PCBway and the availabilty of CPC projects

[salvogendut]

I was curious and checked if PCBway had any CPC stuff that I can build myself... alas there were just 4 projects available: a memory expansion, a sound chip replacement adapter, a multi crtc selector and a joystick splitter. If you search for 'Commodore 64' instead you are flooded with projects. Why is that there are no 'open' available projects out there? I see in the wiki there are dozens of projects that could benefit being published. I realize PCBway is a for profit company but still...

[MoteroV4]

Exactly.
For example, I would ask the X-MEM project. 
It is a 512KB ROM and 512KB RAM Expansion made by TotO from ACME. 
It has not been on sale for years, non-operational web, payment does not work, contact does not work...
It would be great to be able to play Alcon2020 in real hardware, specifically designed for this ROM expansion.
We make a collection of signatures at Change.org?

[Rabs]

Try these

https://github.com/revaldinho/cpc_ram_expansion
https://github.com/revaldinho/cpc-cplink
https://github.com/rabs664/Amstrad-CPC-CTC-DART
https://github.com/rabs664/Amstrad-CPC-8255-PIO
https://github.com/rabs664/amstrad-cpc-expansion-breakout

[Rabs]

I have also built Bryce's PS2 mouse adapter and can share the gerbers.

https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/PS2Mouse

[salvogendut]

I have also built Bryce's PS2 mouse adapter and can share the gerbers.

https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/PS2Mouse

Thank you so much!

[d_kef]

Not in PCBway but still open hardware:

https://github.com/salafek/cyboard-for-cpc
https://github.com/salafek/Net4CPC

d_kef

[Rabs]

I have also built Bryce's PS2 mouse adapter and can share the gerbers.

https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/PS2Mouse

Thank you so much!

I have attached my Gerbers and KiCad project files for you.

[salvogendut]

thank you again!!! 

[Rabs]

thank you again!!! 

And a couple of pics of it working on my setup. Bit hard to see, sorry. I use a splitter power cable and 9 pin d-type extension lead.

[salvogendut]

thank you again!!! 

And a couple of pics of it working on my setup. Bit hard to see, sorry. I use a splitter power cable and 9 pin d-type extension lead.

That looks sexy. Where did you get the pcb produced at, if you don't mind?

[Rabs]

thank you again!!! 

And a couple of pics of it working on my setup. Bit hard to see, sorry. I use a splitter power cable and 9 pin d-type extension lead.

That looks sexy. Where did you get the pcb produced at, if you don't mind?

I used Seeed Studio but any PCB house should be able to produce it.

[Rabs]

If you have a 3D Printer, I made a simple case for it also.

[salvogendut]

If you have a 3D Printer, I made a simple case for it also.

Thank you so much! I don't have one yet but I guess if you'd like to share the stl files I can probably get it printed at a friend's

[Rabs]

If you have a 3D Printer, I made a simple case for it also.

Thank you so much! I don't have one yet but I guess if you'd like to share the stl files I can probably get it printed at a friend's

It's a very basic case but it does the job. Unfortunately, STL files cannot be uploaded. Message me and we can sort something out.

The D-Type and PS2 connectors can be difficult to source. I think I got mine from eBay in the end. The rest of the components I got from DigiKey including the PIC.

Read through Bryce's page it is very good. Be careful about plugging anything into the joystick port. Maybe it is me but I am always worried about the AY which is connected directly to the port. I always ensure everything is off before plugging in anything.

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[Rabs]

Oh hang on why did I not just ZIP the STL files up.