[sdiy] Sound Semi news

[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

Sometimes you just don’t have room on a PCB for pins that aren’t absolutely necessary. This is especially true for modular. I’ve been designing some 4-voice modules, and things get cramped four times as fast.

Brian


On Jan 25, 2020, at 2:50 PM, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
> Sorry, why is that so good given that we already had the 2164 and could have paralleled them ourselves?
> 
> <missing something>
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> On 25 Jan 2020, at 20:38, Tom Bugs <admin at bugbrand.co.uk> wrote:
>> Oh, that's great on the SSI VCAs - the ability to be able to choose single/dual/quad = fantastic.
>> On 25/01/2020 18:55, Neil Johnson wrote:
>>> Hi Paula,
>>> 
>>> SSI2140 (Dave Rossum's improved SSM2040 VCF) is released to production with stock expected in March.
>>> 
>>> The other three should be sampling in March, with the normal caveat that they’re still in development status.
>>> 
>>> The SSI2130 is a _very_ sweet little VCO with lots of possibilities.
>>> 
>>> And Guy wins today's internet point for guessing the SSI2162 and SSI2161 are paralleled SSI2164s. Lower noise, smaller package, lower price.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Neil
>>> 
>>> On 2020-01-25 08:16, Neil Johnson wrote:
>>> > Hi all,
>>> > 
>>> > Looking on the Sound Semiconductor website I see a slew of new parts:
>>> > 
>>> > SSI2130 - VCO (it can do TZFM with a few extra components)
>>> > SSI2140 - VCF (SSM2040 with extras)
>>> > SSI2162 - dual VCA
>>> > SSI2161 - single VCA
>>> > 
>>> > Neil