Sunday, 17 December 2017

6502 Badge


I recently built a rather nice 6502 Anniversary Computer Badge which was designed to celebrate the 40th Birthday of the Apple II, Commodore PET, and Atari VCS.

Get your own here 6502 40th Anniversary Badge 


Description:


  • A 65C02 microprocessor, running at 2 MHz
  • 2K RAM (expandable to 16K or 32K), with battery backup
  • 16K EPROM (expandable to 32K), with floating-point BASIC and 6502 machine-level monitor
  • Two 8-bit output latches
  • 7-digit 7-segment LED display, plus annunciators
  • Software-driven 9600 baud TTL serial I/O port

I made following mods to the build:


  • I socketed all of the chips using nice turned pin IC sockets, except the 2K RAM which is soldered directly to the PCB.

6502 Badge bare PCB












6502 badge, nearly completed 











 6502 badge, with almost everything socketed.