Jun Soft MPX H/W R2.0 User Manual

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Media Player eXtended
TM
MPX
User Manual
preliminary release
version 2.0b
relevant to
MPXÔ H/W R2.0
Presented by Jun Soft
Jul 12, 2017
1/11
2017 © Jun Soft

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  • Page 1 Media Player eXtended User Manual preliminary release version 2.0b relevant to MPXÔ H/W R2.0 Presented by Jun Soft Jul 12, 2017 1/11 2017 © Jun Soft...
  • Page 2 Totally revised. • Figure 1: connection to audio devices, modified. • Table 1: memory map, modified. • Table 2: status register, errata fixed. • Setup utility and start-up sound file sub-sections are added in MIOS section. 2/11 2017 © Jun Soft...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4.3.1 Memory mapper........................9 4.3.2 Audio control registers......................9 4.3.3 Special registers........................9 Tools To playback a mp3 file, MPX in slot 2................10 With more detail information....................10 To update MIOS........................10 MIOS 6.1 Setup Utility..........................11 6.2 Startup Sound File........................11 Acknowledgement 3/11 2017 © Jun Soft...
  • Page 4 Index of Tables Table 1: memory map...........................8 Table 2: status register..........................9 Table 3: control register........................10 Illustration Index Figure 1: connection to audio devices....................6 Figure 2: board layout..........................8 4/11 2017 © Jun Soft...
  • Page 5: Introduction

    1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing and using Jun Soft's Products. MPX is a media processing cartridge for MSX computer systems. It supports lots of commonly used media files, mainly focused on mp3 but not limited to. The purpose of MPX is to playback media files with small computation power of MSX.
  • Page 6: Quick Installation

    Also you can mix external audio signals via two audio input connectors. A typical configuration is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: connection to audio devices 6/11 2017 © Jun Soft...
  • Page 7: Checking Hardware

    MSX does not work correctly, you can disable the internal flash memory of MPX and save your MSX from the malfunction. Also it’s safe that you disable the flash memory before MSX boots, if you want to update software. 7/11 2017 © Jun Soft...
  • Page 8: Memory Map

    Memory mapper for bank 1 7800H-7BFFH REG_FIFO FIFO memory 7C00H REG_CODEC Audio CODEC control 7D00H REG_DAC Audio DAC control 7E00H REG_STAT Status register 7F00H REG_CTRL Control register 8000H-BFFFH BANK1 Flash memory (bank 1) Table 1: memory map 8/11 2017 © Jun Soft...
  • Page 9: Memory Mapper

    1’: FIFO available (minimum 512 bytes burst write acceptable) ‘ FIFO_NEF 1’: FIFO not empty ‘ 1’: Interrupt requested ‘ SPI1_BUSY 1’: DAC SPI I/F busy ‘ SPI0_BUSY 1’: CODEC SPI I/F busy ‘ Table 2: status register 9/11 2017 © Jun Soft...
  • Page 10: Tools

    . It’s a command line tool to playback meida files. Another important tool is FlashPack memory tool, “fpmt.com”. Download them from Jun Soft blog and refer to output messages of the program with 'h' option. Some examples are following. To playback a mp3 file, MPX in slot 2 A:>...
  • Page 11: Setup Utility

    Please continuously check it out on Jun Soft's blog and update MIOS if possible. Refer to the programming manual of MIOS for more details. 6.1 Setup Utility From MIOS v0.3, a setup utility is included. If you press ‘<DEL>’ key when MSX boots, the setup utility is invoked.

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