PicoMEM by FreddyV – All in One 8-Bit ISA Expansion Card

wonder if it will work in the 99% standard Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200 PCMCIA slots. :)

It’s interesting to note that the WiFi on the PicoMEM is based on code from yyzkevin originally from his PCMCIA project. And the PicoMEM uses PSRAM code from my PicoGUS project. And then PicoGUS uses Sound Blaster code from yyzkevin. And now I’m getting inspiration from how PicoMEM does address decoding. And so on and so on… This is a pretty cool little open source community we’ve created around the RP2040, cross-pollinating each others’ projects.

Hi, Yes, it is me :) I also released Mod Master XT recently that play .XM on XT computers.

I believe it is done that way because it helps replacing the component if needed without having to order a new bespoke pcb

Edit: Also, the rp2040 is harder to solder than the other chips in the board due to the different packaging, so that might play a role on it

Look at PicoGUS [0], at first it was a similar semi-prototype board with an off-the-shelf Pico module and then it was redesigned into a neat simple expansion card.

Give it some time.

[0] https://picog.us/

Regulatory/Licensing and complexity of pcb design for rf and assembly issues and all that aside, if you look up the cost on the CYW43 wireless chip, it costs more than the Pico W module last I checked.

Wireless is a very popular feature on PicoMEM from the discussions I see and from my own personal use.

No, it doesn't save an awful lot at small scale(in my gut feeling <200 units). Engineering time saving far outweighs paying $4 extra for Pico.

It's because it's accessed via SPI PSRAM rather than the on-die SRAM on offer for the 128Kb.

> Now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time

Hopefully, that's a name that will stay buried in the 20th century.

"Was the NE2000 really that bad?" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26755293)