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ZX-128A4U
Posted: 04 February 2019, 19:49 PM
by rich
Any one have a pcb for this 44-pin TQFP chip with the necessary aux circuitry?
Thanks
Richard
Posted: 05 February 2019, 11:16 AM
by dkinzer
I don't know of any boards specifically for the ATxmega128a4u other than our ZX-24u board. What kind of board are you looking for?
If you decide to design your own PCB you'll find an overview of the necessary additional circuitry in Appendix K of the ZBasic Reference manual.
www.zbasic.net/doc/ZBasicRef.php?page=221
Also, the schematic for the ZX-24u (which uses the same PCB as the ZX-24x) can be found at the URL below.
http://www.zbasic.net/doc/ZX-24x_Schematic.pdf
Posted: 06 February 2019, 13:27 PM
by rich
I was not very clear.
The ZX-24 series inverts the TX and RX data so they need to be driven with real RS-232 signals.
As opposed to non inverted TTL signals which is what two of the USB serial adapter that i have do. I think most of the new ones do not invert the TTL signals so they are compatable with Arduino.
So i was wondering if there was a board that brought out all the chip I/O pins and worked with TTL serial.
Also all the Zx-24 parts tie pins together for the larger pin count devices. I wanted to use all the I/O pins available for a device.
I was not clear at all.
Apology.
Richard
Posted: 06 February 2019, 17:41 PM
by mikep
There isn't a board with everything you want. The closest would be something like the
MT-DB-4. You would have to attach a
USB-TTL Serial converter to the RX/TX. You would also need to program your own ZX bootloader/firmware and figure out the pins to use for everything.
Posted: 07 February 2019, 9:27 AM
by rich
That is what i had in mind.
Another option is to modify a ZX-24 schematic with all the pins coming out and the serial interface non-inverting.
Design a PCB and get them built and populated.
Maybe Elba would want to do that?
Richard