SwinSID & MB6582

[davidbelmont]

Greetings!

As the title might suggest, I'm planning to build Wilba's MB6582 design of the MIDIbox SID and I intend to replace the original SID chip with the SwinSID board. There are some questions orbiting my head about this concept. The first and biggest one is: will the SwinSID board fit inside this design? The MB6582 looks so robust that I have my doubts if I can cram extra stuff inside. I need to know also if there are some things I need to keep in mind when building the SwinSID board for MBSID. Also I have some questions about the building process of the SwinSID; can anyone recommend me an European site where from I can order a PCB for the SwinSID (I am assuming there are small business' which offer manuafacturing services for single PCBs for private users) and where from should I order a programming device for flashing the PLCC44 chips (I could also try building one myself if anyone has to offer DIY-links)?

Thanks in advance and thank you all for this great community which seems to have alot to offer for!

[xarolium]

http://ilesj.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/micro-swinsid-an-avr-based-sid-replacement/

[rosch]

hi!

there are some long threads on that topic here on the forums where you can find a lot of info. there has been work on pcb layouts but if i remember right there is no final design.

you can do your own on perfboard or design one that fits your needs and have it produced.

there's one service i know that can produce your proto for you, PCB Mike who runs the german midibox store:

http://www.mikes-elektronikseite.de/

[nILS]

Olimex has a fairly cheap proto board service as well.

If you wanna fit the entire thing in an mb6582 you probably want to look into making an all-smd version.