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Additionally, the same video also shows how to fit the OLED Display. However, it did work eventually in exactly the way the YouTube video shows.

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Perhaps one of my connections wasn’t quite making the cut but the connection to the ST Flash Demo software was very flaky and took several attempts to upload Keir’s firmware. I have flashed firmware in devices before so I (thought) it would be plain sailing. The one I concentrated on showed flashing the Gotek with Kier’s ‘FlashFloppy’ firmware. The Gotek arrived in a few days and I had already watched several YouTube videos on how to flash the new firmware by that time.

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So many products come with USB cables as they’re so cheap.” However, I plumbed for the second option since I had a few Serial to USB adaptors from programming Arduinos etc. Zeb Elwood on Facebook said “(it is easy) to make one by cutting up two USB cables and joining the color-coded wires together, simple as there’s only four. You can either use a non-standard USB ‘A’ to USB ‘A’ cable, which I didn’t have, or use a Serial to USB adaptor. Programming the Gotek drive can be done in two ways. I also knew that Kier’s firmware supported the OLED display modification which was a feature I particularly wanted. I understood that the Cortex firmware was no longer supported and HxC had a charge associated with it. Kier Fraser has written some really nice firmware for the Gotek drives. I ordered one, again from eBay (Search for KY-040 Module), and got on with other research.

This seemed pretty easy and uses an easy to obtain module. Rene kindly gave me permission to repost it here. I found a post on an Amiga Forum page by Fook42 (Rene) that had details of the Rotary Encoder wiring.

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I already knew you could add a nice OLED Display, a Rotary Encoder and even a speaker if you wanted authentic disk drive sounds! Another mod was to make a hole for the unused power LED concealed in the case.

Whilst I waited for the Gotek, I did some research on how to enhance it. I did a bit of research and, guided by Keir Fraser, I bought the cheapest Gotek drive I could on my favorite online auction site ( eBay). Instead of floppy disks, you use a USB memory Stick that can hold up to 1000 (000-999) virtual disk images. Until I was given a box of new-old stock DS/DD disks by my good friend Russell, I wouldn’t have relied on any of them.Įnter the Gotek, the ideal solution. I bought a batch from eBay and they range from usable to completely useless. I’ve been using a 3.5in floppy drive with my Datel +D Interface for a while but I have found that floppy disks can be a little tempremental due to their age, and I’m not surprised. This device, very cleverly, stands in as a real hardware floppy drive. What devices are supported? Will the HxC emulator work with my device?Ģ.In the not too distant past, I was made aware of the Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator.

Schematic & PCBs of the USB HxC Floppy EmulatorįAQ section 1.

Schematics & PCBs of the first USB HxC Floppy Emulator: USB_HxCFloppyEmulator_PCB.zip.

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CPLD VHDL source code and bitstream: HxCFloppyEmulator_ipcore.zip.

SourceForge repository: Softwares & libraries sources.

HxCFloppyEmulator_soft_beta.zip (beta/snapshot version).

Last release notes: hxcfloppyemulator_soft_release_notes.txt.

PC with a free USB port and a USB A-B cable.

You can swap disks while the device is working! No problems with that!.

Power on your retro computer and ENJOY!.

Load any floppy image file (in case of AMIGA: ADF or ADZ file).

Connect HXC with USB A-B cable (not included) to your PC.

Connect HCX floppy emulator to your floppy connector (34 pins) in your Amiga/Atari ST/ ZX+3/CPC/PC with a ribbon cable.

HxC USB floppy emulator needs a PC with a free USB port to act as a file feeder. This emulator is actually used with Amiga, Atari, CPC, PC computers, different keyboards and samplers, CNC machine tools, and scientific instruments… The SDCard HxC Floppy Emulator can replace different kinds of floppy disk drives and allows you to use SD Card media instead of floppy disks. It allows you to emulate any 34-pin floppy disk drive. The HxC floppy emulator is a very smart device designed by Jean-François Del Nero. The product page on the manufacturer’s website – HERE HxC floppy emulator – USB Description This is the USB version of the HxC floppy emulator.