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Coding > 2 questions about gba development

#178320 - kwnos100 - Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:18 pm

Hi
i am new on gba develoment and i have 2 questions
1. What is the best and most easy tutorial for gba developing? i tryed this:
http://www.coranac.com/tonc/text/ but in some sections it confusing me
2. how can i connect use multiboot cable in a program? for example link with another gba and send data

#178321 - gauauu - Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:47 pm

kwnos100 wrote:
Hi
i am new on gba develoment and i have 2 questions
1. What is the best and most easy tutorial for gba developing? i tryed this:
http://www.coranac.com/tonc/text/ but in some sections it confusing me


Yeah, tonc really is the best tutorial. If you have specific questions about things that are confusing you, don't hesitate to ask.

Quote:

2. how can i connect use multiboot cable in a program? for example link with another gba and send data


Communicating between 2 gba's is relatively complex, compared to other development tasks on the device. The best instructions that I know of are from gbatek (http://problemkaputt.de/gbatek.htm#gbacommunicationports), but that's not written in a very tutorial, newbie-friendly way. I've never done much with communication between them, so I wouldn't be much help.

#178322 - kwnos100 - Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:56 pm

gauauu wrote:
kwnos100 wrote:
Hi
i am new on gba develoment and i have 2 questions
1. What is the best and most easy tutorial for gba developing? i tryed this:
http://www.coranac.com/tonc/text/ but in some sections it confusing me


Yeah, tonc really is the best tutorial. If you have specific questions about things that are confusing you, don't hesitate to ask.

Quote:

2. how can i connect use multiboot cable in a program? for example link with another gba and send data


Communicating between 2 gba's is relatively complex, compared to other development tasks on the device. The best instructions that I know of are from gbatek (http://problemkaputt.de/gbatek.htm#gbacommunicationports), but that's not written in a very tutorial, newbie-friendly way. I've never done much with communication between them, so I wouldn't be much help.

hmm okey thanks i will watch them...one more question..is better to include all the library of tonclib or include specific functions like tonc?

#178324 - gauauu - Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:10 pm

kwnos100 wrote:

hmm okey thanks i will watch them...one more question..is better to include all the library of tonclib or include specific functions like tonc?


If you're planning on using his library, you might as well include the whole library.

Honestly, I didn't use his library .... I just read through the tutorials to get a better explanation of the how the hardware worked, and wrote my own code to use the hardware directly. But to each his own.....

#178325 - kwnos100 - Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:17 pm

gauauu wrote:
kwnos100 wrote:

hmm okey thanks i will watch them...one more question..is better to include all the library of tonclib or include specific functions like tonc?


If you're planning on using his library, you might as well include the whole library.

Honestly, I didn't use his library .... I just read through the tutorials to get a better explanation of the how the hardware worked, and wrote my own code to use the hardware directly. But to each his own.....
hmm okey thanks a lot:D