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Other than the Phillips SMD one, the only other I2C uart i managed to find is the BL233 at http://www.i2cchip.com/#Host%20Adaptors. I suspect that's just a custom programmed PIC. Considering the relatively slow speed of I2C and MIDI, would the best solution be to use something like a PIC 12F629? It's 8-pin (6 I/O), has 1024 words of Flash program space and an internal 4MHz oscillator. With no internal uart of any sort, you'd have to big-bang both the I2C and MIDI, but it would be the most flexible solution.

Slightly off topic, but would those of us yet to start building a Midibox be better to wait for the new PIC18F4620 based designs? Or is the new chip pin compatible enough to use the existing MB_CORE pcb? Also, instead of a PIC as a UART, would it be better to avoid the problem of bugs in PIC chips and use a dedicated UART chip, such as Maxim's MAX3100? http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/1731

I have an Aztech Sound Galaxy Pro16 soundcard and i've examined all the chips on it and i've only found a YAC512-M. Would the YMF262 be labelled something else, or built in to one of the large custom chips on it? Is this just a sign i should be building a quadraphonic MBFM? ;)