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W65C265S Shadow Vectors
When I first started working with the W65C265SXB board, I was trying to get interrupts to work and was having no luck getting the interrupt service routine (ISR) to run. My setup was a simple momentary switch pulling down P41 (IRQB interrupt) or P64 (negative edge P64 interrupt). As I reviewed the sample LEDP72.asm that was included with the WDC Tools, I found vectors defined at the end of the file. Notice the Shadow_VECTORS section at $7EE0 and the vectors section at $FFE0

rehsd
10 hours ago3 min read


W65C265S Parallel Interface Bus (PIB)
As I've been working on my W65C265S single-board-computer (SBC) project (see rehsdonline.com/post/w65c265s-single-board-computer ), one of the greater mysteries is the parallel interface bus (PIB). I've found limited information about the PIB, other than some basics in the '265 data sheet. I'm hopeful to get the PIB implemented in the latest phase of my '265 SBC project. Here, I will collect information that should be helpful in my goal of implementing PIB for a dual-265 SBC

rehsd
Jan 74 min read


W65C265S Single-Board Computer
It has been a few years since I have worked with the 6502 and 65816 processors. Most recently, my focus has been learning about FPGAs and developing my own FPGA PCB . Along the way, I designed some retro 286 and 386 systems, dabbled with a variety of microcontrollers, and learned more about PCB design. I thought it might be fun to build a single-board computer (SBC) based on the W65C265S microcontroller from The Western Design Center (WDC). This post will be updated as I wo

rehsd
Nov 29, 20256 min read


Zynq-7000 PCB, Round Two (PCIe?)
Over the past year, I took a shot at designing a Zynq-7000-based development board. I am now considering an update to my first board --...

rehsd
Mar 23, 20253 min read


Upgrading to a Faster Zynq-7000
Over the last few months, I have continued to experiment with my Zynq-7000 board . My board has been running well and is very stable. The...

rehsd
Mar 9, 20252 min read


Zynq-7000 Audio with WM8960 in PetaLinux
I am hoping to get audio support for my custom Zynq-7000 development board. After a little digging into options, I am currently focusing...

rehsd
Jan 25, 20254 min read


Microchip AVR64DU28 Development Board with EasyEDA Pro
Recently, I received a request to walk through the creation of a two-layer, through-hole PCB in EasyEDA Pro. As I considered what kind of...

rehsd
Jan 1, 20253 min read


PetaLinux and My Zynq-7000
As my custom Zynq-7000 board has been working fairly well (see my previous blog post ), I have been learning about PetaLinux. I am...

rehsd
Jan 1, 20251 min read


Xilinx XC7Z020-1CLG484I (Zynq-7000 SoC, Artix-7 FPGA)
Recently, I have been working on different MCU and FPGA development boards. The FPGAs to this this point have been simpler, or older,...

rehsd
Apr 6, 20246 min read


Xilinx XC5215-6PQ160C FPGA
I have a batch of Xilinx XC5215-PQ160AKMOO21 FPGAs. These are old FPGAs and it will be a challenge (if not impossible for me) to get one...

rehsd
Mar 22, 20242 min read


Xilinx Spartan-3AN Dev Board Build
I am just beginning to work on a dev board for a Xilinx Spartan XC3S200AN-FTG256AGQ1413. I plan to use this page to capture information...

rehsd
Mar 19, 20241 min read


Lattice iCE40 FPGA Journey
As part of my post on MCUs, I added a Lattice iCE40 FPGA to the mix. While I have done a little bit of work with FPGAs in the past, it...

rehsd
Feb 8, 20242 min read


My Personal PCB Checklist
As I am working to improve my PCB design capabilities, I will update this list as a sort of "quality checklist." If you have suggestions...

rehsd
Jan 24, 20242 min read


MCU (and some FPGA) Fun
I am starting to experiment with different microcontrollers (MCUs). I am hoping to learn about 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit MCUs -- from a...

rehsd
Jan 17, 20244 min read


486DLC >>> 486DX PCB Design Updates
As I have gotten my 386 DX upper and lower motherboard PCBs working -- at least to the point of validating much of the design -- I am now...

rehsd
Nov 26, 20236 min read


Agilent 1680/1690 Logic Analyzers
Historically, I have used simple "debuggers" / "analyzers" that leveraged an Arduino Mega, STM32, or Teensy to sample signals and either...

rehsd
Oct 28, 20234 min read


Teensy-based Debugger
I have previously used Arduino Mega and STM32 devices to capture signal data for logging and debugging. I have been working on a...

rehsd
Oct 23, 20231 min read


386 DX - EATX Build
Picking up from 80386 DX Build (rehsdonline.com), I am transitioning my 386 DX build to an EATX form factor, incorporating changes up to...

rehsd
Oct 8, 20231 min read


386SX Upgrade / 386DX - Glue Logic, Bus Control PALs, GALs, PLDs, ...
For my 286 to 386SX upgrade interposer PCB, I need to implement logic for S0# and S1# (along with a few other signals). For my 386DX...

rehsd
Jul 8, 20234 min read


Using an Assembly Library from C++ for Applications in FreeDOS (on My 286 Build)
YouTube user @viti95 suggested avoiding making calls to other procedures within the assembly code, as just the CALL process has overhead....

rehsd
Jun 25, 20231 min read
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