[sdiy] MiniWave EPROMs

mrmike mrmike at clickbang.com
Fri Apr 6 18:43:49 CEST 2007


Oh, sure, taunt us with pictures. So when will it be available?

Cary Roberts wrote:
>> I finally coughed up the $ for a Balcet Miniwave. I'd like to try my
>> hand at burning my own proms. Does anyone know if a specific variant of
>> the 27C512 eproms is required? Is a 90ns unit fast enough?
>>     
>
> Since the conversion time of the ADC0820 in the unit is 2.5us the EPROM
> can be pretty darn slow and not make a difference.  I'd suggest going
> with a FLASH part so you don't have to wait around for the EPROM to
> erase.  A 29F512 is the same price as a 27C512 at most places.
>
> Of course you can also cram a 4mbit part in there too with a little bit
> of work:
>
> 	http://www.retrosynth.com/gear/minirom/
>
> 'cause every miniwave needs the full PPG wavetables with 32 banks of 64
> waves each. :)
>
> -Cary
>
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