Re: Raspberry PI PICO ATARI ST Hard Drive Emulator (WIP)
Posted: 12 Jun 2023 18:57
by alexh
What are the dimensions so I can look for a case? I will use a few bits of plexiglass to begin with.
Re: Raspberry PI PICO ATARI ST Hard Drive Emulator (WIP)
Posted: 12 Jun 2023 21:17
by exxos
alexh wrote: 12 Jun 2023 18:57
What are the dimensions so I can look for a case? I will use a few bits of plexiglass to begin with.
About 60x77mm.
Looks like a couple sold already then
:bravo:
Re: Raspberry PI PICO ATARI ST Hard Drive Emulator (WIP)
Posted: 12 Jun 2023 21:31
by alexh
Not possible to see from the angle of the photos but does the power supply connector go right to the PCB edge?
Re: Raspberry PI PICO ATARI ST Hard Drive Emulator (WIP)
Posted: 12 Jun 2023 21:33
by exxos
alexh wrote: 12 Jun 2023 21:31
Not possible to see from the angle of the photos but does the power supply connector go right to the PCB edge?
Pretty much yeah, might be 1mm inset but I have the previous board not a revised one, so might not be exactly the same.
Re: Raspberry PI PICO ATARI ST Hard Drive Emulator (WIP)
Posted: 13 Jun 2023 18:38
by chronicthehedgehog
Cool. My first ST hard drive. Looking forward to this!
Looks like it will fit inside a cheapo project box as well - although it's first home will be cardboard and elastic bands :lol:
Re: Raspberry PI PICO ATARI ST Hard Drive Emulator (WIP)
Posted: 13 Jun 2023 22:29
by JezC
chronicthehedgehog wrote: 13 Jun 2023 18:38
Cool. My first ST hard drive. Looking forward to this!
Looks like it will fit inside a cheapo project box as well - although it's first home will be cardboard and elastic bands :lol:
Sounds like a perfect opportunity for a kickstarter/crowdfunding... ;)
Re: Raspberry PI PICO ATARI ST Hard Drive Emulator (WIP)
Posted: 13 Jun 2023 22:45
by exxos
I did start doing a case design. Though currently it is up in the air if the board layout will change or not in the next revision . so there is no point at this point working on it at this point. I'm sure there is enough people with 3D printers to design one anyway.
Re: Raspberry PI PICO ATARI ST Hard Drive Emulator (WIP)
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 14:47
by Badwolf
I haz done a video of my board build:
Spoiler: it doesn't fully work yet. :-?
NB. This is the board I ordered back in December and is using the last published source before development went private. It has the same heritage, but is NOT the same as the Exxos model.
Re: Raspberry PI PICO ATARI ST Hard Drive Emulator (WIP)
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 18:30
by exxos
Interestingly you tweaked the PCB which I was talking to @dad664npc About doing that sort of style a couple weeks ago :lol: He is not so keen on that and prefers a cable type drive, but in terms of cost, that's adding quite a bit to the final price which could otherwise be avoided.
Re: Raspberry PI PICO ATARI ST Hard Drive Emulator (WIP)
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 22:35
by Badwolf
exxos wrote: 15 Jun 2023 18:30
Interestingly you tweaked the PCB which I was talking to @dad664npc About doing that sort of style a couple weeks ago :lol: He is not so keen on that and prefers a cable type drive, but in terms of cost, that's adding quite a bit to the final price which could otherwise be avoided.
Haha.
Back in December when I was designing it he told me the same thing, so there's an optional IDC on there too! Belt and braces. :lol: