Discussion The NUON Controller Polyface chip thread

[The Helper]

I sent in Request for Quotes on the NUON Polyface chip references I found but I noticed that one of the sources had reduced stock of at least 150. I am removing all links on this site to the sources except for this thread. I just want to watch what the interest is on these specific links here or interest in this.

Source 1
Source Gone

Shows over 6K Stock on all referenced chips but then tries to get you to sign up and so far I have not a confirmation email.

Source 2

NUON Products Series - Jotrin Electronics

NUON Electronic Components is available from Jotrin, provide the product page for detailed information, you can find IC Chips, Discrete Semiconductors you want at the platform.

www.jotrin.com

This is the source that went down by 150 since my last check. This one looks like it has 200 Aries 3 chips in stock too Still have not received any email confirmation on this either.

Both of these links are probably in China. Whatever. I am going to get to the bottom of this and this thread is for that.

 

[Stephen]

Interesting - we should start a group buy!

 

[The Helper]

I still have not received any kind of replies to either of my RFQs

 

[The Helper]

Here is kind of a related thread to this

Whatever happened with the controller boards to build spinner controllers and what not for the nuon?

did anyone ever get to order one?

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here is the active thread on this other thing

Big News on NUON Controller Development

Carl of Songbird Productions is teaming up with Lee Olivares (maker of the Yak Twister boards and holder (hoarder? Haha) of the polyface chips) to see if they can make some headway on a NUON controller option. This could be epic! Screenshot below from AtariAge. PS Nick Persijn also posted there...

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[The Helper]

Just got a reply to my RFQ from Jotrin Electronics

High appreciate your RFQ.
This is Miki Du from Jotrin Electronics Limited.
we are sincerely sorry that this part VMLABS is unavailable from us now, I hope we can do next order.
We Focus on ICs,diodes,transistor,resistor,capacitor,IGBT module, crystal oscillator,relay and all kinds of electronic component.

 

[The Helper]

Here is a random Google Search thread on Polyface chips from 2016

Is this obscure enough for you?

Is this obscure enough for you?

geekhack.org

for your polyface viewing pleasure

 

[The Helper]

I just submitted two more RFQs on NUON Polyface chips. The DVDSpares login passed through and so the last of the sources is being asked.

Jotrin is out at this point. This is DVDSpares now...

 

[midnight8]

i tried to put in a request on one of these sites one time and never heard anything back at all

 

[The Helper]

Yeah they both replied that they do not have anything.

 

[midnight8]

Yeah they both replied that they do not have anything.

little wild that their sites say they have thousands of them

 

[The Helper]

This thread is still opened but I am un-sticking it as none of the sites have any of these in stock they are just putting BS out there.

 

[The Helper]

I still get emails from these sources trying to sell me other chips

 

[The Helper]

Did anyone find out anything new on this Polyface Chip in the NUON controller when we got the controller adaptors from songbird and others? I know there were significant resources put into figuring out how to emulate a NUON controller did anybody who was in on that see anything that could help us upload stuff through it? Right now we have to test all homebrew using an emulator or the DVD method - Dragonshadow said it might be possible to use that as a debug or test interface. Anybody up to this challenge?

 

[The Helper]

Some Polyface chip code has come up

Guide - NUON Tech Stuff - Working Example of NUON Controller Polyface chip communication

Working Example of NUON Controller Polyface chip communication https://github.com/RobertDaleSmith/USBRetro/blob/master/src/console/nuon/nuon.c

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We are going to get this people! Trust me We have some really smart motherfuckers on this