PS3 ESP32 webterminal for accessing syscon

[Trzyzet]

Hello,

I'm fixing computers and consoles for like 15 years by now and I've seen some new exciting stuff regarding the syscon.

I had an idea - Why instead of TTL cable use some esp32 with a web interface to type the commands even with your phone? And 20 minutes later I made some prototype code but I'm still waiting for esp32 to test it.

I implemented the most basic commands to power cycle and reset the console. I will finish to port whole python script soon.

For the future - I would like to add some UI to make overclock/undervolt easier with drop down lists to choose from and clicking 'send'. Also if its possible, maybe some realtime monitoring of voltage/clockspeeds/fanspeeds.

Where is the code? When I will test what I have on my RSX dead unit I will post it. I hope to fit everything to a cheapest esp32 C3.

PS Btw, bumpgate is real, nvidia had so many problems in their GPUs from 2007-2008 - every single laptop with nvidia GPU from that time just died.

 

[NightLess]

I'm not an expert in this area, but one of the confusions I personally have is that when the ps3 power on, you send a command to syscon and it doesn't return a result. Instead, it has to send the command twice before returning a result. Also, the returned result doesn't change in real time. If you want to get certain data, does it mean you have to keep sending commands? Will this have any negative effects?