Pi1541-III Emulator, White PCB, Without Raspberry, Complete with 32GB Micro SD Card

The device is a 1541 disk drive emulator for Raspberry Pi 3A+ / 3B / 3B+, provided as a complete, assembled kit, without the Raspberry Pi!

The kit includes:

• USB-A to 5.5/2.1mm jack power cable
• Serial IEC cable
• A ready-to-use 32GB micro SD card configured for Raspberry Pi 3A+ / 3B / 3B+

The PCB color is black.

Functionality

Pi1541 allows you to use a 32GB microSD card to emulate disk images on Commodore computers, such as:

• Commodore 64
• Commodore 128
• Commodore VIC-20
• Commodore 16
• Commodore Plus/4

Design

The set includes:

• Power cable with USB plug and included 5V power supply
• 5V power supply
• 32GB micro SD card
• Serial IEC cable for disk drives
• Knob in gold, black, silver, red, or blue – your choice

Technical Highlights:

• Top-notch compatibility:
  Nearly 100% original compatibility, including support for various fast loaders (even those with copied originals and demo scene wonders). Forget SD2IEC's heuristic guessing – here, the 6502 code runs in full cycle-exact mode, just like in 1982.
• Work modes like sci-fi:
  • Minimal SD2IEC boot mode (for browsing PRG and D64 files)
  • Full 1541/1581 emulation after loading a disk image
  • Reading and writing? No problem, with multi-channel and sequential file support
• Hardware excellence:
  • Mountable on Raspberry Pi 3A+ / 3B / 3B+ (client-side microcontroller)
  • PCB with logic level converter (5V CBM → 3.3V Pi)
  • IEC connectors and chain option (cascading connection with other drives – real or emulated)
  • Version III includes a 1.3" OLED display and rotary encoder for navigation – folder scrolling like on a smartphone, not joystick maze navigating
• Media support:
  • Store hundreds of D64 files on an SD card (up to 32GB+)
  • Browse with Pi keyboard/screen or C64 commands (LOAD "",8", LOAD"",8,1)
  • Saving files? Yes! But remember: this is retro, not the cloud – always back up before your cat sits on the card
• Power and assembly:
  • Powered by the included 5V adapter
  • Compact enclosure

Based on the project:

https://github.com/tebl/C64-Pi1541-III

YouTube:

Watch the video on YouTube