Monthly Archives: October 2015

DC2N4 GUI client: Turbotape 250 filename extractor is in

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Luigi Di Fraia

The Turbotape 250 filename extraction component is now available in my DC2N4 USB Serial GUI client.

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DC2N4 low-cost and Tiny C2N Monitor update

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Luigi Di Fraia

After work today I managed to program all the micro-controllers for Tiny C2N Monitor so once I get the PCBs from manufacturing, build and test one device I should be able to set the final price and ship kits out 🙂 … Continue reading →

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DC2N4 low-cost preliminary test results are positive

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Luigi Di Fraia

I’ve managed to dump Silkworm again but this time using a low-cost micro-controller which is what DC2N4 low-cost is based on: 99% recognized in TAPClean and all check bytes match the expected values 🙂 The sampling coming from the device is … Continue reading →

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DC2N4 low-cost started testing

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Luigi Di Fraia

Today I got the tiny development kit for DC2N4 low-cost. I was able to flash my code and interact with it over the USB serial connection without issues. What I need to test is whether or not I can achieve … Continue reading →

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DC2N4 provisional offer

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Luigi Di Fraia

This is not yet official but things seem quite settled now: DC2N4 will be available to the public for a price that’s in between 30 and 35 GBP. Realistically, we might be looking at 35 GBP inclusive of shipping. Only PC … Continue reading →

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Tiny C2N Monitor: 10 boards ordered!

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Luigi Di Fraia

Yesterday I finished the design of the PCB for Tiny C2N Monitor so today I ordered 10 boards and the relevant components. As soon as I manage to assemble and test one I might send out kits for users to … Continue reading →

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Tiny C2N Monitor update video

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Luigi Di Fraia

After putting in the Turrican loader filename extractor into my Tiny C2N Monitor I thought to take a video to show the result 🙂 As I only have 512 bytes of RAM on this tiny chip I might have to … Continue reading →

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Tiny C2N Monitor: new tiny display

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Luigi Di Fraia

I finally received the smaller display I plan to use in Tiny C2N Monitor. After some initial head scratching on the mode the panel is set to, I managed to get everything going as I wanted 🙂

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DC2N4 BOM update

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Luigi Di Fraia

At the same time as I continue developing the full version of DC2N4, I am exploring the possibility to put together a low cost version of it. Features like the possibility to update the firmware of the device might disappear … Continue reading →

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DC2N4: BOM is getting expensive

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Luigi Di Fraia

In a world where it seems that everything is getting more expensive, the DC2N4 BOM is no exception. See it for yourself here. That’s right, the enclosure I used for my DC2N4 prototype now costs 4.29 GBP (5.84 Euro) + shipping. With … Continue reading →

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