Game Boy RW, host side

This is the host side of my Game Boy reader/writer.

• gb-rw-firm: Firmware part of the program (also written in Rust!).
• gb-cart-nucleo-shield: PCB design to beused on top of a STM32 Nucleo compatible development board.

Supported features:

• Reading zipped ROM files to write
• GB
  • Reading ROM
  • Reading/Writing SRAM
  • Flashing ROM on flash Chinese cartridges
• GBA
  • Reading ROM
  • Flashing ROM on flash Chinese cartridges

Details

You can read more about how reprogramming Game Boy Chinese cartridge works in my blog post:

• Writing Game Boy Chinese cartridges with an STM32F4

This program also uses my uRPC library (client side) to communicate with the microcontroller via UART.

Usage

Main subcommands

Gameboy cartridge read/writer

USAGE:
    gb-rw-host [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help        Prints help information
    -n, --no-reset    Don't reset the development board
    -V, --version     Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -b, --baud <RATE>        Set the baud rate [default: 1500000]
    -d, --board <BOARD>      Set the development board: generic, st [default: st]
    -s, --serial <DEVICE>    Set the serial device [default: /dev/ttyACM0]

SUBCOMMANDS:
    debug    Device debug functions
    gb       Gameboy functions
    gba      Gameboy Advance functions
    help     Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Gameboy subcommands

Gameboy functions

USAGE:
    gb-rw-host gb [SUBCOMMAND]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

SUBCOMMANDS:
    erase         erase Gameboy Flash ROM
    flash-info    Gameboy Flash chip info
    help          Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
    read          read Gameboy ROM test
    read-ram      read Gameboy RAM
    read-rom      read Gameboy ROM
    write-ram     write Gameboy RAM
    write-rom     write Gameboy Flash ROM

Gameboy Advance subcommands

Gameboy Advance functions

USAGE:
    gb-rw-host gba [SUBCOMMAND]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

SUBCOMMANDS:
    help          Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
    read-rom      read Gameboy Advance ROM
    write-rom     write Gameboy Advance ROM

License

The code is released under the 3-clause BSD License.