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I'll take the silence as a yes I was testing incorrectly :) Now to attach the LCD.

It's PSU option B and the smashTV parts kit. I was checking the load between J3 ground and J25 9v. I guess I was testing this incorrectly and should be testing between the pins on J25? I'm getting about 13.5v on J25 pins which sounds a lot better.

Hey Guys, First wanted to say thanks to all the people who have made this project possible. I'm looking forward to coaxing the first sounds from my mbsid. I'm currently testing with power connected. The wiki says to check the juice at J25 and should read at least 9, but likely around 11 depending on load. I'm getting about 18.5 there and I'm wondering if that is too much going there?

I am very excited about this , especially being primarily an Ableton Live user. My MBSID is still being built though, so I can't even play yet :)

Just realize that for example Pin 1 on one LCD maybe VSS, but not necessarily on another manufacturers.

Added myself to the wiki, 37 more to go...

You mean those little icons that say Profile, Website, PM? Neither of which mention a midiboxaddict email address?? Perhaps b/c profile email is set to "hidden". You're right, how could I be so confused..... Also, Forgive me for not knowing his personal life or day to day activities. I don't think I was being pushy or rude, purely unsure if I was sending my inquiry to the right place, but thanks for your very kind and helpful response.

I was part of the board/chip group buy from the start, I got my boards. Now the chips are available and Wilba informs me that Mr Wellington is handling the US chips. I sent gmail and pm, no response yet, I don't know what the midibox addy is

And that address at midiboxaddict would be.....???? ;)

You are the man!!! Great price on that too. Thank you so much!!

I've started getting all the parts I need for the MB-6582 PCB's. I'm having a difficult time finding an LCD that will fit properly with this PCB and PT-10 case. Can someone direct me to a supplier that carries the crystalfontz standard LCD's, or a size equivalent from another manufacturer and dealer? I'd prefer blue background and white text, but at this point, I'm becoming less picky. Thanks for the help.

And you can do this with a shipped panel to you from the PT-10 case?

I originally put myself down for a panel, but you can put me down for the whole package, case and a panel. *Edit* Nevermind, I see the PT-10 bulk order.

+1 add me in for that tip...

60 x 3FTL6 "Quiet" 40 x 1D.16 (Translucent white) 40 x 1E.09.6 (Black with translucent window)

Okay, it was a tender and gentle ream :D

Wonderful analogy!!

I think you misunderstand my use of exhaust :) I honestly didn't feel like I was asking to be spoon fed. I spent a great deal of time looking up information on Bridge Rectifiers, how they work ( I learned it's actually just 4 diodes ), scoured my 2nd edition of Art of Electronics book, spent lots of time on Mouser, etc. It wasn't like I was being lazy. And I could have found my answer in just a minute right here with a better search . I get it. Lesson learned. I'm pleased that it wasn't main members who had to lead me to the answer. Thanks Smithy and others again for the help and enlightenment. Onward Ho!!! I'm going to have more questions on this PSU before it's done, I know it. And I'm definitely going to have questions about the brightness of my LEDs, how much juice I have to power them, etc... and I'll make sure to exhaust all possible avenues of search before asking them :-p

Wow. Take a search ribbing with a little joking back talk and you get reamed.... I use forum searches all the time on MANY forums of all different types. I had to have read at least 3 dozen messages trying to find this info. I missed this one. I'm a bad bad forum user. Please forgive me. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction and getting me on track. I'll be sure to exhaust multiple search ideas before posting again.

Yah yah.... I wouldn't have thought there was a specific question on the bridge rectifier for the PSU. Sue Me ;D Thanks for all the help, off to build my PSU. I will be back though when it's time to wire it up to the cores/sid

I DID search :P You know how many entries show up when you search on "PSU" :'(

I do have a core kit, 2 actually. I really only need one. I've built one and the other is still in the bag. Isn't the PSU separate from the core module. I'm going to need that rectifier if I want to use that core later on. Are they one in the same, the one on the PSU and the Core? If that's the case, SmashTV says the mouser part is 625-W08G, it's reverse voltage is 800V, while the part listed in the Optimized PSU schematic says B40C800, which according to mouser, has a 65 reverse Voltage. Or should I only be concerned with Forward voltage, which is 1V for both....

So I've started the process of building the optimized PSU from a recycled C64. And by started I mean I've pulled the parts from the old board. I'm now trying to build the new board with the help of the schematic provided in the wiki. I'm having a hell of a time making sense of it. Luckily a user posted a quick how-to process : http://www.danielprice.org.uk/synth-diy/sid_2.htm This has been very helpful, but my trouble really lies in getting the right parts. I'm not sure how some of these parts read. Like specifically, the Bridge Rectifier is listed as an B40C800. Now I don't know what the means exactly, but I've done searches on that part and have had a hell of a time locating one. Mouser shows they have it, but you have to purchase 2000. How do I go about finding equivalent parts, b/c I'm not sure how B40C800 is translated into specs, or what specs need to be spot on. Jameco brings up a part when I do a search on B40C800, but the specs throw me. http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=178132 I guess that's the only one I'm really having trouble with. I found 7809 regulators pretty easily, and the rest of the parts are caps and resistors, nothing crazy. So I guess I'm just having trouble with finding a proper bridge rectifier.

Wow.... sick demo sounds. Is the filter built into yours somehow, or is it external, or what's the dealio? :) **EDIT** Derrrr... I just found your link in the very first post.... lol, helps to click.

I'm interested in a nice demo too that quickly tests all features. I don't know if a "song" is ideally what should be used for testing purposes. Just a quick cycle through each feature in order, something to easily hear and follow along. I have more than a dozen harvested 6581's to test, so if no one comes up with one before then, I'll do my best to put one together. That me be a while though as I haven't even started to build the midibox sid yet. *EDIT* And I just now realized you meant specifically the audio in feature, not the entire chip feature..... regardless, this will be good to have :)