noobiest of noob questions

[jonnypoko]

Hi, stupid question about setup - I have built two of these this week (Bobricius boards with and without integrated keyboards) with the intention of presenting it to a friend for his 50th Birthday tomorrow! so I am rushing and running out of time for troubleshooting - which is probably why I have missed this (I usually like to persevere more with snagging before asking for help) Both boards boot into the spectrum 128k menu screen but the on-board cursor and keyboard do nothing - I have been able to get into the emulator menu to confirm the circuits havenent frozen, but there is no movement of the cyan bar on the sinclair menu - is this normal? i.e. is just a splash screen and everything is done through the emultor menu or am I missing a setup step? I'm sure this is answered elsewhere - just point me at the 'FAQ for dummies' cheers!!

[fruit-bat]

Post a pic of the boards just so I can be sure which you have.

[fruit-bat]

Tell me which firmware you are using and if you got it from this site

[DPRCZ]

Could be issue with keyboard connectors / swapped side or if you use old membrane keyboard it could be already dead. First of all try to attach USB keyboard.

[DPRCZ]

[jonnypoko]

[jonnypoko]

Sorry, what a nuts day - just got free, So the keys that I expected to work for the spectrum menu were the discrete cursor buttons in the circle or the keyboard buttons on the top board that I have soldered - plugging in a usb keyboard works - I havent tried a membrane yet

[jonnypoko]

Firware is "ZxSpectrumPicomputerVgaAukBob_720x576x50Hz.uf2" from this site yes

[DPRCZ]

"ZxSpectrumPicomputerVgaAukBob_720x576x50Hz.uf2" this firmware could be tricky for moust VGA monitor, but if you have picture on screen - it works for you.

Try firmware from this page: https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/PICOZX_motherboard_for_ZX_Spectrum_original_case_5bbde8be.html

[fruit-bat]

I had to remind myself how that all worked, so I updated the document here: https://github.com/fruit-bat/pico-zxspectrum/blob/main/docs/pico_zx48_128.md

Note that you should be able to move up and down the menu using CAPS SHIFT 7 and CAPS SHIFT 6 respectively.

If you find other things you wish had been in the documentation please let me know and I will add them.

Hope the birthday celebrations go well!

Joystick buttons & modes

The PCB has some buttons which can act as a joystick or the ZX Spectrum cursor. The LED on the Pico PI indicates the mode:

LED	mode
off	joystick mode
on	cursor mode

To switch mode make sure you are viewing the ZX Spectrum display (not the menus), then press CAPS SHIFT and one of <<< or >>> at the same time:

Keys	Mode
CAPS SHIFT <<<	Cursor
CAPS SHIFT >>>	Joystick

When the machine boots, the buttons are configure to act as a joystick.

When in joystick mode the buttons act as a Kemptson joystick.

[jonnypoko]

Thanks guys - I'll try all that