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ROM Builder v0.1.0 — First release

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@arleybls arleybls released this 14 Jun 20:11

First public release of ROM Builder — a Rust/egui desktop tool for assembling,
inspecting, and exporting multi-bank ROM images for programmable memory ICs
(EPROM / EEPROM / NOR flash), aimed at retro-computing projects.

ROM Builder screenshot

Highlights

  • Bank layout — divide a target IC into linear banks of a chosen ROM size
    (4k–512k) and place ROMs into them.
  • Multi-ROM per bank — drop a ROM smaller than a bank and fill the leftover
    space with more ROMs as indexed sub-slots (0, 0.1, 0.2, …).
  • Target IC catalog — UV EPROMs (2716–27C080), Winbond reusable EEPROM-types
    (W27Cxxx), parallel EEPROMs (28C/AT28C), and NOR flash (SST39SF, Am29F, AT29C);
    pick by size or from a filterable IC list.
  • Bank map — color-coded grid (unused / filled / duplicated) with legend and
    pagination; duplicate banks/slots highlighted by checksum.
  • Hex preview and local name suggestions from strings inside a ROM.
  • Smart Add ROM — exact-size drops in; larger ROMs can be trimmed or spread
    across banks; smaller ones keep the free remainder.
  • Safety prompts — confirmations (Enter/Esc) before clipping to a smaller
    chip, splitting/consolidating on a layout change, removing banks, or quitting
    with unsaved changes; Save highlights when there are pending changes.
  • Projects — save/restore the full editing state as a .romproj file.
  • Export — chip-sized .bin plus a .metadata.txt summary.
  • Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+N/O/S/E for New/Open/Save/Export.

Build & run

Requires a stable Rust toolchain.

cargo run      # build and launch
cargo build    # debug build -> build/debug/rom-builder.exe