Monthly Archives: January 2016

DC2N4-LC and Tiny C2N Monitor

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

I’ve already commented on the fact that the Tiny C2N Monitor is a spoofing/monitor device intended to follow the C2N wherever it is attached to. Hence I advised it is possible to connect it to a DC2N device as well. In … Continue reading →

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Shipping estimates

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

According to the Royal Mail webpage for international shipping the shipping of Tiny C2N Monitor kits and DC2N4-LC devices should be around 3 GBP within Europe and 4 GBP for most of the rest of the world (excluding Australia, New Zealand, and similarly … Continue reading →

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All components received!

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

I’ve finally received all components I need for my Tiny C2N Monitor kits and for DC2N4-LC. I’ll be building a few DC2N4-LC devices during the weekend. By the end of Monday I will try to put together an estimate of the … Continue reading →

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Progress!

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

I’ve made some progress with the DC2N5 PCB design and I managed to update my Sales page with entries for DC2N3 and DC2N4-LC. These are still listed as not available for now, giving me a couple of days to iron … Continue reading →

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DC2N3 devices tested and ready to be listed

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

I’ve finally had some time to QA all my latest DC2N3 builds and recharge their coin cell batteries so I am going to list them on my Sales page shortly. While going through the QA process I also took a video … Continue reading →

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Waiting for a number of components to be delivered

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

As some of you know I am still waiting for a number of components for DC2N4-LC and Tiny C2N Monitor to be delivered before being able to put the former on sale and ship a few of the latter ones. In the meantime … Continue reading →

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DC2N5-LC update

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

I’ve finally managed to identify suitable IO lines in order to fit a few push buttons in DC2N5. As the testing was successful, I will start the hardware design as soon as I get some free time for that 🙂

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DC2N3 firmware update

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

Today I’ve finally integrated the menu system I had coded a long time ago into the DC2N3 firmware revision 2. Using this menu I can now let users select the machine for which tape contents were meant and the active … Continue reading →

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More DC2N3 builds!

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

Four DC2N version 3 builds are in the pipeline, 2 of which are ready even if one requires a battery recharging. I’ve tried to contact a few people who were originally interested in buying these devices but I haven’t had much … Continue reading →

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Extending support and development for DC2N3

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Luigi Di Fraia

As you might already know, DC2N version 3 was conceived in 2010 and has not undergone further development since late 2014. That’s mainly due to the fact that its firmware is very stable and does the job pretty well, especially on the … Continue reading →

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