ElectroDruid

I tried the shunts in JBP but they didn't seem to make a difference. In the end I figured "what the hell?" and put the SIDs in. I need to get a chance to really properly test it (have to spend some time with The Missus first, 'cos she got lonely whilst I was building it) but the initial impressions are that it seems to work just fine and sounds nice and fat :D It's an awesome bit of kit, and apparently it creates beer for you as well. Bonus!

My power supply is one of these: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=32746 i.e. a regulated, 500mA, with a little trimpot thing to switch between voltages. It's currently set to 12 volts, and the multimeter reads that it's putting out 12.2V, which I figure is acceptable. The multimeter is quite a cheap one, but has seemed easily accurate enough in the past. The 5V supply measures as 5.0V, so bang on. I've just re-checked the other 9V points on the board, and they all come out as 8.8V. So... Something odd with the 7809, or earlier in the chain? Here are the voltages I'm seeing from testing a bunch of random points With the black probe at GND: end pin of power socket: 11.5V top left pin of switch: 11.5V middle right pin of switch: -0.7V positive pin of C5: 10.8V right pin of 7809: 10.8V left pin of 7809: 8.8V top right pin of IC1L and IC1R: 8.8V With the black probe on the left pin of the power socket: end pin of power socket: 12.2V Top left pin of switch: 12.2V middle right pin of switch: 0.0V Positive pin of C5: 11.5V right pin of 7809: 11.5V left pin of 7809: 9.6V top right pin of IC1L and IC1R: 9.6V Does that give any clues?

Hi guys, This seems to be a common problem for me when I'm building electronics - everything during the construction goes fine, the testing is fine, but somewhere right near the end, there's a problem. I've built my sammichSID, following the instructions carefully. The voltage tests in section 5 went fine, and I've got as far as the final checks before installing the 6582s in section 8. The build guide says: "Test voltage between pin 28 (top-right corner) and pin 14 (bottom-left corner) of each SID's IC socket... For 8580 or 6582, this must be exactly 9V." The multimeter says: "8.8" (that's with the red probe top-right and the black bottom-left). All the other voltages check out. The voltage between GND and "12V" is 10.8, which I think for 6582s should be adequate (although obviously I haven't tested that with the 6582s in place yet). So... What do I do now?

So, I sent an order email about a week ago and haven't had a reply. I presume that sammichSIDs are still being ordered and sent out... Should I have got an email back with an idea of which batch I'm queued up in, roughly when that batch is expected to ship, stuff like that?