1chipMSX

The 1chipMSX or the ESE MSX System 3 is an MSX- 2 system of D4 Enterprise. It was launched in 2006 in Japan on the market.

Description

The 1chipMSX is a new implementation of the MSX -2 standard into an Altera Cyclone FPGA chip EP1C12Q240C8N. The system has a transparent blue housing, as well as two slots for MSX cartridges and two joystick interfaces. The device has a number of video outputs (S- video, composite video, VGA ), a PS/2-Tastatur-Eingang and two USB Schittstellen and an SD / MCC card slot. Prepared are two audio outputs for a stereo sound implementation at a later generation.

The lack of floppy drive is compensated by an emulation of disk files on the SD / MMC cards. It is also possible via SD / MMC card to boot.

The Japanese version could not be sold in Europe because of RoHS. A European version is planned, but has not appeared on the market.

Specification

  • Altera Cyclone FPGA chip EP1C12Q240C8N
  • 32 MB SDRAM
  • SD / MMC Card Slot
  • 2 MSX cartridge slots
  • 2 audio outputs ( for future Stereo)
  • S- Video output
  • Composite video output
  • VGA video output
  • PS/2-Tastatur-Eingang
  • 2 USB inputs
  • 2 MSX joystick ports
  • FPGA I / O pin (40 pins and 10 pins )
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