, that is my same setup and I haven't had any problems yet. Could it be your CF card?
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tepples · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:19 am Post subject:

KeithE · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject:

Dr.neo · Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 1

we will keep 2Mbit for the bootloader , then will have 12M flash + 2M sram + 2M eeprom for homebrew still.