Timeline for Do retro-microcontrollers exist?
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| Oct 29, 2017 at 14:10 | comment | added | Raffzahn | Well, Beside the fast that 8051 or 68HC05 are still in widespread news, none adhers to the Arduino formfactor. I did a 6502 board witn Arduino alike pinout last Spring, so its possible nonetheless. | |
| Oct 27, 2017 at 22:58 | answer | added | snips-n-snails | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 27, 2017 at 21:43 | answer | added | KJ Seefried | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 2, 2017 at 7:05 | comment | added | Chris Stratton | This question is a bit problematic; apart from being small and inexpensive, the Arduino and Raspberry pi are about as different as could be, and the Arduino is really not "general purpose" in the sense of being a computer a user would sit at, while the pi has that as a theoretic if infrequently used possibility. Going back, you see less segregation in embedded applications between true MCU's like the 8051, and CPU's like the Z80 which were used on the desktop but also found their way into embedded controllers. | |
| Jun 22, 2017 at 17:07 | answer | added | hotpaw2 | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 19, 2017 at 9:53 | answer | added | rackandboneman | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 18, 2017 at 19:37 | comment | added | Shannon Severance | Chances of finding a retro board that costs significantly less than a new Audrino seems unlikely. What are you hoping to accomplish with the retro board that could not be accomplished with an Audrino? | |
| May 16, 2017 at 3:05 | history | edited | EJ Mak | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 13, 2017 at 17:22 | answer | added | supercat | timeline score: 12 | |
| May 12, 2017 at 21:14 | comment | added | tofro | Do "retro dishwashers exist?" If yes, retro-MCUs do as well ;D | |
| May 12, 2017 at 9:03 | answer | added | SF. | timeline score: 15 | |
| May 11, 2017 at 17:37 | answer | added | user1083739 | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 11, 2017 at 2:24 | comment | added | NobodyNada | IIRC the CIC chip in the NES uses a 4-bit microcontroller by Sharp | |
| May 11, 2017 at 1:45 | answer | added | scruss | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 10, 2017 at 19:40 | answer | added | lvd | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 10, 2017 at 16:34 | comment | added | wizzwizz4♦ | @EJMak In which case, a breadboard and this answer would do you very, very well. You'll need a Z80, RAM, ROM and latches & transceivers (for I/O ports), as well as some logic gates to map memory etc. It's one of the simplest setups that illustrates what you're looking for. Please edit your question to explain what you want, as opposed to how to get a specific type of solution. (This is known as the XY problem and is very common on the Stack Exchange network.) | |
| May 10, 2017 at 15:41 | comment | added | EJ Mak | Hmm. I guess my ignorance is showing here. I'm looking for some sort of kit or system akin to today's Arduino/RasPi boards that could act like a simple general-purpose computer. Perhaps I mean a single-board microcontroller, i.e., one "built onto a single printed circuit board." (Wikipedia) Actually, I don't care if everything exists on just one board, per se, but I'd like a set-up with a CPU, registers, ALU, RAM, ROM, I/O ports, and some human-friendly way to input & output data. Does this better describe what I'm looking for? | |
| May 10, 2017 at 15:18 | comment | added | Chenmunka♦ | Are you talking about devices like S-100 or VME bus controllers? They certainly existed. | |
| May 10, 2017 at 15:13 | comment | added | dirkt | Define "microcontroller". You can certainly use a 6502 or a Z80 for tasks you'd use a modern microcontroller. It's also not too difficult to make a working system on a breadboard with such a CPU and a couple of other chips, google for "homebrew + CPU name". | |
| May 10, 2017 at 15:02 | history | asked | EJ Mak | CC BY-SA 3.0 |