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Retro Tech GAT addon at DEF CON 33. Powered by CH32X033, includes USB, 9x RGBLED and 3x single color LED.
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README.md

Retro Tech Community GAT

A GAT (v1.69bis compatible) addon for Retro Tech.

Code was ported from code that was rushed in a couple of days.

Sorry.

Hardware Specifications

  • CH32X033F8P6 MCU (62K Flash, 20K SRAM)
  • IS31FL3729 matrix LED controller
  • 9x RGB LED, one for each RETRO character
  • White, amber and green LEDs for the cursor
  • Adjustment knob to feel like the old times
  • Up/Down/Press Jogwheel for programming
  • 8Kbit EEPROM for storing user configurations

Manual

User instructions for the addon can be found at trueControl BASIC:

Building

Firmware is provided as a MounRiver Studio II project. The MRS2 version originally used v2.20. You can freely download MounRiver Studio at http://mounriver.com/download. The software is in Engrish.

Flashing

Firmware can be debugged and flashed from within MounRiver Studio II using a WCH-LinkE debug probe. Alternatively, firmware can be updated with WCHISPTool or equivalent using the USB connector. At this time no instructions are provided for updates.

If and when there is a firmware update available, update instructions will be provided.