Sick of wires? Me too! I love my funky Unicomp Model M keyboard which I picked up at the closing sale of a Bed, Bath, & Beyond of all places. Even got a kitty cat and green keys to boot! After reorganizing my desk, the only thing holding me back was the PS/2 cable for… Continue reading Bluetooth Unicomp Model M
Category: Compooterz
Interview with Paul Cutler
Woah! I was asked to talk with Paul Cutler of the CircuitPython Show about my experiences with electronics, music, and CircuitPython. It came out much better than I anticipated! Hope y’all enjoy. 🙂
The CircuitPython Show Discussion
I recently had the pleasure of being featured on the CircuitPython Show podcast, hosted by Paul Cutler. It was a pretty relaxing roundtable discussion with fellow pythonistas, Todd Kurt, Mark gambler, and Jeff epler. If you’re interested in the recent work I’ve been doing in that universe, take a listen!
Atari 2600 EEPROM Cartridge
Back at it again with all the EEPROM-related goofin’! I needed to order up a new batch of cartridges for Spider Web, the game I wrote for the Atari 2600. In the past, I had just used the standard Pixels Past cartridge but with hand soldered modifications to make it work for the EEPROM chips… Continue reading Atari 2600 EEPROM Cartridge
PicoPROM! A small, low-cost DIP-EEPROM programmer
New batch of nano SwinSIDb-Piggybacks available!
I’ve been bad, it’s true. I’ve had a load of extra bits floating around just waiting to built into cute little SID chips for what? Like over a year now?? It was finally time to fix this grave error. Using some new techniques I’ve picked up over the past few months, I buckled down and… Continue reading New batch of nano SwinSIDb-Piggybacks available!
C64 EEPROM Adapter
Recently got my hands on an old Commodore 64 with bad mask ROMs (kernal, basic, character, etc). Luckily, I’ve got a huge stash of AT28C64B EEPROMs from back when I was working on Atari cartridges! After some side-by-side comparisons with the original mask ROM pinouts (2364 & 2332), I decided it was best to create… Continue reading C64 EEPROM Adapter
Introducing the pico_synth_sandbox!
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MIDI + Guitar = Kewl?
Let’s be real, I’m a cheap b*st*rd. I’d love to get my hands on one of those sick Electro-Harmonix SYNTH9 pedals. But instead of money, I’ve got plenty of time to spend! That and a stash of Raspberry Pi Picos. Hence, the Pico Guitar Midi Tracker! The idea here is that the MCU will listen… Continue reading MIDI + Guitar = Kewl?
Exploring the Octopy
I’ve got a new project to share with you! Need an inexpensive way to sequence audio and midi together to synchronize your drum machines and keyboards on stage? The “Octopy” may be a good fit, and if you’re a raspberry pi enthusiast like me, you might already have the equipment to get started laying around!