Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.

This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.

The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick

The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….

USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.16.1a -> v3.1.22.1a cumulative changelog:

• TI99/4A : Direct support of *.DSK/*.PC99/*.V9T9 sectors dump images SD/DD/HD density support (Read & Write).
• New embedded menu entry : You can now force the user interface mode (Normal/Indexed or selector mode selection).
• USB Direct Access mode code : Index gap increased (Amiga File selector & HxC copy utility under WB fix)
• Indexed mode : Ignore file extension. You can now use any file extension as long as the file is supported by the floppy emulation engine. (Can be DSKA0000.HFE/IMG/DSK/ADF/ADL…)
• Acorn machines (*.ADL, *.ADM, *.ADF): Sectors gap, interleave and tracks skew aligned to the real machine.
• USB Direct Access mode code refactored : Read/write performance increased (hxcmount). / Command/Write indications printed on the LCD.
• USB access cache : Write timeout value set to 2 seconds.
• Normal mode : Remove unwanted key delay when entering in direct mode.
• End part of the read output pipeline reworked (pulses generator).
• Akai S20 IMG images : sectors gap and tracks skew aligned to the real machine.
• Casio FZ1 IMG images : sectors gap and tracks skew aligned to the real machine.
• Fix last the v3.1.16.2a compilation option ! Please update if you have the v3.1.16.2a released yesterday !
• Autoboot mode + 3 Digits Gotek screen : Fix slot number.

This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here. (instruction manual here)

Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.22.1a (975)

source: hxc2001.com