Amiga 500 IDE Controller / 8MB Fast RAM

$179.00

The A500 IDE / 8MB Fast RAM Module is the perfect addition to any Amiga 500. This module provides your Motorola 68K with 8MB of Fast RAM while at the same time allowing you to also add a hard drive so that you can install and boot from WorkBench.

The A500 IDE / 8MB Fast RAM Module is the perfect addition to any Amiga 500. This module provides your Motorola 68K with 8MB of Fast RAM while at the same time allowing you to also add a hard drive so that you can install and boot from WorkBench.

Features:

  • IDE Controller – Mini IDE to support compact flash and SD to IDE adapters
  • 8MB Fast RAM
  • Compact All-in-One design
  • 4 Layer Board
  • Hand Solderable 1206 component sizes
  • Support for ATF1508 / ATF1504 TQFP100 CPLD’s
  • Tag Connect JTAG for easy Firmware loading

Some things to note:

  • To boot via IDE, you’ll need to either patch your Kickstart ROM or use a Kickstart ROM that has the required SCSI drivers such as Kickstart 3.1
  • 2 points at the expansion port will need to be soldered /OVR and /INT2. Documentation is available below
  • Due to the limited I/O on the ATF1504, CFGIN / CFGOUT is not implemented

This project was inspired by Oleg Mishin. You can find the original project here.

BOM

Qty Value Device Package Parts
64   Machined PINs Single Pin CPU Socket
1   Pin Header 1×2 1X02R JP2
1   Pin Header 2×22 2mm Pitch 2X22M IDE
1 10uF Ceramic Capacitor C1206 C1
14 100NF Ceramic Capacitor C1206 C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C12, C13, C14, C15
7 10K Resistor  R1206 R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7
2 470ohm Resistor  R1206 R8, R9
1 ATF1508AS ATF1504AS-10AU100 / ATF1508AS-10AU100 100A_ATM-M U1
1 KM416C KM416C4104C SOP80P1176X120-50N U2
1 GREEN LED Green 1206 LED2
1 ORANGE LED Orange 1206 LED1
1 TC2030-IDC-NL Tag Connect Jtag Port TC2030-IDC-NL JTAG

2 reviews for Amiga 500 IDE Controller / 8MB Fast RAM

  1. OSHW

    Where can I get the source files for this hardware?
    The original hardware was GPL 3.0 so this modified version should be covered by the same principles.

  2. OSHW

    Thanks!
    Are the schematics available somewhere too?

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