First prototype of the AKAB (Amiga Keyboard Adapter Board)

I've finally received the printed boards for my prototype of the AKAB: the Amiga Keyboard Adapter Board I designed!
The purpose of this device is connecting a cheap & common PS/2 compatible keyboard to Amiga big-box (like the A1000, A2000 etc.) and Amiga 500 computers. The design is pretty simple, and involves a single active component (an Atmega 328P microcontroller) and a few passive ones. Everything is through-hole, so it's pretty easy to build.

Here is the first built proto:

First AKAB prototype

Dumping an EPROM using an ATMEGA MCU

I recently built a development board using an ATMEGA 1284-PU microcontroller and some spare components I had lying around. Since then, I searched for fun & cool things to do with it: there are the usual sensors reading/LED matrix lighting/graphic LCD drawing/motor controlling experiments available, but my interest lies in data preservation so, as a first task, I decided dump a few EPROMs that dwelt undisturbed in my junk box for too long.

This mess of wires actually works as an EPROM dumper!