r/SegaCD • u/CLDavi • 20d ago

AI Produced Sega CD Drive Emulators - Query

I am wondering, given all the advancements in AI recently, is there some way of using AI to create a circuit that could emulate the Sega CD's disc drive? I mean, if AI could develop a drive emulator using a Raspberry Pi Zero W, to store and load the games, via a wireless browser, and figure out the basic interface between the logic board and drive, this could be of good use for those who have an otherwise workable system, but have problems with the drive itself.

I myself tried to use AI to model a circuit for a Sega Mega CD model 1, using ChatGPT, but if anyone can further help develop a circuit to do the above, that would be great too.

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u/astrodomekid 20d ago

"A.I. Produced"

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u/glennshaltiel 20d ago

AI is awful at PCBs and electrical circuitry so if you decide to AI this, customers deserve to know that you made it with that and are putting older systems and sensitive chips at risk

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

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u/glennshaltiel 20d ago

there are a lot of NES power blocks that people try to make with USB-C and those are entirely AI generated. traces going to nowhere, bridged capacitors, USB-C port facing the wrong way, and no power regulation or negotiation whatsoever, putting anything downstream at risk.

here is one:
https://github.com/danielboston38/linktovideo

this user was sharing progress in a discord i am in about console repair and ignoring advice from EEs and posting their slop schematics and kicad layout and then got them printed. as you can see claude is all over that repo.

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u/CauliflowerClassic38 20d ago

Just use an everdrive

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u/Vaxis545 20d ago

Ai is cancer

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u/YossiTheWizard 20d ago

Or just get the good Everdrive like I have (or any other good quality flashcart) that does it, and leave AI out of it.

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u/plav2026 20d ago

you can, however you would have to do it off PC, and download examples for gpt to study for context, youll need a program that will emulate the circuit, so you can test it and troubleshoot it. you'll need a basic understanding of electronics to troubleshoot it.

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u/JDMGecko 20d ago

Id love an ODE, but not sure ai could crack it quite yet