Status page (here) : https://www.nc3card.com/nc3/status/

Costs

Order page (Fully built working card)
https://www.nc3card.com/nc3/produit/vga-and-z80-for-your-apple-ii-ii-iie-iigs-pcb-pi-pico-and-opensource/

If you want Apple I and Tape PCBs
https://www.nc3card.com/nc3/produit/apple-i-carte-mere-avec-carte-tape-ordinateur-vintage-historique/



Fully built card, smd or discrete version

– Discrete A2VGAZ80 Fully built card (PCB+components+built) = 80 Euro + Shipping (included Ebay commission)
https://www.ebay.it/itm/175899423064

– SMD Apple II VGA-Z80 Fully built card (PCB+components+built) = 90 Euro + Shipping (included Ebay commission)
https://www.ebay.it/itm/175899423064




Available for you, 3 different PCBs (A2VGAZ80, A2VGAZ80_v1.0, A2VGA Briel) and the A2VGAZ80 fully built card

– Apple II smd VGAZ80 PCB only = 20 Euro + Shipping (included Ebay commission)
https://www.ebay.it/itm/176098025595

– A2VGA Briel PCB only = 20 Euro + Shipping (included Ebay commission)
https://www.ebay.it/itm/175899373666

– A2VGAZ80v1.0 PCB only = 20 Euro + Shipping (included Ebay commission)
https://www.ebay.it/itm/175977045899

– A2VGAZ80v1.0 PCB and Parts (not built) = 50 Euro + Shipping (included Ebay commission)
https://www.ebay.it/itm/176194487307




PCB Production, we will do only 1, so first ordered, first served... and when finished... then no more.



Shipping and arrival (Soon) of the PCBs....





1st order of Pico Pi and PiW... perhaps more...



Order of Pico Pi and PiW confirmed and shipped...



First

15 (10+5) Picos arrived

(orders up to last week)... still components to receive and PCBs.






FedEx parcel arrived, with the

PCBs

, next job sourcing the components









Sold on Ebay, VGA Card for Apple II, at

230 USD

(including shipping + import taxes)...





Humm.... the parts (Smd ICs are not easy to get, there is a backlist for the order and we work to obtain them)






Waiting for the parts, the 4xIC for the boards will take some time, as there is shortage... hope to get them asap.







Main parts are ordered, we finally got them, it will take from 10 to 20 working days to arrive...












Qty Designator Item Package Description
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9x C1-C9 16V 100nF X7R 402 Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor
1x C11 25V 10uF X5R 805 Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor
1x C10 25V 22uF X5R 805 Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor
1x U7 AZ1117H-3.3 - SOT-223 Fixed 3.3V regulator
1x D1 SS14F SMAF 40V 550mV @ 1A Shottkey Barrier Diode
3x R12,R13,R14 10K Ohm 100mW 402 10K Ohm 100mW Thin Film Resistor
3x R3,R6,R9 2K Ohm 100mW 402 2K Ohm 100mW Thin Film Resistor
3x R2,R5,R8 1K Ohm 100mW 402 1K Ohm 100mW Thin Film Resistor
3x R1,R4,R7 470 Ohm 100mW 402 470 Ohm 100mW Thin Film Resistor
2x R10,R11 47 Ohm 100mW 402 47 Ohm 100mW Thin Film Resistor
4x U1-U4 SN74LVC8T245DGVR - TVSOP-24 Texas Instruments SN74LVC8T245DGVR Level Translating Transceiver
1x U5 ATF16V8C-5JX PLCC-20 Microchip ATF16V8C PLD
1x U6 Pico-W Module Raspberry Pi Pico or Pico-W module (no pins)
1x J2 VGA Connector HD-15 High-Density D-SUB 15 VGA Connector


Be aware to insert properly your card, when you get it, vga connector always looks the keyboard side !




To members who bought the pcb, I have for you a tutorial available and all files (firmwares, uf2 files).
Email me to support@nc3card.com to obtain it (Thanks to Heinz for his great document)








We have two new PCBs, that you can build yourself more easily, photos below and links if you click on the pcb image



VGA only design (Briel)







Currently on Ebay, a fully built Briel Apple II VGA card, lets see the final price later today... (No IIgs, No Wifi and No Z80)



Sold today at 95 Euro (shipping included)... not bad for a VGA only (II/IIe/II+) card.








VGA and Z80 (VGA/Z80 SMD version but with Discret components)








Most parts are here, received the chips from China and from Mouser, and capacitors/resistors (still waiting for 3 by the end of this month) from Mouser.
(If you want to see more, click on photo below, to have a high resolution photo and all parts received)






We received the last parts and now we started to build the most difficult part, soldering the 4 smd ICs... first two cards today.






Saturday night to sunday work...






Sunday work...






Programming... the ATF16V8C-5JX





Work in progress, programming the Atmel chip and then adding them on the pcbs... and starting the AZ1117H-3 now...





Some more parts to reach the 60 cards goal ! (Pico Pi Wifi, 35, ecc).





Todays status, work is moving smoothly, here is the result (9 descrete cards, and 23 smd cards)... hope soon ready to ship





First card finished ! Please everyone of you need now to tell me (by email or MSG) which configuration they want
1 - VGA, for which Apple II, II+, IIe, IIgs
2 - Z80, for which Apple II, II+, IIe, IIgs





Both cards available, smd and discrete, exact same functions (VGA/Z80)






News about the Discrete card, testing with the game Captain Goodnight, ground is blue or green...




Resistors :
R3,R6,R9 are 470 Ohm 100mW
R5,R8,R11 are 2K Ohm 100mW




Resistors 2k and 470 Ohms are swapped...



Status


LATEST : We started to post the first batch of cards mid november, second beggining of december,
still some to build but most of you should receive them soon

Delivery precedence, is First ordered/paid, first served.