Author: Craig Andrews

Posted in Bus Monitor Supreme

Bus Monitor Board – This Should Whet Your Appetite

I am getting more excited by the hour while building the SBC-85 Bus Monitor Board and so…

Posted in 8085 SBC

SBC-85 v1.1 Built

Update on version 1.1 of the SBC-85 CPU board that just arrived—-  Rather than tease out the…

Posted in Backplane

Backplane-4 Built and Ready to Share

I have completed building the first Backplane-4 and happy to report that i have not found any…

Posted in 8085 SBC Backplane Bus Monitor Supreme EPROM Programmer

New PCBs, New Projects, New Plans

The last mile of power lines, telephone lines, and other similar infrastructure is the most difficult to…

Posted in 8085 SBC Software

Intel 8085 Instruction Reference Card

For those that can’t remember things like glass shampoo bottles and paper straws, the “100% Plastic” claim…

Posted in 8085 SBC

SBC-85 CPU v1.0 is now a Shared Project

Version 1.0 of the SBC-85 CPU board has been uploaded to PCBWAY and OSHPARK as a shared…

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Which PCB Layout Program Do I Use? and Why?

I have been asked a number of times if I can recommend an EDA package for other…

Posted in 8085 SBC Software

Dave Dunfield’s MON85 Available for the SBC-85

Great news today when Dave Dunfield gave permission to port his MON85 code over to the SBC-85…

Posted in 8085 SBC EPROM Programmer

My Most Useful EPROM Programmers

I have at least a dozen EPROM programmers but most of them are vintage and less than…

Posted in 8085 SBC

Demystifying 8085 Hardware Interrupts

Hardware interrupts are simply signal inputs that are monitored by the CPU and when one (or more)…