Core64 and Neon Pixels Controlled with 65uino

A fusion of three Hackaday projects controlled by a 6502!

Andy Geppert

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6502 + NEON PIXELS + CORE MEMORY
Sounds like fun, right?!
This combination of components existed in 1975 and could have been built at that time. Since I haven't found evidence of that fun combination, I decided to build it now. This project is the subject of a collaborative talk planned for Hackaday Europe 2025.

In my quest to dive deeper into the 6502 world, I've merged three Hackaday Projects into one:
https://hackaday.io/project/173636-neon-pixels
https://hackaday.io/project/190260-65uino
https://hackaday.io/project/166155-core-64-interactive-core-memory-badge

Project accelerator! https://www.tindie.com/products/pbretro/picorom/ The PicoRom [up to 256KB} made "re-flashing" the 6502 program UBER FAST. I highly recommend it for development on ROM-based systems.

The next phase of this project will be to bring the Core Memory and Neon Pixels alive with a KIM-1. Ultimately, I would love to run this system with the Monster6502!
https://monster6502.com

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Just in time for 2025 Hackaday Europe in Berlin!

Here is the video recording of our collaboration talk at Hackaday Europe 2025:

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Pause for Supercon
Andy Geppert • 09/17/2024 at 13:16 • 0 comments

This project is pausing through the end of 2025 because I am sending in the Core64+Neon Pixels demo to be displayed:
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/26/supercon-2024-show-off-your-unique-display-tech/
The next phase of the project is to build the big-banging required to drive the Serial Shift Registers. That should relatively straightforward since it's not much different than the code to drive the Neon Pixels.
Neon Pixels under 65uino control!
Andy Geppert • 08/29/2024 at 04:52 • 0 comments

Finally got what is in ROM to show up correctly on the Neon Pixels!!!
Need to troubleshoot why the second push of the same data is shifted right by one pixel. I think the bit twiddles might be off by a bit, or a byte.