How hot is your SID ?

[gillesdeshays]

I think my SID is too hot when I use it ?

How hot is yours ???

PS: I know ... this question is weird asked like this ...  :o

Gilles

[Ian_Hurlock]

Quite sane really :P :P :P

Well my SID 6581 gets hot.

All ten of them do :o :o  Hav'nt blown any up yet ;D

LO uses the 8580 or whatever it is and he reckons his does'nt get hot.

Glue a nice little heatsink on him.

Therefore Gilles, I reckon, it's down to you and me working some pretty hot riffs thru our 6581's that get's em all hot ;) ;)

Ian

[js]

TEN!??!! :o

Woah! Ok I saw the picture of the slaughtered C64´s but ten, that almost crazy!! (read: wish it was me...  ::) )

I can´t wait to build my first one (with a nice and cold 8580 btw...) :)

js

[gillesdeshays]

ok ... In fact, i think that's me which get  HOT when i use the SID ...

What a sound !!!

Gilles

[LO]

This is true my 8580 stays ice cold! even after +30mins of repeating a sequence. The 7805 on the core is another story tho! I think its about to melt a hole in my PCB!

Are you guys suppling 15v before the reg to the SID? I read somewhere it needs that to get a clean sound?!

[d2k]

Hey..

Lo, can I ask - what caps did you use for the filter part of the SID using the 8580s? The 6n8 ones as suggested? I tried these but had no joy...

Nice

Dan

[pay_c]

@LO: But youre not putting the outcoming 12V of the SID directly to the 7805 of the core, do you? Or even the 15V (???)?

If you do: Try putting another 7809 before the 7805 (you dont need all those caps for the 7809 - the 7805 caps are enough).

Hope I could help you.

[LO]

ummmm yeah 15v straight in to the 7805

thanks ill try the 7809

caps are 6n8 I think? ill double check tonite

[TK.]

Yes, 6n8 for the 8580

The descriped method (15 V -> 7809 -> 7805) is a good solution for converting the voltage without much heat

Best Regards, Thorsten.