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== Pokemon Mini Hardware Overview ==
 
== Pokemon Mini Hardware Overview ==
 
[[Image:Pokemonmini.jpg|237px|thumb|right|Pokemon mini handheld device]]
 
[[Image:Pokemonmini.jpg|237px|thumb|right|Pokemon mini handheld device]]
The Pokemon Mini is a hand held created by Nintendo R&D3 around 1999. The hardware as engineered entirely in-house and does not appear to contain any off the shelf parts other than a few slightly less important crucial elements like the LCD controller and internal EEPROM.  The system is built around a 4mhz custom CPU (with a 4 cycle data access period), with a 4k bios image, 4k of ram and a 21-bit cartridge bus.  The internal memory map is decoded as 24-bit with no known mirrors.  The entire system is controlled by writting to 256 hardware registers, most of which are [[Open-Bus]].
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The Pokemon Mini is a hand held created by Nintendo R&D3 around 1999. It is based around the Epson S1C88 Core (then Timex/Seiko), and derives most peripherals from this system.
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The machine has a 4kB on-board OTP bios, 4kB of internal ram (shared with video subsystem) and a 21-bit cartridge bus.  The entire system is controlled by writting to 256 hardware registers, most of which are [[Open-Bus]].
  
 
* [[S1C88_Core|The Pokemon Mini CPU: S1C88]]
 
* [[S1C88_Core|The Pokemon Mini CPU: S1C88]]

Revision as of 22:17, 10 July 2015

Pokemon Mini Hardware Overview

Pokemon mini handheld device

The Pokemon Mini is a hand held created by Nintendo R&D3 around 1999. It is based around the Epson S1C88 Core (then Timex/Seiko), and derives most peripherals from this system.

The machine has a 4kB on-board OTP bios, 4kB of internal ram (shared with video subsystem) and a 21-bit cartridge bus. The entire system is controlled by writting to 256 hardware registers, most of which are Open-Bus.