ZuluIDE™ is a hardware interface between IDE bus and SD cards. Currently it supports emulating ATAPI CD-ROM drives, Zip Drive 100, and a generic removable drive by providing access to image files stored on SD card.
ISOs and bin/cue files are stored on a standard FAT32 or exFAT-formatted SD card. SDXC cards of up to 512GB are supported.
ZuluIDE Features
- Firmware-updatable - as simple as copying a file to your SD card
- Emulates IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drives of any size
- CD Audio playback emulation via optional DAC hat
- Emulates ZIP100 ATAPI removable media
- Compatible with Roland SP-808/808EX
- Emulates rigid ATA/IDE hard drives (up to ATA/33)
- Raw image files (.bin/.hda/.hdf)
- Virtual Hard Drive (VHD V1) image files
- Supported transfer modes:
- Hardware eject button and pin header for remote eject button
- DIP switches for control of:
- Primary/Seconday device selection
- Cable Select
- Debug mode/logging
- Activity LED and pin header for remotely-mounted/front-panel LED
- Expansion header for optional web-based UI
- Qwiic 4-pin connector for hardware UI control board
- Debug header for Raspberry Pi Debug Probe
- Open-source firmware, licensed under the GPLv3