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• PICO-56 Firmware v0.4 update

  Troy Schrapel • 06/16/2024 at 03:33 • 0 comments

  Enhancements to BASIC including:
  

  • Implementing UNPLOT X,Y
  • Implementing CLS for DISPLAY 2 mode
  • Fixed COLOR function to update background color register
  • Disabled kernel console interrupt during DISPLAY 2 mode

  New BASIC example programs:

  • leaf.bas: Generate a "Barnsley Fern"

  • draw.bas: Etch-a-sketch style drawing program using the NES controller

• PICO-56 available in this month's HackerBox

  Troy Schrapel • 06/04/2024 at 04:16 • 0 comments

  Excited to have teamed up with HackerBoxes who are featuring the PICO-56 in this month's HackerBox. Check out HackerBoxes for more details.

• PCBWay 6th Project Design Contest - Popular Prize Winner!

  Troy Schrapel • 03/15/2024 at 01:04 • 0 comments

  The little PICO-56 has won a Popular Prize in the 6th PCBWay Project Design Contest. There were a lot of great designs and winners. Congratulations to all of them. Check them out here: Meet The Winners of 6th Project Design Contest - News - PCBway

• PICO-56 case released

  Troy Schrapel • 03/10/2024 at 12:40 • 0 comments

  Want a case for your PICO-56? STLs and print details now available on GitHub. https://github.com/visrealm/pico-56

• PICO-56 kits back in stock

  Troy Schrapel • 02/20/2024 at 10:10 • 0 comments

  The wait is over! I have some PICO-56 kits back in stock. If you're interested, check out PICO-56 Kit on Tindie

• Complete kit build video

  Troy Schrapel • 01/22/2024 at 04:32 • 0 comments

  If you're curious about what's involved in building a PICO-56 kit, check out this full build:

• Giveaway winners announced

  Troy Schrapel • 01/16/2024 at 01:38 • 0 comments

  The response to the giveaway has been absolutely fantastic with 173 entries received over the 7 days giving each entry a roughly 1 in 58 chance of winning a kit.

  The lucky winners are:
  

  • Yoshitaka Kuwata
  • Frédéric Segard
  • Steve Kohls

  The winners have been notified by email.

  If you haven't received your 'Congratulations!' email, check your spam.

  Congratulations! and happy PICO-56-ing :)

  Cheers
  - Troy

• PICO-56 Introduction and Giveaway

  Troy Schrapel • 01/08/2024 at 23:55 • 0 comments

  This video is a brief introduction to the PICO-56 and also details an initial giveaway of 3 complete kits.

• PICO-56 kits incoming + giveaway

  Troy Schrapel • 11/29/2023 at 03:10 • 0 comments

  PICO-56 kits will be available soon. I'll be giving a few away too! Who's keen?

  It's a 65C02/TMS9918A/AY-3-8910 homebrew computer on a Raspberry Pi Pico, but can easily be adapted to other hardware configurations. https://github.com/visrealm/pico-56

  Follow https://youtube.com/@TroySchrapel for details to be announced next week.

• Q*Bert on my PICO-56

  Troy Schrapel • 11/22/2023 at 23:49 • 0 comments

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