Another Aladdin XT from AliExpress

[Marty]

Don't really care what's on it. It's getting the Aladdin Mod.

 

[Bowlsnapper]

Got everything you need to flash the CPLD and SST?

[Marty]

I've already done two....but everything is packed up right now because I'm moving.

[PRince404]

I recently saw on twitter, there are Aladdin chips with LCD support? 

[Bowlsnapper]

6 minutes ago, PRince404 said:

I recently saw on twitter, there are Aladdin chips with LCD support? 

I think that was something ryzee did. It uses the Aladdin cpld to drive an LCD. However, it needs to either be in parallel on the lpc pin header or a tsop is needed, because the CPLD is tied up driving the LCD instead of managing the chip flash.

[KaosEngineer]

2 hours ago, PRince404 said:

I recently saw on twitter, there are Aladdin chips with LCD support? 

There were Aladdin 64's (a.k.a. XenoFX Pro's) that used a Lattice LC4064V CPLD instead of an LC4032V CPLD.  The 12 pads to the right of the one labeled BT on the top of the above pictured modchip connected to the LCD module.  And, there was a potentiometer on the three pads forming a triangle below them used to adjust the contrast of the display.

XenoFX Pro Installation Diagram archived at the Wayback Machine:

xenochip_xt_diagram_1_0.jpg (962×840) (archive.org)

 

[Bowlsnapper]

7 minutes ago, KaosEngineer said:

There were Aladdin 64's (a.k.a. XenoFX Pro's) that used a Lattice LC4064V CPLD instead of an LC4032V CPLD.  The 12 pads to the right of the one labeled BT on the top of the above pictured modchip connected to the LCD module.  And, there was a potentiometer on the three pads forming a triangle below them used to adjust the contrast of the display.

XenoFX Pro Installation Diagram archived at the Wayback Machine:

xenochip_xt_diagram_1_0.jpg (962×840) (archive.org)

 

Wasn't the CPLD then incapable of running the chip? I thought I remembered reading that...

[KaosEngineer]

4 minutes ago, Bowlsnapper said:

Wasn't the CPLD then incapable of running the chip? I thought I remembered reading that...

The LC4064V CPLD found on the Aladdin 64's, XenoFX Pro's, can do both functions.  Edit: It has twice as many programmable Macrocells - 64 instead of 32 of an LC4032V CPLD.

Modding the current Aladdin's with an LC4032 can only be programmed to work as a modchip - boot a modified BIOS from the flash chip onboard or act as an LCD driver.

[Marty]

7 minutes ago, KaosEngineer said:

boot a modified BIOS from the flash chip onboard or act as an LCD driver.

My plan is to use one to drive a display on one of my TSOP consoles.

[Marty]

1 hour ago, KaosEngineer said:

The LC4064V CPLD found on the Aladdin 64's, XenoFX Pro's, can do both functions.  Edit: It has twice as many programmable Macrocells - 64 instead of 32 of an LC4032V CPLD.

Modding the current Aladdin's with an LC4032 can only be programmed to work as a modchip - boot a modified BIOS from the flash chip onboard or act as an LCD driver.

Yep, found it...

https://github.com/Ryzee119/AladdinLCD

[Bowlsnapper]

4 hours ago, Marty said:

My plan is to use one to drive a display on one of my TSOP consoles.

Then you will be set. I would be scared to cut into the font panel, though. I would probably just frankenstein it and glue it to the front of the console. lol