Firmware updates for the STM32/Gotek HxC floppy emulators !

[solarmon]

I'm very curious how the wiring for rgb goes.......

I have a page on how I set up the RGB rotary encoder:

https://sites.google.com/one-n.co.uk/am ... ry-encoder

[Jeff]

4 August 2020 : Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.4.16.5a

- Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum EDSK & DSK : Fix deleted data mark support.

HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip

USB_HFE_hxc_floppy_emulator_firmware_release_notes.txt

Custom HxC firmware

[Jeff]

6 August 2020 : Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.4.16.8a

- Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum EDSK & DSK :
Fake Track ID protection support.
Fake Side ID protection support.
Bad CRC protection support.
6144 bytes sectors support fixed.

Fix the following copy protected ZX Spectrum games :
Robocop 2,Turrican 2,Barbarian 2,New Zealand Story,
Dan Dare 3,Operation Thurderbolt,Simpsons and probably others titles

HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip

USB_HFE_hxc_floppy_emulator_firmware_release_notes.txt

Custom HxC firmware

[Jeff]

7 August 2020 : Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.4.16.10a

- "Normal mode" / Direct disk browsing mode :
Fix possible erroneous "No file image found !" message issue.
Update recommended.

HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip

USB_HFE_hxc_floppy_emulator_firmware_release_notes.txt

Custom HxC firmware

[Jeff]

12 August 2020 : Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.4.16.12a

- New custom firmware page option (https://hxc2001.com/custom_fw/) :

Upside down orientation OLED screen option.

HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip

USB_HFE_hxc_floppy_emulator_firmware_release_notes.txt

Custom HxC firmware

[Jeff]

20 August 2020 : Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.4.16.14a

- Regression fix : Fix Amiga 1.76MB HD .ADF images support.

HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip

USB_HFE_hxc_floppy_emulator_firmware_release_notes.txt

Custom HxC firmware

[Jeff]

21 August 2020 : Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.4.18.1a

- USB Stick : GUID Partition Table (GPT) support.

The firmware now support medias with GPT, MBR or without any partition
table.
GPT is becoming the default partition table used by most operating
systems.

- New custom firmware page option (https://hxc2001.com/custom_fw/) :

GUID Partition Table (GPT) support option (enabled by default).

HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip

USB_HFE_hxc_floppy_emulator_firmware_release_notes.txt

Custom HxC firmware

[Jeff]

31 August 2020 : Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.5.1.1a

- Major release : Image-less mode support! Mount USB stick's FAT12 partitions !

The HxC Floppy Emulator firmware for Gotek and clones drives is now able
to emulate floppy disks directly from the USB Stick partitions.
This mean that you can now easily exchange files without the need of
any floppy image with machines supporting the common DOS/FAT file system.
In Image-less mode Windows/Linux/macOs operating systems are able to
mount automatically the floppy disks partitions and let you access to the
floppy disk files.
All floppy disk partitions size is supported : 720KB (DD), 1.2MB (HD),
1.44MB (HD) and even non standard sized disks (2.5MB and more...)

-- How to prepare the USB stick ? --

You need to prepare the USB stick to use the Image-less mode.
Some USB stick files are available in the Image_Less_Mode folder in the
firmware archive.
You can write them with rufus or dd or any other tool.

The firmware is supporting 4 different partition types / usb stick "format" :

- GPT partitioned USB stick :
This format allows you to have up to 128 floppy disks/partitions on
the USB Stick.
This is supported by all current operating systems
(Windows 10 and recent versions of macOs and Linux).

Pre-partitioned USB stick GPT images are available in
the Image_Less_Mode folder.

- MBR partitioned USB stick :
This format allows you to have up to 4 floppy disks/partitions on the USB
Stick. This is only recommended if you are working with old
operating systems. (Windows XP...)

Pre-partitioned USB stick MBR images are available in
the Image_Less_Mode folder.
You can write them with rufus or dd or any similar tool.

- "No partition" USB stick :
This format allows you to have 1 floppy disk per USB Stick.
This is supported by all opertating systems.

You can write any DOS compatible floppy image with rufus or dd or
any similar tool.

- Original Gotek firmware "Batch Manage Tool" formatted stick :
The HxC firmware is now compatible with the original Gotek firmware
tool "Batch Manage Tool". So you can now use this tool to prepare and
access the USB stick partitions.

The firmware recognizes automatically how the USB stick is prepared.
No particular action is needed on the emulator. Please note that the
classic floppy images modes still of course supported.

HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip

USB_HFE_hxc_floppy_emulator_firmware_release_notes.txt

Custom HxC firmware

[Jeff]

1 September 2020 : Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.5.1.2a

- v3.5.1.1 regression fix : Broken USB stick folder Auto mount feature fixed.

HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip

USB_HFE_hxc_floppy_emulator_firmware_release_notes.txt

Custom HxC firmware

[Jeff]

3 September 2020 : Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.5.1.9a

- Internal parameters : Power-up clear/reset right button timeout set to 3 seconds.

- Electone EL-900 disk change issue fixed :

-> Clear internal ready timer at image selection.
-> Internal default ready timing changed from 200ms to 400ms.

HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip

USB_HFE_hxc_floppy_emulator_firmware_release_notes.txt

Custom HxC firmware

[Jeff]

14 September 2020 : Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.5.1.12a

- Roland machines out,img,ima files support : sector interleave and track
skew adjusted to the S-550 values. (Fix S-550 issues).

HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip

USB_HFE_hxc_floppy_emulator_firmware_release_notes.txt

Custom HxC firmware

[Jeff]

4 November 2020 : Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.5.2.5a

- IMG file images : Fix Technics SX-F100 organ format and file deletion
support.

- HFE files : Blind write mode now used on all non-MFM/FM HFE files.

- Quickdisk .QD files write support : Some fixes and improvements.

- Code improvements.

HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip

USB_HFE_hxc_floppy_emulator_firmware_release_notes.txt

Custom HxC firmware