Next Accelerator with NextPi

Next Accelerator with NextPi

€39,90 (excl. VAT)

Accelerator NextPi – RPi Zero for N-GO / ZX Spectrum Next
Includes microSD with necessary software installed.

https://zx.xalior.com/NextPi/

The term Accelerator is somewhat of a misnomer, technologically. It’s not an accelerator in the terms that it accelerates the next itself, but it permits the execution of code on a much faster processor – that of the Pi Zero. Think of it as a co-processor, or “companion computer”.

Description

  • TZX tape emulation (including accelerated loading at up-to x8 speed)
  • Virtual Sound-Card as dedicated Next DAC channel. Currently implimented music players that use this:
    • Amiga MOD (accurate)
    • Atari SNDH (accurate)
    • C64 SID (inaccurate, some analog filters are appoximations)
    • General MIDI synthesis (accuracy configurable based on song complexity)
      • Additional loadable soundfonts: Roland General Sound included, user changable
      • User programmable soundfonts: Game/Platform specific upload of sounds/samples/wavetables
    • MP3 DAC (accurate)
    • WAV (accurate, 2ed channel – simultanious to Next WAV decoding/DAC use)
    • Text to speech
  • Second Screen / Monitor support at user defined resolutions up to 1080P
    • Bundled decoders for MPEG, JPEG, PNG & BMP
  • USB Host Interface permitting user-definable device drivers/accessories
  • Accelerated checksum/validation features (including encryption/decryption)
  • Local file handling on the pi, including asset caching (permitting user plugins/additions/development environments to persist across powercycles)
  • Built-in support for advanced development tools such as sjasmplus and multiple versions of z88dk
  • Software assignable GPIO pins for custom communications protocols with the Next

Plus a user friendly scriptable API, including python, for easy automation and creation of new features and upgradable without opening the Next to add new features via NextPiUI.

Release Summary

Current Public Stable NextPi1 Release: 0.99D – download site
Current Public Stable NextPi2 Release: 1.92D – download site
Current Public Testing NextPi2 Release: N/A – public testing versions are handled via Discord
Current Private Testing NextPi2 Release: 1.93A – private testing versions are not available for public download

Additional information

Weight 0,100 kg

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