Is there anyone who is reading this who has an EPROM programmer (and eraser, maybe) that I can borrow?
DOS / Windows / Linux / whatever support, I can make it work.
I need to write up to five 2732A EPROMs.
Thanks very much.
Well, there’s the first layout. I’ll check things over tonight / tomorrow and hopefully order the boards by tomorrow evening.
As only two are currently spoken for, I’m only going to order five. So, if you want one, speak up. Just so you know, I guess they’ll also work in the Casio SK-5.
Also, I received a confirmation email about the front and rear panels for the MIDIbox SID-NUXX and they should ship to me on the 28th. Woo!
Now, time to go home.
Are any of you interested in having a MIDI-fied Casio SK-1? It doesn’t add full control, but it does allow one to trigger all keys remotely via MIDI.
I had tried to etch my own PCB for it before, but because of a crappy design and the difficulties of fine pitch doing double-sided boards at home, I stopped.
I’m wanting to get this project finished, so I’m going to lay out a new PCB and have it manufactured. Should be about $15/board once done. Plus parts, of course. But you’ll have to source those yourself.
Anyway, anyone want one?
(My boards are based on the info here.)
(Click for images in gallery…)
Ahh. My photos (photo gallery retired) from this weekend’s SRL show GHOSTLY SCENES of INFERNAL DESECRATION have been uploaded. I didn’t caption any of those of the show itself, but some of the pre-show ones are described.
The small photos above don’t really do the set justice, so all I can really recommend is that you take a look at the album itself. And yes, the show was incredible. There’s something mindblowing about seeing people who have spent time building fairly incredible machines demonstrating them. And truely incredible machines at that. Tesla coils, oxyacetylene cannons, devices for throwing pieces of wood at incredible speeds, jet engines, hovercrafts, and more.
Also, be sure to watch
His photos can also be seen here.
MIDIbox SID-NUXX Front Panel PCBPCBs all milled and trimmed. I’m going to pick up the first front panel in something like two hours.
If everything goes as planned, there will be a complete MIDIbox SID-NUXX sitting on my workbench tonight.
< glee! >
Then I’ll just have to place one more (rather pricey) order and all five MIDIbox SID-NUXX’s will be ready to go. The three I’m building, and the two which are being sent to
(Photo of the rear of the PCB showing how close the traces are to the edge of the board.)
UPDATE: I’ve just discovered that I seriously screwed up something on these PCBs. Basically, the switches are eternally pressed. I think I can fix it with some simple trace cutting, but I need to take a long look at it to be sure. Guh. I feel like an idiot. I must have somehow drawn the part wrong in EAGLE and then used it…
< sigh >
I would swear that I checked it at least three times, too.
This really bothers me. I think I’ll go eat a meal, pick up the front panel from
Two Things:
1) If you have a Dell laptop, your battery will probably be recalled.
2) The UK may have its head out of its arse with regards to travel restrictions. If the beverage rules read the way I think they do, one can bring things on board which are purchased past security.
Here is a video which
His video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuON82gN0mg
I’ll (hopefully) have my photos up once I get home. Need to convert them from RAW with a decent tool and stuff.
Well, yeah. I don’t have much more to say about the SRL show except that it was incredible. Absolutely incredible.
From having a V1 buzz bomb engine pointed at us and fired up to seeing a device which shoots 2×4’s at a few hundred miles per hour shooting a small vehicle which someone is driving… yeah. I’m still blown away.
More pictures will come later. I don’t have all my photo tools here right now, so that’s just a quick one processed on the server. But… yeah. Wow. Definitely worth it.
Oh, and we got to meet and hang out with
Yes. More later. Definitely. And if you should somehow find the chance to see SRL one day, do it. Do not hesitate. Just… Yeah.
Click that image up above for a full rez photo. There’s a ridiculous amount to see there, and it’s only a narrow view of the whole event. Photos don’t do it justice.
Well. I won’t be traveling to the UK any time soon.
What follows is the list of things which a passanger may bring on a UK aircraft. This information is taken from here:
· Pocket-size wallets and pocket-size purses plus contents (for example money, credit cards, identity cards etc (not handbags)
· Travel documents essential for the journey (for example passports and travel tickets)
· Prescription medicines and medical items sufficient and essential for the flight (eg, diabetic kit), except in liquid form unless verified as authentic
· Spectacles and sunglasses, without cases
· Contact lens holders, without bottles of solution
· For those travelling with an infant: baby food, milk (the contents of each bottle must be tasted by the accompanying passenger) and sanitary items sufficient and essential for the flight (nappies, wipes, creams and nappy disposal bags)
· Female sanitary items sufficient and essential for the flight, if unboxed (eg tampons, pads, towels and wipes)
· Tissues (unboxed) and/or handkerchiefs
· Keys (but no electrical key fobs). All passengers must be hand searched, and their footwear and all the items they are carrying must be X-ray screened.
Yep, no books. No cameras. No electronics…
For one, I will not buy a flight case and then check the normal stuff I carry on the aircraft in order to ensure that it isn’t stolen by aircraft / TSA personnel. Two, I don’t want to have the airline’s seatback advertisements as my only source of entertainment (besides staring out a potentially darkened window) for the whole eight hour journey.
As it is right now, I may need to remove all liquids / gels from my luggage in order to get home, and this is simply the US reaction. < sigh >
UPDATE: The US’ take on this all can be found here. The specific part I see as being a problem is that the TSA is “…prohibiting any liquids, including beverages, hair gels, and lotions from being carried on the airplane.”
This means I will not have a bottle of water to drink (hello, dehydration), and I’ll have to toss out my personal products and camera lens cleaner. < sigh >
I should buy some of that chewing gum with gel in the middle. Or a new camera lens with a floating element.
Hrm, I wonder if I’ll still be able to bring a bagel w/ peanut butter on the flight. That’s kind of a solid. Or what about a bagel?
UPDATE 2: One thing I wonder about… The actual press release says “carried on the airplane.”. Perhaps I can check the stuff… That’d probably be fine with me, I guess.
At least there will be lots more room for carry-ons now that people aren’t bringing all of their stuff on. (This is because the default will be to check the whole bag if it has contraband on board.)
Hrm. Hopefully I can find a way to bring a bottle of liquor home. There’s some stuff I want which I can’t find around me.
Well, it turns out that there is a slight error in the layout of the display for the MIDIbox SID-NUXX. Everything on it is sized *perfectly* for the LCD display. As it turns out, the ‘active area’ of the OLED is a bit smaller than that of the LCD, and thusly the buttons on the front panel are slightly misaligned (by a max of 1.2mm I believe) when using an OLED instead of an LCD.
Oops.
In reality, it likely won’t be noticable, especially with the display being set back a few mm from the inside of the metal panel anway. So, it’s nothing to worry about…
Oh, the PCBs I received yesterday? Look / work great, and I’ve had no problems whatsoever with cutting the center out of the first one. I used the combination of Dremel / used dental bit mill and a hand file with a vise. Worked great. Only problem was the epoxy / fiberglass dust, so I may do the remaining ones in the garage.
But that won’t be until next week. For now I’m out here on vacation. Woo!
