Nanoloop one is a sequencer / synthesizer cart for the original Game Boy models.
Nanoloop one and the USB-MIDI adaptor can now be purchased online.
Current software version is 1.6. The software can be updated with the USB-MIDI adaptor.
The USB-MIDI adaptor not just allows to update the nanoloop software, but also to install two additional 32k ROMs on the cart. The program to start can be selected by simply pressing A or B instaed of START on startup.
Only a few ROMs are that small, for example mGB and Shitwave, commercial games and bigger ROMs like LSDj don't fit on the cart.
You may also develop your own software and put it on the cart, for example with the Game Boy Development Kit.
Instead of the typical PCB in a plastic shell, nanoloop one is a single PCB with all electronic parts embedded. This solid state design makes it very thin and robust.
The cart fits firmly into the game slot of DMG, GBP, GBC and GBA.
On GBA SP, its sharp edges stick out on the bottom. Since it lacks support on the bottom, the connection may be loosened when you touch the cart by accident.
Program code and data share a single flash memory with a write-protected boot sector. The flash chip has a minimum data retention of 20 years and 100,000 write cycles.
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