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Planes assembled, ready to stack

A project log for Ferrite Core Memory Module

A sub-project of the ED-64 Computer to document the development of a 64-byte ferrite core memory module

andrew-starrAndrew Starr 04/27/2016 at 06:433 Comments

I have completed 8 bit planes, ready to assemble into a 8 x 8 x 8 bit (64 byte) stack:

Just waiting on some standoffs, cables and headers. Here's a closeup view of a plane showing the drive line connectors (1mm pitch FFC) and the sense and inhibit connectors (2-pin JST):

Finally, a view of the underside of the bottom plane, showing the pin connectors that plug into the carrier board:

Meanwhile, I am workng on the schematic for the carrier board, on which will be mounted the core stack and the logic shown in the diagram in the project details.

Discussions

Ed S wrote 04/27/2016 at 13:57 point

It's just about enough for a bootloader, so that's all the non-volatile storage you need.

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Andrew Starr wrote 04/27/2016 at 07:44 point

Ha! Well, for a stack, it's plenty. For system RAM, well, it depends on what you are doing :)

BTW, do you ever sleep, Yann? :) Or do you just go into suspend mode for a couple of hours?

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Yann Guidon / YGDES wrote 04/27/2016 at 07:38 point

64 bytes should be enough for ... wait.... never mind :-D

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