FlippyDrive
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 FlippyDrive | |
| Specification | |
|---|---|
| Generation | Drive Replacement Chip |
| Flash | 16MB onboard flash |
| External Storage | |
| Interface | MicroSD Slot |
| Min Supported | ?GB SDHC |
| Max Supported | 2TB SDXC |
General information
The Flippydrive is an optical disc drive emulator for the gamecube that installs without any soldering, can be used with or without a disk drive, and fits neatly inside the cube itself with no case modifications preserving the appearance of the system.
Loads disk images via:
- uSD card (1TB+ supported)
- Experimental Wi-Fi loading
- 16MB internal flash
- Ethernet (future add-on module)
Other major features include:
- No-solder install
- Use with or without OEM drive
- 2.8x-10x faster than all EXI devices (SD2SP2, BBA, any memory card/SP1/SP2 device, etc.) in non-WiFi mode
- Real drive interface, no software hacks required
- One-button disk passthrough
- OTA software updates
- Rescue USB port for brick recovery
- No disk drives are scrapped to make this mod
- Compatible with Cubeboot menu patcher
Purchase and Installation
Pre-Order Notification Signup is currently available worldwide on the project homepage Installation video here
Firmware
Firmware updates can be found here.
| FlippyDrive Firmware | ||
|---|---|---|
| Version | Release Notes | |
| 1.0.0 |
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Notes
| FlippyDrive | |
|---|---|
| Developers | ChrisPVille, trevor403 |
| CPU | RP2040 32-bit dual ARM Cortex-M0+ (Microcontroller 1), ESP32 (Microcontroller 2)
note: esp32 handles all file access for SD/WiFi etc while the RP2040 handles the GC communication and firmware updates |
| Modchip Type | Drive Replacement Chip |
| Features | Compatibility with Cubeboot menu injection program for the Gamecube BIOS |
| Installation | Connector from existing drive tutorial |