aminoplacid Posted January 15, 2006 Report Posted January 15, 2006 Just wondering about the progress of the next board revision. I am hoping to start a SID project but the old boards are out of stock. Any projected release dates? Thanks Quote
smashtv Posted January 16, 2006 Report Posted January 16, 2006 New SID boards should be shipping in the next couple of weeks, due to the upcoming holiday I don't know exactly when. Hoping to see them before the fab shuts down for vacation. :)New CORE boards will be out soon after that, with revisions to most of the remaining boards following.The new rev will incorporate changes to the CORE->SID wiring (to reflect the MIOS 1.8 hardware change), SID clock fed by the CORE, pads for audio connectors on board, etc.More info as I make up the documentation..... I expected to have them out by now but real life, 2000+ spam per day mixed with my email, and recent illness has kept me from finishing the layouts.Good, Fast, Cheap. Pick two. ;)Best!SmashTV Quote
Slorrin Posted January 16, 2006 Report Posted January 16, 2006 Can we preorder these new phenomenal CORE and SID kits/boards? Quote
kk74 Posted January 16, 2006 Report Posted January 16, 2006 That's good news since I also eagerly awaits them! Might it be a good idea to wait for the new revision of the core-module or can I just as well order the existing one, and are you planning on making boards/kits available for the AOUT_LC module?Thanks! Quote
subatomic Posted January 16, 2006 Report Posted January 16, 2006 If I ordered boards about 6 months ago, would you recommend updating to the latest boards? Or does it matter?I haven't begun soldering yet... I was going to build A, B, and C Quote
TK. Posted January 16, 2006 Report Posted January 16, 2006 No, you don't need new boards - the main difference is, that the oscillator will be removed (see also http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=5748.0, and that a 1:1 pinning to J10 of the core will be possible.The circuit will be the same. If you want to fix the oscillator issue, then just don't mount it and connect the SID clock input directly to PIC Pin #17 like described at the MBHP_SID page.(the purpose of the new layout is, to make it more newbie friendly...)Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote
Slorrin Posted January 17, 2006 Report Posted January 17, 2006 Curious, how will removal of the oscillator affect the circuit or sound overall, if at all? Will there be hoards of people coveting the old circuit? Quote
moebius Posted January 17, 2006 Report Posted January 17, 2006 Curious, how will removal of the oscillator affect the circuit or sound overall, if at all? Will there be hoards of people coveting the old circuit?Old circuit sounds MUCH better, less noisy, phatter and all.. ;) Actually, pinout modification is for builders convenience and removing the onboard oscillator is to fix issue found in the forum thread TK posted.Moebius Quote
Slorrin Posted January 17, 2006 Report Posted January 17, 2006 I'm excited... now i can't wait for the PCBs to be ready... my friend and i have challenged each other to contruct the better DIY midi rig and i know a midibox sid will dominate him.. Quote
thefRont Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 ...and that a 1:1 pinning to J10 of the core will be possiblethis modification really doesn't need a new PCB? Quote
illogik Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 this modification really doesn't need a new PCB?your right the pcb's don't need to be changed; the first core module pcb also worked ;)but as tk said; it will be more newbie friendly and will hopefully result in less questions/confusion on the forum Quote
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