The [[Schneiderware]] series consists of several DIY projects which have been released 1986-1987 in german magazine [[CPC Schneider International]] published by [[DMV]]. The name "Schneiderware" was probably choosen due to its double meaning ("CPC Hardware" in computer language, or "specially fitted designer clothing" in german language). Aside from building the hardware on one's own, one could also order printed circuit boards, either fully assembled, or in kit formplain PCBs without components.
The various boards are having special connectors, intended to be mounted on the "Basisplatine" (some kind of a motherboardwith [[ECB Bus]] sockets) which allows to connect up to five Schneiderware boards to the CPCs Expansion Port; with some small modifications one could also connect the boards directly to the Expansion Port (the motherboard is merely an Y-cable-like adaptor without electrical components, so one doesn't really need it).
The DIY projects can be reportedly found in following issues * [[Schneiderware Introduction|Schneiderware #1 Introduction (as by now, the magazine pages don't seem to be scanned, so details about I/O ports are unknownTheory):]]* [[CPC Schneider InternationalSchneiderware Basisplatine|Schneiderware #2a Basisplatine (Motherboard)]] 06/1986, Page 062-067, Schneiderware #1* [[CPC Schneider International]] 07/1986, Page 060-067, Schneiderware Centronics Port|Schneiderware #2 2b Centronics (Printer Port)]]* [[CPC Schneider International]] 08Schneiderware V/1986, Page 070-077, 24 Interface|Schneiderware #3 V/24 (RS232 Interface)]]* [[CPC Schneider International]] 09/1986, Page 078-083, Schneiderware Power Supply|Schneiderware #4 Netzteil (Power Supply)]]* [[CPC Schneider International]] 10/1986, Page 078-085, Schneiderware Real Time Clock|Schneiderware #5 Echtzeituhr (Real Time Clock)]]* [[CPC Schneider International]] 12/1986, Page 124Schneiderware Uni-130, PIO|Schneiderware #6 Uni-PIO (48 I/O lines)* [[CPC Schneider International]] 01/1987, Page 144, Notes (?)* [[CPC Schneider International]] 03/1987, Page 032-045, Schneiderware Analog Converter|Schneiderware #7Analog Converter (8 analog inputs, 2 analog outputs)]]* [[CPC Schneider International]] 04/1987, Page 026-034, Schneiderware Pseudo ROM|Schneiderware #8* [[CPC Schneider InternationalPseudo ROM (SRAM and EPROM mapped as ROM)]] 05/1987, Page 032-034, Notes (?)* [[CPC Schneider International]] 06/1987, Page 122-131, Schneiderware EPROM Burner|Schneiderware #9* [[CPC Schneider International]] 11/1987, Page 097-099, Notes Eprommer (?EPROM Burner)Notes: The "Centronics" board is probably another [[8bit Printer Ports|8bit Printer Port]] solution (but different than the joystick-signal based one that was released a few months earlier in the same magazine). The Real Time Clock is somewhat similar to the [[Real Time Clock|CPCI Real Time Clock]] released in a special issue of the same magazine, but not identical (the RTC chip has different pin-outs, and some of it's 4bit registers are working slightly different, the leap-year bits, for example).
== Pictures ==A summary of the I/O ports, Schematics, Photos, and all scanned articles can be found here:* [[Schneiderware Summary]]
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== Datasheets ==----
* [[MediaImage:M5832 DatasheetSchneiderware Series.pdf|M5832 Datasheetjpg]] [[Category:Peripherals]] - Real time clock