• tapeshnik
Here's the first time I managed to write and read back some data to the tape. It's a significant milestone, but not all is going well.
Project notes: https://github.com/svofski/tapeshnik/...
The mechanism is sold on Aliexpress and is called by head part numbers: ME-136 KS211M. Demo of it in action: • Tape control using rp2040 (ME-136 KS211M)