---
title: "modem emulator"
url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/taylor/resellers/modem-emulator/"
markdown_url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/taylor/resellers/modem-emulator/md"
type: "VAR: Value-Added Reseller Products"
author: "RavensEdge"
author_url: "https://booth.pm/ja/items/4632296"
editor: "WIZnet"
editor_url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/"
original_author: "RavensEdge"
original_url: "https://booth.pm/ja/items/4632296"
published: "2023-04-25"
language: "en"
hardware: ["WIZnet W5500-EVB-Pico"]
likes: 0
views: 307
comments: 0
source: "WIZnet Makers (https://maker.wiznet.io/)"
---

# modem emulator

> You can play battles over the internet. As of March 2023, if you have a PlayStation®2 console and a USB modem compatible with PlayStation®2,

Original author: RavensEdge (source: https://booth.pm/ja/items/4632296)

## Components

- **WIZnet W5500-EVB-Pico** x 1 ([docs](https://docs.wiznet.io/Product/Chip/Ethernet/W5500/w5500-evb-pico))

## Documents and links

- [me56ps2-emulator-rp2040](https://github.com/msawahara/me56ps2-emulator-rp2040) (code)
- [Document](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bh6T7q6XnDeCbYbnrCJ1uYx-qfVmpkUz/view?usp=sharing)

## Article

Original : <https://booth.pm/ja/items/4632296>

Author : Ravens Edge
Price : ¥ 3,000

This modem emulator is USB to ethernet for PlayStation 2. There was the original modem [ME56PS2](https://socialsolution.omron.com/jp/ja/products_service/ups/discontinued/me56ps2/me56ps2.html)for PlayStation 2 by Omron.

![](https://maker.wiznet.io/upload/ckeditor5/73152830%5F1683109929%2Ejpg)

Masataka Sawahara(msawahara) one of the members of Raven's Edge develop ME56PS2 emulator. The ME56PS2 emulator works with devices with a USB Device controller.

![](https://maker.wiznet.io/upload/ckeditor5/73152830%5F1683109369%2Epng)

Finally, he ported this emulator to W5500-EVB-Pico, which used RP2040, and released it to [github](https://github.com/msawahara/me56ps2-emulator-rp2040).

![](https://maker.wiznet.io/upload/ckeditor5/73152830%5F1683109379%2Epng)

The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in 2000 and quickly became one of the most popular and best-selling video game consoles of all time, with over 155 million units sold worldwide.

![](https://maker.wiznet.io/upload/ckeditor5/73152830%5F1683109681%2Ejpg)

The original modem ME56PS2 seems to be discontinued. But users can multi-play with this modem emulator.

Masataka Sawahara released this emulator source code to the [github](https://github.com/msawahara/me56ps2-emulator-rp2040). So if you have W5500-EVB-Pico, you can use these sources.

Raven's Edge sells programmed W5500-EVB-Pico with USB Cable and printed manual.

W5500-EVB-Pico is a microcontroller evaluation board based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller chip and a fully hardwired TCP/IP controller W5500 chip.

You can use [WIZnet-ArduinoEthernet/arduino-pico](https://github.com/WIZnet-ArduinoEthernet/arduino-pico) in Arduino IDE.

Thank you for reading.

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Source: https://maker.wiznet.io/taylor/resellers/modem-emulator/