A nifty little device

[HigashiJun]

Since I have a faulty STE motherboard laying in my part box (the board stopped working after I exchanged the CPU socket, so I know the fault was related to that mod), I decided to try my "BLINK HAT" that was also laying somewhere in my boxes.

In order to use this device on my STE board, I had to add a Winslow socket so I could fit the BLINK HAT into the CPU socket.

(The Winslow socket won't be necessary if you have an STE with a soldered CPU).

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Due to the intense glow, the faulty pins cannot be seen on the picture, but without tediously buzzing 68 pins with a multimeter, I know that 4 pins are not good because the related LEDs are not lit on the BLINK HAT.

Easy to use and saves a lot of time when you want to check connections on a 68000 CPU.

You can buy this nice item on Tindie:

https://www.tindie.com/products/jurassi ... 68000-cpu/

The seller has also a 68881/68882 FPU version:

https://www.tindie.com/products/jurassi ... 68882-fpu/

and BLINK HATs for other chips.

[Darklord]

Really cool stuff there.

I was really interested in the 68881/688882 version because of
the trouble I've been having with the FPU stuff on the Pak 68/3
board in my STacy.

Then I looked at shipping to the US:

"Shipping to United States of America starts at $50.00".

Ouch...

[HigashiJun]

The FPU on the PAK68 is a PGA type, so the BLINK HAT would be useless as it fits on PLCC chips.

Shipping fees are only $5 to Japan.

Personally, I am not shipping to the US anymore since transport fees are a complete madness.

[Icky]

Looks like a handy tool in the 68k arsenal.

@exxos has a similar tool for Atari ST 68k DIL sockets as it helps with sniffing the bus and reading TOS address info. It’s available in his store.

https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/last/68KBUSSNIFFER/

[HigashiJun]

Yes, saw that one too.

Good stuff.

[rubber_jonnie]

Very neat

[Darklord]

The FPU on the PAK68 is a PGA type, so the BLINK HAT would be useless as it fits on PLCC chips.

Shipping fees are only $5 to Japan.

Personally, I am not shipping to the US anymore since transport fees are a complete madness.

Oh, thanks for the clarification and yeah, shipping to the US is just nuts at the moment.