Simple Z80 CTC and DART board compatible with the Amstrad CPC and MX4 connector
Prototyping board to learn about the Z80 CTC and DART, and how to write Z80 assembly using an Amstrad CPC.
Part of a number of modular cards using Z80 associated peripherals and the Amstrad CPC.
See also; Amstrad CPC 2855 PIO, Amstrad CPC Z80 CTC and Amstrad CPC Z80 DART
CPC Amstrad Expansion Backplane by revaldinho
The IO Address can be selected using jumpers, supporting the following base address.
- F8XX
- F9XX
- FAXX
- FBXX
The CTC is then adressed at XXEO and the DART at XXF0.
See CPC Wiki IO Port Summary for a list of known IO ports used on the Amstrad CPC.
The CTC DART board has been built and simple testing has been completed on an Amstrad CPC 6128.
Note also an FTDI Serial Adapter was used to connect to a Tera Term session.
PCBs are available from Seeed Studio.
This Digi-Key List contains all components excluding the Z80 CTC, DART and FTDI Serial Adapter.
Z80 Application by James W Coffron ISBN 0-89588-094-6
Don Prefontaine
Peter Murray
- First Release