Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.

This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.

The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick

The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….

Firmware STM32 USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.1.9.1a -> v3.1.16.1a cumulative changelog:

• User interface part :
  • Code Refactored
  • Better buttons behavior.
  • Better/faster rotary behavior.

• Normal mode :
  • Press both buttons shortly to jump to the first entry of the current folder. (“..”)

• Normal mode :
  • When returning to parent folder (“..”) the position in the folder is restored.

• Autoboot mode :
  • Press both buttons shortly to jump to Autoboot.hfe / Press both buttons more than 2 seconds eject/insert the disk.

• Indexed mode :
  • Press both buttons shortly to jump to DSKA0000.HFE / Press both buttons more than 2 seconds eject/insert the disk.

• 7 segments screen : Now show when an image is inserted (“—”) or ejected (” – “)
• OLED : init algorithm revised for diymore.cc screens.  (Press the right button at power up at the first diymore.cc screen installation).

• Various user interface fixes.
• Normal mode : key auto-repeat delay increased.
• Revert filtering changes (Rotary support)
• Keys debouncing filter increased.
• Normal mode : Wait the select key release after a directory change.

• New interface modes :
  • IBMPC_DD_HD (PC Mode with auto density selection)
  • S950_DD_HD  (Akai / Shugart-Like Mode with auto density selection)

• New Family :
  • Ensoniq ASR10 (Ensoniq Auto DD & HD support)

• New 7 segments config menu 1 (Interface mode) entries :
  • 0F = S900/S950 (Density Auto)
  • 10 = PC DD/HD  (Density Auto)

• New 7 segments config menu 0 (System family) entry :
  • 11 = Ensoniq ASR10 (Ensoniq Auto DD & HD support)

• Some file system & disks access sanity checks added.
• New menu setting interface menu for normal 7-segments Goteks :
  • To access it, remove the USB Stick and press both buttons.
  • Choose the sub menu number – wait some seconds for the selection validation.
  • Check and/or change the setting – wait some seconds for the selection validation.

This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here. (instruction manual here)

Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.16.1a (902)

source: hxc2001.com