Therezin Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 @Moogah & Wisefire:If Wisefire's getting a set direct from the seller, can I get in on Moogah's group-buy? If so, PM me the costs etc and where to send the cash ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBunsen Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 I have an offer on two, and drbunsen is local to me... You want in buddy?Sure do - I've put my name down for one already in this forum. Are you talking about one of the two you reserved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogah Posted April 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Ok, new list thenIleminator, Kris, Sasha, Therezin :)I need to wait for them to arrive to figure out the shipping, I'll keep you all posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasha Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Cool, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmeana Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 suck to be me then :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisefire Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 we need to be interfacing with these when the come in.. could we get a group effort on this? i mean.. there will probably be need for a new driver for these things.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogah Posted April 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Ok, They got here today and this is what the deal is:These are not actually a complete Alps Motorfader, rather what they are is an alps fader with a custom assembly on top that attaches a motor to them. As such there will definitely need to be some research done to make these work with MIOS. The good news is that the overall construstion of the fader is rather nice, they have a nice bit of momentum to them and, overall, the PCB's look like we may be able to re-use quite a bit of stuff. I'll do what I can to take some pictures this weekend, but the PCB's for my 808 may show up first in which case I need to focus my attention there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogah Posted April 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Couldn't go to sleep without fully dissasembling one of the assemblies to see what they are made of 8) :) 17 faders, 16 vertical bargraph assemblies, 16 alps encoders 16 circular graph assemblies 32 tact switches with LED's. I've got the knobs, slider caps and front panel bezels for the LED graphs too. All the hardware is mounted on one PCB and there is a daughter board containing the PIC and drivers for the motors. The PIC is a 16C74B which, to my sleepy eyes, looks pin compatible with the 18F452. It looks like the signals from the faders is multiplexed into the PIC via 4051's and I see quite a few 595's on there too, but I'm pretty sure the bargraphs all have their own 595's on the main PCB. I havn't re-traced the whole motor control circuit, but I see a LM324, a couple voltage references (there is a 3.3v marking on the PCB) and a BD139/BD140 output stage which is probably to drive the low impedance input to the motors.And thats all for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therezin Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Ok, They got here today...Awesome, when you know how much shipping will be let me know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogah Posted April 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Sorry for the wait guys. Just a little bit longer and I'll be getting these boxed up.In the meantime, here are some pics:picsI'm thinking this might be a good project to use the PIC18F4685 and the CAN buss on :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogah Posted May 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Allright, I'm moved into my new apartment and I've got all the 808 kits shipped out. So.... who is still interested in getting one of these boards? Given the cost of shipping some of the 808 kits across the ocean I would estimate the cost of shipping to the EU at about 40$ USD.. so it's not quite the super cheap faders they would be to people in the US, but I've got them here, so speak up if you want some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Hi,I would'nt mind these fader assembly boards if you have one to spare.let me know the pice if u have a spare.PeaceFrank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiman Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 wrote inside your other topic I see there are "several" for sale ,I wold take another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 hey moogah i originally asked for one of the slider assemblies but i dont think that i can use it because of the power requirements i dont want you to be out of pocket though as i did ask you for one but it seems like you might be able to sell it to some one else if not let me know and ill take it thanks very much regards kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therezin Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 I'm still interested - put me down for one and tell me where to send my money! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiman Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 FYI http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/14-ALPS-Motorfader-100mm-10K-mono-gebraucht_W0QQitemZ200112475405QQihZ010QQcategoryZ12078QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemI skipped these last day (forget to bid) , perhaps a coincidence so this project wont be without me hahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisefire Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 hey guys,i finally got my whole assembly.. however i seem to be missing 2 caps for the faders and one of the faders is damaged.. does anyone have either or both to spare.. favorably in holland.. when i disassemble the assembly i may even need other parts, as shipping wasnt kind for the buttons and other fiddly bits..i want to reinstate it and update it so it will grow into a huge sequencing beast :Dthnx,Ysbrand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisefire Posted June 3, 2007 Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 one of my encoders was damaged :( well the whole shaft was missing.. is there any way we can utilize the existing chips on the PCB boards? instead of normal DIN and DOUT.. making new PCBs for these things would be costly, and if the original mixer works with it why not midibox (or am i overly hopefull? or overly ambitious?) also does anyone here has the display aswell? dont suppose it would work with midibox straight out of the box. i cant seem to find the exact display, so i cant be certain if it is compatible..it has 3 t6a39 column drivers and 1 t6a40 line driver..<edit>hold up.. ive found info.. "T6963C/T6A39/T6A40" this could mean there is already a driver written for this.. however it apparently not possible to use it with midi.. me thinks a separate core for the lcd alone could be an idea.. then we could do more graphical things with it.. like nice pictures and such..</edit> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therezin Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 *bump*Moogah, any news on when you're going to start shipping these out? No pressure, just it's been a while since you said they'd arrived and I'm itching to get stuck into one ;D//EDIT: I can't spell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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