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The HBC-56 (65C02/TMS9918A/AY-3-8910 retro computer) on a Raspberry Pi Pico
What is it?
My HBC-56, a 65C02/TMS9918A homebrew computer on a backplane, fully emulated on a Raspberry Pi Pico.
Emulating the following HBC-56 hardware
- 65C02 CPU
- 65C22 VIA
- TMS9918A VDP
- Dual AY-3-8910 PSGs
- Dual NES controller inputs
- PS/2 keyboard input
- 96KB Banked RAM/ROM
The HBC-56 also has Desktop and Web-based emulators for rapid development cycles.
Current software includes EhBASIC (with SDCard support), multiple game demos including Breakout, Invaders and Q*Bert and a bunch of test/example ASM programs.
Follow along on YouTube here: youtube.com/@TroySchrapel
Flexible!
The hardware can be used for any Raspberry Pi Pico project with:
- 12-bit (4096 color) VGA output
- PS/2 keyboard (read and write)
- Dual NES controllers
- Stereo audio output
- MicroSD card support
- External power and reset
What do you get?
| Qty. | Description | Code |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PICO-56 PCB | PCB |
| 5 | 100nf (104) ceramic capacitor | C3,C4,C5,C6,C7 |
| 3 | 10uf (106) electrolytic capacitor | C8,C1,C2 |
| 3 | 4kΩ 0.25w resistor | R1,R5,R9 |
| 2 | 10kΩ 0.25w resistor | R20,R21 |
| 6 | 2kΩ 0.25w resistor | R22,R2,R6,R10,R17,R18 |
| 9 | 1kΩ 0.25w resistor | R3,R7,R11,R13,R14,R15,R16,R19,R23 |
| 3 | 500Ω 0.25w resistor | R4,R8,R12 |
| 1 | 2N4401 transistor | Q1 |
| 1 | 1N5819 diode | D1 |
| 1 | Blue LED | LED1 |
| 1 | Green LED | LED2 |
| 1 | Push button | KEY1 |
| 1 | Push button (locking) | PWR1 |
| 1 | Barrel jack connector | 5V |
| 1 | VGA connector | DSUB1 |
| 2 | RCA connector | J2,J3 |
| 2 | NES connector | NO1,NO2 |
| 1 | PS/2 connector | PS2 |
| 1 | MicroSD card connector | U2 |
| 2 | 1x20 pin female header | RPI |
Optional:
- Raspberry Pi Pico + headers
- Assembly
Links to code and documentation
Product HS Code: 854290
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