Guest alexsmith944 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Posted December 23, 2003 hi midiboxers!Considering that microchip send free samples,I thought it would be nice to gather up a list of other companies who send samples.Being a student, My ambitious midibox projects are still on hold for cost reasons which is most frustrating (and I bet I'm not the only one in this situation!).Not that I plan to build the whole thing with only samples (wouldnt be very honest), I have found loads of reusable trash.So lets get to the point,Who Has actually received samples of knobs, pots, buttons, anything? And where from?I bet this info could put a smile on anybody's face who is still tweeking his/her vsti's with a bare Potentiometre or a knob made out of "babybell" skin .... :PThanks for any posts!regards,-Alex Quote
pay_c Posted December 23, 2003 Report Posted December 23, 2003 The only next good Sample Sender I know is TI:www.ti.comAll 74HCxxx and various other ICs (like 78xx, 79xx, 4051 (but the 74HC one!) and a few other ones).Value you can save for a single Midibox: 5-20 Euros (appr.). Not to much, but its worth it! Quote
uclaros Posted December 23, 2003 Report Posted December 23, 2003 some ICs you can get at www.onsemi.com too.But as for pots and buttons, I don't think you will be able to build a midibox on samples...Even if a company sent out such samples, they wouldn't send you more than a few (witch is a lot less than you need for a midibox!) Quote
moebius Posted December 29, 2003 Report Posted December 29, 2003 BACK ;)Search forum for the thread about samples..Bye, Moebius Quote
Guest Ryan Posted January 11, 2004 Report Posted January 11, 2004 Hi guys! building a midibox almost entirely from samples is possible (the IC's at least). The rest of the parts costs around 10$(not including the LCD and the casing) in my country, that's not too bad i think i can afford that:) here's where i got my IC's:18F452 - www.microchip.com -> had this shipped to a friend in the US coz they don't ship to my country, hoping he'll ship it to me. Can anyone send me a couple? for free? if you have extras pls do, I'm a bit sloppy at electronics, I'll probably fry a couple of these before I get a working box:) Im a medical student for Christ's sakes! Im not supposed to know these stuff!4051 - (MAX4051) www.maxim-ic.com they only offer 2 samples of each IC so I had to order 2 4051's and 2 4051A's to complete one AINX4 module. If I decide to build another AINX4 module i guess im gonna have to buy them, they're available here anyways. They are pin compatible (4051 and 4051A) and I think they will work (or will they? can anyone tell me?:)).74HC165 , 74HC595 (for DINX4 and DOUT) - SN74HC165, SN74HC595 at texas instruments, www.ti.com . They allow you to order a max of 10 of each, so you get enough for 2 each of the modules with 2 of each chips to spare in case u blow one up:) MAX232 - for the LTC module, from www.maxim-ic.com and www.ti.comThat's about it!Ryan*all my IC's are still in transit, but I think the fastest are the ones from TI. They ship via UPS. My package left the US on less than 24 hrs, probably over the Pacific right now ( I'm in Asia) I'm expecting them with the next 1 pr 2 days. Quote
Guest psytron Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 just a hintdont order the max165 from maxim they come with 18 pins not 16 and will at least require some modifications to your din module (if they work at all, i see no reason not to tho).:0 Quote
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