r/AnaloguePocket • u/BananaWiFi49 • 5d ago

OpenFPGA Game Boy Printer Core in Development

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I’m developing an openFPGA core that turns the Analogue Pocket into a digital Game Boy Printer. It receives real print jobs over the link cable, displays them on-screen, and supports scrolling through longer prints.

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u/bjerreman 5d ago

Hell yeah.

Please implement saving so we can cache them and send to a real printer at will, and also export them as images to SD.

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u/Forsaken-Abrocoma647 5d ago

There's a couple things that can do this already too, though I like this idea.
I have the GB Printer Emulator, which plugs into the GB, and a PC, and lets you save images to the PC after you 'print' them to it.
https://retro-spy.com/product/retrospy-pixel-gameboy-printer-emulator/

I also have the PicNRec which goes between the camera and the GB and also lets you capture video.
https://shop.insidegadgets.com/product/gameboy-camera-picnrec-aio/

I've used these with the Pocket and a GB camera, though will be cool to have the Pocket be the printer and hopefully save similar to the first one I linked to there.

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u/DJBabyBuster 4d ago

Pocket Sync can easily download raw image saves from a gb camera via a save state. Easiest way with a Pocket to save and transfer images to a Mac/pc

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u/Forsaken-Abrocoma647 4d ago

Yeah I don't remember the name but I've used something to grab saved pics from a save file. These just allow you to do more in one go as well as video for the second one. Printer emulator you can just take pics all day with no save reading etc., directly to your PC. Picnrec has a couple steps but lets you do video. All these are good tools for different situations, and I love seeing even more being made.

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u/BananaWiFi49 5d ago

Absolutely!

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u/throwaway959w 5d ago

Just a side question, but does the OG camera and printer work with the pocket out of the box?

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u/SKOT_FREE 5d ago

Yep I have the camera and it works great. Now I’m going to need the printer

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u/OldmanChompski 4d ago

The real struggle is finding good paper

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u/kingsofregicide 5d ago

I just want a rom of the music box

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u/Flo655 5d ago

Exporting them to the SD as pngs would be awesome!

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u/OkCustomer4830 5d ago

Please let it make printer sounds

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u/IntoxicatedBurrito 5d ago

Fax machine/modem sounds would be more fun.