The follwing is a list of available hardware pojects, along with information on compatability, author, support URLs and so forth.
Feel free to expand and update as necessary. New contributors welcome!
Add-on | Major Features | Designer | Support URL | Release date | TEC-1(A to D) | TEC-1F | SC-1 | IO Ports | Memory Ranges |
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TE 8x8 | 8x8 LED matrix display | TE Issue 11 (Ken Stone) | TE Issue 11 | 1983-84 | Y | Y | Y | 03h,04h or any 2 ports | N/A |
TE Relay Driver Board | 8 relay outputs | TE Issue 11 (Ken Stone) | TE Issue 11 | 1983-84 | Y | Y | N | any IO port | N/A |
Printer Plotter | Drives a simple 4 pen plotter | TE Issue 12 (Ken Stone) | TE Issue 12 | 1894 | Y | N | N | 06h | 2k at 1800h-1FFFh |
EPROM Burner | Programs 27v (and 21v - with mods) 2716 and 2732 EPROMS | TE Issue 13 | TE Issue 13 | 1985 | Y | N | N | N/A | 2k at 1000h-17FFh |
Non Volatile RAM | 2k battery backed RAM | TE Issue 13 (Ken Stone) | TE Issue 13 | 1985 | Y | N | N | N/A | 2k at 1000h-17FFh |
Crystal Oscillator | 1.8MHz crystal clock | TE Issue 14 (Paul L) | TE Issue 14 | 1986 | Y | N | N | N/A | N/A |
Input Output Modue | 16 open collector transtor buffered outputs & 8 TTL inputs; 2 relays, 1 speaker & 2 pushbuttons can be wired in if required | TE Issue 14 | TE Issue 14 | 1986 | Y | N | N | 03h,04h,05h or any 3 ports | N/A |
DAT board | 16x2 LCD, Tape IO, Single stepper | TE Issue 15 (Jim Robertson) | TE Issue 15 | 1989 | Y | ? | N | 03h,04h | N/A |
Speech Module | Allophones to english speech | TE Issue 15 (Craig Hart) | TE Issue 15 | 1988 | Y | Y | N | any IO port | N/A |
SC 8x8 LED Matrix | 8x8 LED matrix display | Craig Jones | https://github.com/crsjones/Southern-Cross-Computer-z80/tree/main/SC-8x8_LED_Matrix | 1992 | N | N | Y | 80h-81h OR 82h-83h | N/A |
SC Relay Board | 8 relay outputs | Craig Jones | 1992 | N | N | Y | 81h | N/A | |
SC Serial board 2.0 | Provides a high speed RS-232 serial link | Craig Jones | https://github.com/crsjones/Southern-Cross-Computer-z80/tree/main/SC-6850_Serial | 2021 | N | N | Y | 80h-81h | N/A |
SC Serial board 1.0 | Provides a high speed RS-232 serial link & 16x2 LCD | Craig Jones | https://github.com/crsjones/Southern-Cross-Computer-z80/tree/main/SC-6850_Serial | 2021 | N | N | Y | 80h-81h,82h-83h | N/A |
SC-APU | Provides an Am9511 Coprocessor | Craig Jones | https://github.com/crsjones/Southern-Cross-Computer-z80/tree/main/SC-APU | 2021 | N | N | Y | ? | ? |
SC-GBCART | Provides an interface to connect Gameboy Cartridges | Craig Jones / Ben Grimmett | https://github.com/crsjones/Southern-Cross-Computer-z80/tree/main/SC-GBCART | 2021 | N | N | Y | N/A | 0000h-7FFFh,A000h-BFFFh |
The Utlimate TEC-1F Add-On | 16x2 LCD, single stepper, 8k ROM | Brian Chiha | 2022 | N | Y | N | ? | ? | |
SN76489 3 in 1 board | Sound via SN76489AN sound chip with amplifier and VU meter | Brian Chiha | https://github.com/bchiha/Ready-Z80/tree/main/16-SN76489_Sound_Generator | 2022 | Y | Y | Y | any IO port | N/A |
T2SC | Provides a Southern Cross SC-1 Expansion connector on the TEC alloing SC-1 add-ons to be used on the TEC | Craig Hart | https://github.com/1971Merlin/T2SC | 2022 | Y | Y | N/A | N/A | N/A |
SPI2C | Provides SPI and I2C bus interfaces to support connecting numerous periphals | Craig Hart | https://github.com/1971Merlin/SPI2C | 2022 | Y (with T2SC board) | Y (with T2SC board) | Y | any two ports | N/A |
Das Blinkenlights | Displays entire Z80 CPU state on LEDs in real time, allows clow CPU clocking and Single stepping | Craig Hart | 2022 | Y (with T2SC board) | Y (with T2SC board) | Y | N/A | N/A | |
SoundRAM | Stereo or mono sound via SN76489AN sound chip; 32k system RAM for general use | Craig Hart | https://github.com/1971Merlin/SoundRAM | 2023 | Y (with T2SC board) | Y (with T2SC board) | Y | any two ports in the range 40h-7Fh | 32k at 8000h-FFFFh |
Prototyping Board | Blank 'veroboard' with buffered IO and CPU pins broken out; used to develop new hardware designs | Craig Hart | https://github.com/1971Merlin/ProtoBoard | 2023 | Y (with T2SC board) | Y (with T2SC board) | Y | N/A | N/A |
- all TE issues are downloadable from https://github.com/tec1group/TE-Magazines however the kits are no longer available (to myknowledge) | | | | | |