6502 Tools

6502 Tools is a Visual Studio Code extension that adds convenient build and flash controls for 6502 / 65C02 projects using ca65 / ld65 and the minipro programmer.

It provides:

• Status bar buttons for Build, Flash, and Build + Flash
• A command to install or update recommended VS Code tasks
• EEPROM chip selection using minipro -l
• Safe, comment-preserving updates to .vscode/tasks.json

This extension is designed for hobbyist and retro-computing workflows and does not require Unreal, Arduino, or PlatformIO.

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✨ Features

• 🔘 Status bar buttons:
  • Build
  • Flash
  • Build + Flash
• 🧩 Automatically installs / updates build & flash tasks
• 💾 EEPROM device selection via minipro
• 🔒 Optional write-protect disable (-uP)
• 📝 Preserves existing comments and formatting in tasks.json
• 🧠 Remembers last selected EEPROM per workspace

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📦 Requirements

You must have the following tools installed and available on your PATH:

• CMake
• cc65 toolchain (ca65, ld65)
• minipro (TL866 / XGecu command-line programmer)

Verify with:

cmake --version
ca65 --version
ld65 --version
minipro --version