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thanks smash. yeah i'm using the 6581 so i guess i'm off to the shack' to find a 15/100. all well i like the sound of this chip better :) and off i go.

power supply? can i only use a 15v/100ma? i have a switchlable power supply wall wart, it's from 1.5 to 12v and it's 300ma. bad?

yah, j3 was the point i was talking about. so just solder a cable directly to it then. sorry i'm a n00b and getting something soldered directly on there is a bit tough for me. i'll keep on trying :) thanks! you all will be the first to hear my baby!

any suggestions for connecting the audio out cables? would it be ok if i used a connector to attach the wire to the core or should i just solder the wire directly to it?

omfg you just made my day. seriously.. now that i have that piece of info, all i gotta do is mount the resistors that go under the ic and the bracket and i'm set for testing :) yay :) :) a word in a moment... wish me luck lads and lasses

ok chapps. i've got my core module right in front of me. i'm following some schematics that are on the site, but here's one thing i can't find... which side is the positive (hot) side on resistors? is it the side with the gold, silver stripe or the opposite end. i ask this because I'm having trouble and I want this to work the first time. same goes with caps. how should these part be facing? a little noob help here would be hot. thanks everyone! :)

well ok :) now i've made a choice... i'm going to make a dual sid unit :) EVENTUALLY!! not right off the bat. I'm going to buy the spare resistors and the socket that's messed up on the core at radio shack and if it works ok still, i'm going to use the new core board i ordered as the brain of another sid. wish me luck, everyone.

i've actually already ordered another core kit from ya smash. It's not a big deal, anyhow. I am, however, done with the the sid module, save for one piece, the 1nf that fits in C7 seemed to be missing from my sid kit. pretty sure i could pick it up at radioshack, or, charge me a buck and throw me a few in my newest order and i'll smile. one thing though, the core module page only shows the view with the pic mounted, not without it, hence the problem with the resistors. now that id page you have is handy!! it is now bookmarked :D. can someone take/draw a pic of their core module without the pic but with the resistors mounted as they should be? then when my new kit arrives i'll be set :) this is terribly fun, i might add. i am excited to make my own instrument.

ok, so i'm desoldering the bracket for the PIC as well as every single resitor on the core board.... i'm to the point where i just wanna order another one and just start a new... i might just have to do that. this removing thing isn't going so well.

the main thing that sucks is the fact that I have no clue what type of resistors go under the PIC bracket. it just labels them 1,2,3 etc.

ok so i realized that I completely messed up and need some guidence. i'm 100% n00b when it comes to electronics, and am having trouble with the core module. mainly, which resistors are which and how they are mounted. everything else i can tell just by looking at the images on smash's site. i'm really excited about getting this finished and those pieces are all that remain for me to power and test this bad boy. HELP :(

just finished my core... i know i made one mistake, so i'm gonna take a picture and hopefully I didn't make any other mistakes :) that will have to wait to the morning.... er... when i wake up that is..

AH HAAA!!! Bless smash TV!!! it begins tonight!! My core and my sid module did indeed arrive and I'm stoked!! i'm off to the Radioshack to get my 15 watt iron and some solder. I'll probably start working on it right off the bat. where should i start? is there really an easy way to start my first project like this? :) wish me luck everyone, and any advice would be nice.

UPDATE _ _ _ Ordered my core module and the sid module this weekend from smash... And i've decided on the design. I'm going to use my powerbook to save/load the patches onto the sid, since that will be the simpler setup. eventually i'd like to add a bankstick and maybe an LCD, but being a broke college guy with 3 jobs, the simpler for now, the better. an update when I recieve my parts WITH PICS :D

my bad, i meant a 10-20w soldering iron. I'm gonna pick up a 15w iron this weekend. stay tuned!

I'm glad you all will be there to help me. I'm getting paid this friday and will (hopefully) be ordering all module kit's and other parts i'll need that night. My plans for this project - Titled - Midibox Sidhonar (for shane) It will feature a 2x20 LCD display and simple CS, One Sid Module w/ the 6581 and of course the core module. It's going into a custom case, probably either built into my 66 key casio or into it's own case. I've had the idea of dropping it into a see through case made of rigid plexiglass. Not super fancy, but (hopefully) functional and i know with everyone's help here, it'll sound rad! I record my own cd's, i write my own music, now i'll build my own synth :) ta ta for now, Oblivion is calling my name stay tuned.

Greetings all! An avid do-it-yourself musician here, and I'm about to embark on an adventure. Today, in the mail, I recieved my Commodore 64, from which I just removed the lovely MOS 6581 Sid chip. I've decided to document my trials and tribulations via this thread, and also on my website, which i will post once into my signature once i get time. Any advice before I get started? Where to buy? I've got a 30w iron from Radioshack, but after reading the forum I've seen the suggestion for a 10-20w gun.. is this nessecary? Just checking. Also, i'm a begginer when it comes to soldering and homemade electronics, so will i be able to surrvive this project without a gudie, maybe someone who live near me who's much better at soldering/electronics? I have fixed all my microphones on my own and have made one simple circuit. will i be ok? well here goes nothing! hope to get some feedback soon :) thanks all and stay tuned!