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STM32 USB HxC Floppy Emulator Firmware
HxC Firmware for Gotek USB floppy emulators

10 Euros
without VAT / TVA

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Last Firmware Update
(Release notes)

Manual / Instructions

Utilities download page

Customization service !

The HxC Floppy Emulator firmware for Gotek is the enhanced firmware for the Gotek Floppy Emulators replacing floppy disk drives on old computers, keyboards/samplers/synths and CNC machines to use modern USB sticks instead of the old floppy disks.

The HxC Floppy Emulator firmware add 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 :

Hundreds of computers, keyboards/samplers/synths and CNC machines supported ! See the non-exhaustive machines list.
Highly configurable and customizable !
3", 3"1/2, 5"1/4, 8" and Quickdisk disks supported...
Single and Double sided disks supported.
FM / SD, MFM / DD or HD densities supported.
Bitrate : 125Kb/s, 250Kb/s, 300Kb/s, 500Kb/s...
All RPM supported : 300 RPM, 360 RPM, 600 RPM...
All sector sizes supported : 128/256/512/1024/2048/4096 Bytes...Mixed sizes supported !
All track skew and sector interleaving supported.
Up to 255 tracks per disk supported.
QuickDisk emulation supported ! (Akai S612/MD280, S700, X7000, Roland S-10, S-220...)
Special : Copy protections, Variable bitrate and special formats supported.
(With LCD/OLED/OSD) : USB stick browser to select the file image to load. Folders/Subfolders supported.
Mount USB Stick's folder as a FAT/DOS compatible floppy disk ! (NEW ! fw version >= v3.2.1.1a)
*.HFE (v1 & v3), *.ADF, *.ST, *.DSK, EDSK, *.IMG, *.IMA, and many others file image formats directly supported ! See the complete list.
User defined raw/disk image support ! : You can add/define your own image/disk format to the firmware !.
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)
Compatible with the original Gotek "Batch Manage Tool" (NEW ! fw version >= v3.5.1.1a)

- Optional user Interface enhancements :

I2C LCD Screen support
I2C OLED Screen support : (Video demonstration)
Native On screen display (OSD) support (no additional hardware needed) : Demonstrations Video 1, Video 2
Rotary support, Trackball support, Additional buttons support, buzzer support...

- True "file config less" mode support : Embedded configuration interface.
- Compatible with the HxC Direct Access protocol : HxC File selectors, HxCMount and AutoSwap supported.
- Software and firmware updates !
- Online Firmware customization service !

Extended user support -> For any problem, question or enhancement request don't hesitate to contact us ! :

Email : hxc2001 (at) hxc2001.com
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IMPORTANT :

If you have any issue with the Gotek programming don't hesitate to contact us !
We provide help/assistance and advices.

Pre-flashed/ready to use HxC Gotek and Extra Flashing service available :
If you don't want to bother with the online Gotek flashing process and the USB stick preparation
you can find pre-flashed/ready to use and modded HxC Gotek Floppy Emulator on different market places : Please find the list on this page.

You can also send us the Gotek to France (Paris) to prepare and test them for your machine and make it mostly "plug-and-play".
This will cost an extra fee for the service and postage cost.
Contact us by email to hxc2001 (at) hxc2001.com if you want to send us your Gotek drive and stick for the installation service.

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(C)2006-2024 HxC2001

Important : For your first purchase, please fill out carefully the "Informations client"/"customer information" form.
The informations will be used to generate the invoice and the email will used to send you the necessary information to program the devices.

For further purchases, you just have to login with your email/password used during the account creation.

The license server account creation & credit increment may take up to 15 Minutes. Once done you should received your login/password or the credit increment confirmation by email.
If 20 minutes after the payment you haven't received any email from us, please check your spambox. If nothing was received, contact us to resolve the issue.

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