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A project log for Dodo: 6502 Game System

Handheld Game System featuring the 6502

peter-noyesPeter Noyes 02/15/2016 at 17:500 Comments

This past weekend I assembled the board. Surprisingly, it only took a few hours. Even more surprisingly, it worked on the first try. The only hiccups were getting all of the correct components together. Digikey sent me the wrong capacitors, so I had to run out to Fry's to get the right ones. I also could not find my IDC headers... it turns out they were in my car the whole time. Tonight I might be able to test the display.

The first test was just getting an LED blinking, which tests about half the chips on the board. I still need to test the UART and the display. Also, I have all of the interrupt lines wired on the PCB, which I never did on the prototype. I guess I like to live on the edge, hopefully it will work!

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