Let's have a close look at the Retro Chip Tester Pro. With a list of hundreds of different retro chips and even the ability to read the contents of ROMs and use special adapters, is this the ultimate chip tester? Let's build one from scratch and find out (in spite of making a few mistakes along the way).
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Build
04:50 Programming microcontroller
09:10 Power on
10:25 Basic functionality
13:29 DRAM
17:33 Database
18:47 SRAM
19:22 Logic chips
20:10 LCD!
22:43 ROM
24:18 Cost
25:07 Conclusion
Links:
Retro Chip Tester Pro https://8bit-museum.de/sonstiges/hardware-projekte/hardware-projekte-chip-tester-english/
Interactive BOM project https://github.com/openscopeproject/InteractiveHtmlBom
Music tracks:
Funky Stars by McKlain https://mcklain.bandcamp.com/track/funky-stars-amstrad-cpc-true-8bit-version
Battro OST by McKlain https://mcklain.bandcamp.com/track/battro-ost
More awesome music by McKlain: https://www.mcklain.com
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