Tapuino, the $20 C64 Tape Emulator

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20th September 2015, 18:26
iainjh

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I'm probably going to have to do my red case. In a few weeks once my fingers have healed! The clear one will have tapuino and iec1541 in.. The red my 1541u and tapuino. It's that essential:)

cheers again, and also to Ricky006 for the pm:)

edit: pic of the rear - note I'm still lining up the holes and have to finish the job. trying not to make the holes too big too soon, which is especially hard on the clear cases as the button shafts get bigger ( dammit). Micro sd is doublesided taped onto the modulator, the slot needs to be squared up.. and all hoovered!

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24th September 2015, 10:55
Quagliarulo

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Mission complete!
At first I didn't want to use an Arduino, but I got fed up with opening the box, detaching the SD adapter and attaching a parallel programmer, so I added a FT232 board and burned an Arduino bootloader. Firmware updates are painless now. More so because the parallel adapter doesn't work reliably with my current XP installation (go figure).

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26th September 2015, 08:10
c64new

@ Quagliarulo
This is the realization of a true hobbyist!
Without PCB already made and IC SMD ... all handmade.
Congratulations
26th September 2015, 11:06
Quagliarulo

@ c64new

Thank you!
14th October 2015, 10:58
spcbm

Can someone recommend a tested OLED display?

I purchased this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-96-I2C-IIC..._qi=RTM2067267
but is not working. When connecting power to Vcc and GND it does nothing.
14th October 2015, 12:17
sweetlilmre

Quote:

Originally Posted by spcbm

Can someone recommend a tested OLED display?

I purchased this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-96-I2C-IIC..._qi=RTM2067267
but is not working. When connecting power to Vcc and GND it does nothing.

This looks similar to the one that I wrote the driver for (it uses the SSD1306 driver).
You would need to connect all the lines (SDA and SCL as well) and configure the use of the driver correctly.

Your config-user. h should contain this:

Code:

#define LCD_USE_SSD1306_OLED_MODULE #define LCD_I2C_ADDR 0x3C // I2C address for the OLED /********************************************************************************/ // Language Definitions /********************************************************************************/ // uncomment one of these for your language #define TAPUINO_LANGUAGE_EN

And you would need to make sure that the I2C address is correct. I can't test at the moment as I let the magic smoke out of my one, but I will try to borrow one from a friend.

HTH
-(e)
14th October 2015, 17:14
c64new

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Quote:

Originally Posted by spcbm

Can someone recommend a tested OLED display?

I purchased this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-96-I2C-IIC..._qi=RTM2067267
but is not working. When connecting power to Vcc and GND it does nothing.

I purchased this and it works fine!

http://www.ebay.it/itm/Serial-128x64...ar=&hash=item0

But the characters are very small.
I wonder if they can even just enlarge vertically ...

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For all:

I have the PCB 1.70 with fixes 1.71. Assembled and running pretty well ...
I failed, however, to run the 'male' 'EDGE' port-connector where I connected the Datassette.
To someone works?
What is the procedure for record or read with the Datassette connected to Tapuino?
Thanks in advance
14th October 2015, 19:28
sweetlilmre

Quote:

Originally Posted by c64new

Quote:

Originally Posted by spcbm

Can someone recommend a tested OLED display?

I purchased this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-96-I2C-IIC..._qi=RTM2067267
but is not working. When connecting power to Vcc and GND it does nothing.

I purchased this and it works fine!

http://www.ebay.it/itm/Serial-128x64...ar=&hash=item0

But the characters are very small.
I wonder if they can even just enlarge vertically ...

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The characters for these displays are not stored in any ROM and so have to be held in RAM on the Tapuino which is very limiting.
I could try to perform a scale2x but then the additional logic to handle split line display could get interesting (the 128 pixel width equates to 16 chars which fits the same logical model as the 16x2 LCD displays).
Personally I would suggest that the 16x2 LCD is the best UX option.

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Originally Posted by c64new

For all:

I have the PCB 1.70 with fixes 1.71. Assembled and running pretty well ...
I failed, however, to run the 'male' 'EDGE' port-connector where I connected the Datassette.
To someone works?
What is the procedure for record or read with the Datassette connected to Tapuino?
Thanks in advance

I just updated the wiki with a FAQ entry for recording.
https://github.com/sweetlilmre/tapui...from-datasette

HTH
-(e)
14th October 2015, 21:56
c64new

@ sweetlilmre
Ok thanks for the answers is an honor by the inventor of the Tapuino!
But my English is bad ...
I wanted to ask what should I do to record with the EDGE connector from C2N :
- Play button on Datassette and record on Tapuino (inverted mode)?
The C64 is without command (load / save) and waits?
I can also do the reverse, ie recording with Datassette?
- Play tapuino (files.tap) and recording button on Datassette. it's ok?
And on the C64 what I do?
Thank's in advance
14th October 2015, 22:43
spcbm

Thanks Peter, I will give a new try to the OLED. I want to make a Tapuino in an aluminium Hammond enclosure (DeLuxe Edition) and the LCD is too big.

But, can you or c64new confirm if connecting only VCC and GND the OLED does something? Perhaps mine is dead.

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