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MaplePad
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mackieks / MaplePad

MaplePad

🍁 Dreamcast controller emulator using RP2040. Supports 8-page memory card, SPI/I2C OLED for VMU LCD, and rumble.

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257GitHub stars
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What to know before exploring

What it is

🍁 Dreamcast controller emulator using RP2040. Supports 8-page memory card, SPI/I2C OLED for VMU LCD, and rumble.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-09-15 08:00:15 UTC to 2023-09-15 14:19:33 UTC.

012023-09-15 08:00:00 UTC to 2023-09-15 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsSep 15, 08:002023-09-15 09:00:00 UTC to 2023-09-15 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-09-15 10:00:00 UTC to 2023-09-15 11:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-09-15 11:00:00 UTC to 2023-09-15 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsSep 15, 11:002023-09-15 12:00:00 UTC to 2023-09-15 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-09-15 13:00:00 UTC to 2023-09-15 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-09-15 14:00:00 UTC to 2023-09-15 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsSep 15, 14:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Sep 15, 08:002023-09-15 08:00:00 UTC2023-09-15 09:00:00 UTC110
Sep 15, 09:002023-09-15 09:00:00 UTC2023-09-15 10:00:00 UTC000
Sep 15, 10:002023-09-15 10:00:00 UTC2023-09-15 11:00:00 UTC000
Sep 15, 11:002023-09-15 11:00:00 UTC2023-09-15 12:00:00 UTC000
Sep 15, 12:002023-09-15 12:00:00 UTC2023-09-15 13:00:00 UTC000
Sep 15, 13:002023-09-15 13:00:00 UTC2023-09-15 14:00:00 UTC000
Sep 15, 14:002023-09-15 14:00:00 UTC2023-09-15 15:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

2 sources
devwastaken·Sep 15, 2023
Looks like it was made possible by the Pico's PIO assembly/chip https://github.com/mackieks/MaplePad/blob/main/src/maple.pio The cycle accurate assembly language has enabled a number of timing sensitive FIFO data processes. What had to be done with FPGA's before has some limited support with PIO. I hope RPI increases the number of instructions and simultaneous running PIO machines in the future.
In MaplePad – RP2040 Dreamcast controller, VMU, and Purupuru (rumble pack) emulator

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