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:

• https://basic.truecontrol.org/database/dc33/retro-tech/

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.