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CT800, a FLOSS dedicated chess computer designed by Rasmus Althoff. The CT800 features an ARM Cortex M4 microcontroller of an Olimex H405 board that operates up to 168 Mhz, with 1 MiB of flash memory, 192+4 kiB of SRAM, and multiple I/O and USB connectors, with a 4x20 character text display, two leds, and a 4x4 + 1 keypad as peripherals aka user interface. Voltage source is due to four NiMH rechargeable AA batteries or external 5 V DC power supply. CT800's firmware is developed by Rasmus Althoff, released under the GPL Version 3, the chess playing software is an ARM adaption of George Georgopoulos' open source engine NG-play including a KPK bitbase by Marcel van Kervinck and runs on other playtforms via UCI, such as Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android and Raspberry Pi.

=Forum Posts=

2016

 * new chess computer: CT800 by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, September 05, 2016
 * New idea for "easy move detection" by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, November 05, 2016 » Time Management
 * CT800 V1.01 by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, November 13, 2016

2017

 * CT800 V1.10 released by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, June 06, 2017
 * CT800 V1.11 release + Winboard-version by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, June 17, 2017
 * CT800 V1.12 released by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, October 14, 2017

2018

 * CT800 engine: Android problems? by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, January 08, 2018 » Android
 * CT800 V1.20 released by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, February 17, 2018
 * CT800 V1.30 released by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, May 08, 2018
 * CT800 V1.32 released by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, October 01, 2018
 * CT800 for the macOS by MikeB, CCC, November 01, 2018

2019

 * CT800 V1.33 by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, January 08, 2019
 * CT800 V1.34 by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, February 09, 2019

=External Links=
 * CT800 Chess Computer
 * Manual CT800 (pdf)
 * CT800 – embedded FLOSS Chess computer made with STM32-H405 OSHW board | olimex

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