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Hmmm... I've just (almost) built my SID (6581) module and I'm also missing capacitors in my Claudia kit. One 470pF (C4 in my case) One 1nF (C6 in my case) Also C9 on schematic is a 2200uF/16V (as was delivered), but a 1000uF/25V on the Eagle layout data. I notice that the .pdf for the schematic is ver. 1 while the Eagle layout data is ver. 2. This is too confusing for a newbie like me. Jurbo - did you get clarity in your capacitor wonders? Would anyone else step in and shed some light over this? Thanks, Mikael

Thanks, man! After checking the board with my multimeter, I realized that a couple of the bridges were broken. Bad soldering, I guess. Now all seems well!

After the last couple of days with people cheering me on to get my MBSid project started. I finally got around to it and soledered the Core. All seemed well. Except that it took quite a while since I had to look up every component on the web to get a grip of what was happening. Well, following TKs instructions, I mounted everything but the PIC and optocoupler and went on to check the voltages. Zip, zero, nothing on the points that TK pointed out. ??? :'( ??? I've got power from the 15V ac adaptor so that's all good. But how do I go about checking for where I've made a mistake? As stated in my earlier posts - I'm all new at this. So please talk to me like a four-year old. Cheers, Mikael

Thank you Illogik! I'll try with the 15V PSU the way you suggested it. I hope nothing blows... ;)

I'd like to power my MBSid with a single PSU and since I don't own the original C64 PSU, I'm wondering how to get things done. It says on ucapps that I can use a 15V 500ma transformer for both the SID- and CORE module. But how do I hook it up? The transformer into the SID? And then? I'm really a newbie, here. So, please be gentle! Cheers, Mikael

I know... Thanks for kicking me in the right direction. I've actually spent the morning re-reading all the info at ucapps.de and browsing for sleek cheap cases. I'm on my way! Regards, Mikael

Thanks everyone! I'll head down to the thrift store where I found the C64 and see if he has any additional ones - with power supply this time. I'll get working on the core as soon as I have some power to hook it up to! Cheers, Mikael

About 8 months ago, I bought an old C64 and decided to build a full fledged MidiBox SID. I got the parts to go for full UI, knobs, LCD, LEDs - the works... Then I bailed. I got cold feet. I've never soldered anything but the piezzos of my home made midi drum trig kit. Everything is now tucked away under my desk... The other day I got some inspiration on the Elektron-users forum where they were talking about the MidiBox SID compared to the SIDstation. And I figured I should start out small with Step A. I'm still a bit terrified, though. Where the hell do I start? Anyway - I've come so far as to decide I don't want an external powersupply (my C64 didn't come with one), as I'd rather have everything in one box for convenience. How do I solve that pertaining to the two different voltages needed. Thanks for your help and time. Please get me started on this project... Cheers, Mikael

I'm afraid I don't understand what your asking... ??? I'm just gonna follow the directions at ucApps.de.

Thank you, Sir. I didn't want to clog the server with big files, but I've made it larger now... Cheers, Mikael

Hi everybody, I'm new to this community and I'd like to say hi! I've decided to build a MIDIBox SID with just one SID (for now), but with full control panel. I've made a sketch of the panel and I'd like your thoughts on it! Cheers, Mikael