4 SmartyKit 1 assembly guide and instructions
Computer construction kit SmartyKit edited this page 2019-10-27 15:54:14 +03:00

Welcome to the SmartyKit 1 assembly guide and instructions!

Following simple steps you would be able to build your own Apple I-compatible computer out of our SmartyKit 1 kit (http://apple1.smartykit.org/).

Every kit goes with:

  • breadboards (4 + 1),
  • chips with firmware,
  • electronic components (resistors, buttons, capacitors, crystals),
  • wires,
  • colored cables,
  • PS/2 and RCA sockets.

General steps

Steps are organized as board-by-board assembly sequence.

  1. connecting 4 boards for main components and assembling power supply with test LED
  2. assembly Board 1
  3. assembly Board 2
  4. assembly Board 3
  5. assembly Board 4
  6. connecting colored cables (and use board 5 to connect 3 address cables and 3 data cables)
  7. connecting Keyboard (PS/2) and TV (via RCA cable) Then you connect batteries and it should work.