HxC floppy emulator firmware for Gotek drives presentation
Last modified: 22 February 2025
The HxC Floppy Emulator firmware for Gotek is THE enhanced firmware for the Gotek Floppy Emulators units, replacing floppy disk drives on old computers, keyboards/samplers/synths and CNC machines allowing them to use modern USB sticks instead of outdated floppy disks.
The HxC Floppy Emulator firmware for Gotek is a well-established firmware widely used in the retrocomputing, music, and industrial domains. With tens of thousands of installations since 2014, the HxC Floppy Emulator firmware for Gotek has become a de facto standard !
HxC firmware for Gotek enhancements
The HxC Floppy Emulator firmware bring to the Gotek floppy emulators new features, new user interfaces, new floppy disk formats support, new machines support and new floppy image types support !
Here is a non-exhaustive list of features brought by the HxC Floppy Emulator firmware for Gotek floppy emulators :
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Highly configurable and customizable !
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3", 3"1/2, 5"1/4, 8" disks supported…
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Single and Double sided disks supported.
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FM / SD, MFM / DD or HD densities supported.
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Bitrate : 125Kb/s, 250Kb/s, 300Kb/s, 500Kb/s…
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All RPM supported : 300 RPM, 360 RPM, 600 RPM…
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All sector sizes supported : 128/256/512/1024/2048/4096 Bytes…Mixed sizes supported !
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All track skew and sector interleaving supported.
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Up to 255 tracks per disk supported.
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Efficient and Smart write-back memory cache.
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QuickDisk emulation supported ! (Akai S612/MD280, S700, X7000, Roland S-10, S-220…)
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Apple II disks drives emulation supported ! (NEW ! fw version >= v5.1.1.1a)
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Special : Copy protections, Variable bitrate, weakbits and special formats supported.
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Experimental : Hard-sectored disk emulation support.
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(With LCD/OLED/OSD) : USB stick browser to select the file image to load. Folders/Subfolders supported.
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Mount USB Stick’s folder as a FAT/DOS compatible floppy disk ! (NEW ! fw version >= v3.2.1.1a)
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Image-Less mode supported ! : Can mount USB stick’s FAT12 partitions as floppy disk ! Easy files exchanges with DOS/FAT compatible machines ! (NEW ! fw version >= v3.5.1.1a)
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Compatible with the original Gotek "Batch Manage Tool" (NEW ! fw version >= v3.5.1.1a)
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*.HFE (v1 & v3), *.ADF, *.ST, *.DSK, EDSK, *.IMG, *.IMA, *.W30 and many others file image formats directly supported ! See the complete list
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Optional user Interface enhancements : LCD / OLED screens support, On screen display (OSD) support, Rotary support, Trackball support, Additional buttons support, buzzer support…
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True "file config less" mode : Embedded configuration interface/menu.
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Compatible with the HxC Direct Access protocol : HxC File selectors and HxCMount supported. AutoSwap supported.
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Firmware customization service ! : Adapt it to your needs !
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Compatible with STM32 and ARTERY AT32 Goteks !
Gotek Hardware compatibility list
The HxC firmware can be installed on most of Gotek models :
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Gotek Models References
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SFR1M44-U100LQD (New model - Directly shipped from GOTEK System with an OLED screen and a rotary selector)
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SFR1M44-U100K
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SFR1M44-U100
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SFR1M44-U
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SFR1M44-FU
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SFR1M44-TU100K
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SFR1M44-SUE
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SFR1M44-LUN
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SFR1M2-FU
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SFRM72-FU
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SFRM72-TU100K
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And most of the clones/machine specific solutions.
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The Gotek model name specify the installed factory firmware and the default screen shipped with the emulator. Most of them generally share the same PCB references. |
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Gotek PCBs/Boards References
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SFRKC30.AT4.35 (64 pins AT32F435 ARTERY MCU)
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SFRKC30AT4 / SFRKC30.AT4 / SFRKC30.AT4.7 (64 pins F415 ARTERY MCU)
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SFRKC30AT3 (48 pins F415 ARTERY MCU)
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SFRC922AT3 (48 pins F415 ARTERY MCU)
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SFRKC30.AT2 (QFN32 F415 ARTERY MCU)
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SFRC922D (64 pins STM32 or F415 ARTERY MCU)
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SFRBA16D (64 pins STM32 or F415 ARTERY MCU)
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SFRC922 (64 pins STM32 MCU)
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SFRC922B (64 pins STM32 MCU)
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SFRC922C (64 pins STM32 MCU)
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SFRC526 (64 pins STM32 MCU)
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SFRBA16 (64 pins STM32 MCU)
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These lists are probably not exhaustive and some models are probably missing. So in case of doubt about the HxC Firmware compatibility with your Gotek, contact us by email. |
Purchase
You can purchase this firmware from the store :
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Contact
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Last modified: 22 February 2025
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