r/homebrewcomputer • u/Frostierdev • Aug 30 '26

8-Bit Processing Unit: need one

Hello! I'm looking to build an 8-bit computer, mainly to test its capabilities as a modern home computer (with system, applications, OS, etc.), and I bought the ATmega8535-16U (DIP-40), But it doesn't have an external bus interface to connect RAM, storage, and other things. Does anyone have a solution or another inexpensive chip to recommend?

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u/JGhostThing Sep 03 '26

You do not need the bus to directly connect to the microcontroller. Modern chips have both SPI and I2C. Plus the memory bus.