Original project by Jorgen Bilander and Niklas Ekström
It is a small device that you can plug into your Amiga’s parallel port and get access to a sd-card formatted with e.g. a windows FAT file system. It uses an Arduino Nano V3 and a common cheap MicroSD Card Adapter that has a voltage level shifter on board. These small devices are soldered onto a small PCB together with a male d-sub db25 connector that fits into the Amiga parallel port (The A1000 needs a proper gender changer, be aware). The device must be powered externally either through the usb-connector on the Nano or via the separate barrel jack connector on the main PCB. A power supply with 1A DC capacity should suffice. 5V via USB or 7-12V via the barrel jack power connector that goes to the VIN of the Nano V3. The driver should be AmigaOS system friendly but takes exclusive access over the parallel port so don’t expect to run other things on this port together with the sdbox with some kind of breakout cable. It should work from 1.3 and upwards, verified working on 1.3, 3.1 and 3.1.4 so far.
Two projects are available for DIY in the form of a cartridge and in a connector housing
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