Bootloader

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The bootloader is what allows you to load games from a computer with the USB port, or directly from the SD card without a computer. Or at least will, maybe, one day. For now, only the USB part is working.

That's why I need YOU, a bad-ass developer, to make it work. A guy already did that, but I didn't manage to compile the source yet.

My goal is first to compile and get it to work, obviously. Then, it has to be slightly modified to be easily usable on a Gamebuino. Here is how I picture it:

  • The SD card contains a program named "LOADER" which is loaded when the Gamebuino is turned on while pressing "C". This program allow you to navigate in the SD card and select a game. Then, it writes the game file's name in the EEPROM
  • Turn the Gamebuino off then back on
  • The boot-loader loads the game selected by reading its name in the EEPROM

All the EEPROM part is already included in 2boots, you just have to compile it and add the C button feature.

Good luck !