![]() ![]() Make no mistake, the Blitz isn’t just some simple demo of classic chips. Then sent in his Blitz, and launched the bar into the stratosphere. The venerable processor is usually joined by only a handful of components, and there’s an excellent chance they’ll have taken up residence on a piece of perfboard. We’re no stranger to home built Motorola 68000 computers here at Hackaday, but more often than not, they tend to be an experiment in retro minimalism. Neotron 1000 - STM32H7 + Lattice Semi iCE40 FPGA.The Neotron Pico is the latest in a series of boards made to run Neotron OS. uses another method, employing GitHub Actions to generate the files needed for PCB fabrication, for example. Distribution of the build products is typically handled outside of GitHub, using something like GitHub’s Large File Storage service, or just ignoring convention altogether and putting them in the repo anyway. Per the standard concept of repositories, they shouldn’t contain the results of a build, be that an executable binary or Gerber files. On a more meta level, we are intrigued by his use of GitHub Actions. Check out how he uses an MCP23S17 SPI-bus I/O expander and a tri-state buffer to solve the problem. was running out of I/O pins on the Pico, and didn’t have enough left over for all the peripherals’ chip selects. See his GitHub repository for a full list of specifications, and all the files needed to build your own - it is an Open Source project after all.īesides the Neotron Pico itself, a couple of gems caught our eye in this well-documented project. This board packs a lot of features for a Pico-based design, including 12-bit color VGA and seven expansion slots. His most recent project is powered by a Raspberry Pi RP2040 Pico and built in the format of a microATX motherboard. He describes it as a CP/M- or DOS-like operating system for small ARM microcontrollers. The idea is to make a computer that is not only easy to use but easy to understand as well. We’ve featured before with his Humidor Cluster, and you may also like this PC inside a vintage radio.Ĭontinue reading “Clean Slate Is A Vintage Amplifier-Inspired PC” → Posted in computer hacks, hardware Tagged casemod, casemodder, casemodding, casemods, Micro-ATXįor a couple of years, embedded developer and Rust addict aka has been working on a simple computer which he calls the Neotron. We love when we get an inside look at the thought process behind each design decision in a build. If you really want to dig into how this PC came to life, there’s a very detailed build log including every step of the process from bare board to finished product. Even the I/O and graphics card plates are custom made from aluminum for this build. The base is made of plywood with a birds-eye maple veneer and each of the component boxes features two different sizes of wire mesh to manipulate the viewer’s perception of the dimensions. Thinking outside the traditional single box PC, built his computer into a series of component-specific boxes all attached to a platform housing the Micro ATX motherboard. Hacks that bring a vintage flair to modern electronics never get old, and delivers with his Project Clean Slate inspired by vintage tube amps. ![]()
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