Z80-MBC2 Build Notes

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  • ebay - bare PCB $8
    • Arrived in a couple of days

Build Notes

  • An Easy to Build Real Homemade Computer: Z80-MBC2! - Instructable was helpful
  • Hackaday project with files
  • Build took less than 2 hours
  • Used mostly junk box parts
  • Purchased alternate SRAM
  • Forgot to buy SIP resistors - made my own
  • Ref des are not top-bottom or left-right
    • PDF Assembly drawing text is not searchable
    • Struggled to find some of the resistors
  • KiCad Gerbers
  • 5mm LEDs fit into 3mm hole spacing
    • I didn't have a 3mm Blue so I used 5mm

Programming THE ATMEGA32

  • Was able to use ATProgHead running Arduino as ISP to burn bootloader but not program the code
  • Could not use any of my FTDI cards fir serial programming since the have RTS/CTS but not DTR
    • Most programmer setups in Arduino work just fine for serial, but not the
  • Used TL866ii to program ATMEGA32 fuses
    • Reference: Setting AVR Fuse Bits
    • If you use the programmer defaults it sets the clock to 1 MHz which gives a serial port rate of 600 baud (told me I needed to fix the fuses).

Z80-MBC2 ATMEGA32 TL866I SETTINGS.jpg

Other

  • Serial port marking correlated to the FTDI card end not referenced from card internal