PS3 [User-Project] S-DMC, Selfmade DMC for Cobra ODE user

Hallo comm

I would like to present an user project from two friends (GamersRS & esprit1711 from psXtools) and me. Around october 2014, a friend asked about the possibility of a microcontroller based project. And i just said "of course" Chipwelt from psXtools had built a "switchmod" as alternative methode to the DMC and GamersRS asked me about a "microcontroller based switchmod". [break]ss[/break]

So the idea from the S-DMC was born

I had built a microcontroller (PIC16F628A) based circuit and had written a software in asm.
The prototype looks ugly but it works

And here esprit1711 comes into play. He designed and assembled a real "eye candy" PCB and then the big tests began.

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After finishing the big tests esprit1711 had kills few bugs on the PCB and i made an optimization the software for the PIC.
The final version was finished.
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S-DMC in aktion
:[video=youtube;3z-wluMGwIU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-wluMGwIU[/video]
[video=youtube;03Fc9cfMeps]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Fc9cfMeps[/video]
[video=youtube;u1kjo9t_Xag]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kjo9t_Xag[/video]
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The S-DMC is for Slim models. The installation is simple, there are just 4 wires to soldering (+ 2 optionale, 1 LED for swap-magic signaling) and one little cut one the power PCB of the PS3. The S-DMC simulate the switch positions from bd-drive so you are able to swap the disc and the PS3 don't get it
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Despite of the cuts on the power PCB i was able to preserve the original PS3 eject funtion.
Function of the S-DMC are:

• 1 click on eject button = normal official disc eject
• hold eject button(~10sec) = normal official bd-drive reset
• double-click on eject button = swap-magic for cobra ode

The official release was in early 2015 and until today there are no problems.
The end product works like a charm

More information:

• First present thread -> click here
• Official support thread -> click here
• Installation instructions -> click here

Credits goes to

• Chipwelt
• GamersRS
• esprit1711

Have fun

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Amazing work! what's the possibility of doing this for cobra ode?

 

Thanks

I don't know much about the ODE because i don't have an ODE. All i know is that you need to swap a disk since $ony's FW update 4.XX (i don't know exactly which firmware) for playing your backups through ODE.
The S-DMC can swap a disc and pretend all time that the disc is still inside. The ps3 doesn't notice that the disk was changed.

 

Is this something that could essential be evolved into something similar to swap magic for the ps2. As in backups on OFW? A simple hybrid disc made with an offical game and homebrew program that runs (i think the ps2 disc used crazy taxi to boot up and then the simple swap disc and press x screen would come up.

Or is the firmware in the drive too sophisticated for something this simple?

 

Nice idea but i don't think so.
I am not familiar with the bd-drive software but i don't think that the team cobra, e3 or 3k3y invested so much work and time into their products if that can be created by a person in just three month.
The S-DMC is just a hardware add-on for the Cobra ODE like the original DMC..... just better (oups, did I really wrote now )

 

I like the looks of the prototype, very old school

 

Hi

today i received new information from Chipwelt. Ok as i said, i don't have a ODE and i don't use the S-DMC.

[MENTION=484]psykosis[/MENTION]
It can also be used without ODE to swap psx (and *ps2) backups even on OFW.
e.g. insert an original psx game in the ps3 and wait until the disc icon is appear in xmb, than double-click on eject button (for swap-trick) and now you can insert any psx backup and play again, EVEN on OFW .... crazy that i didn't know that.

*ps2 backups of course only on bc models. But in the same way as with psx games. Ok, at this time the S-DMC is only for slim models but this can be changed if there is a demand


Chipwelt released a video in november 2008 with a switch-mod and show a ps2 swap on a cecha model
[video=youtube;MZUxJDTuVAM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZUxJDTuVAM[/video]

 

hi

today i received new information from chipwelt. Ok as i said, i don't have a ode and i don't use the s-dmc.

[mention=484]psykosis[/mention]
it can also be used without ode to swap psx (and *ps2) backups even on ofw.
E.g. Insert an original psx game in the ps3 and wait until the disc icon is appear in xmb, than double-click on eject button (for swap-trick) and now you can insert any psx backup and play :d again, even on ofw .... Crazy that i didn't know that.

*ps2 backups of course only on bc models. But in the same way as with psx games. Ok, at this time the s-dmc is only for slim models but this can be changed if there is a demand :d


chipwelt released a video in november 2008 with a switch-mod and show a ps2 swap on a cecha model
[video=youtube;mzuxjdtuvam]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzuxjdtuvam[/video]

thats awesome!!