[sdiy] Can google's free* 180nm OSHW foundry be used for synth parts?

cheater cheater cheater00social at gmail.com
Mon Aug 8 20:01:11 CEST 2022


I don't get it, would you mind explaining it?

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 12:56 PM Neil Johnson via Synth-diy
<synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>
> Yeah it's a pretty poor exchange rate at the moment - you pay an arm and a leg, but only get an ARM in return.
>
> Neil
>
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 at 11:38, <rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> To be honest I would just be happy to be able to get ARM chips in volume
>> these days! ;-)
>>
>> -Richie,
>>
>>
>> On 2022-08-08 10:57, mark verbos via Synth-diy wrote:
>> > In the future we will all have a toaster sized device that can print
>> > out an Andromeda ASIC!
>> >
>> >> On Aug 7, 2022, at 10:56 PM, Mattias Rickardsson <mr at analogue.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Being open source, replacement chips could be made by anyone. ;-)
>> >>
>> >> Den sön 7 aug. 2022 22:32Peter Pearson <electrocontinuo at gmail.com>
>> >> skrev:
>> >>
>> >> Idk, personally that just kind of sounds like a repair nightmare in
>> >> the not too distant future.  Unobtainable voice chip ASICs for the
>> >> Alesis Andromeda all over again.
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 4:10 PM Mattias Rickardsson <mr at analogue.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Peter Pearson via Synth-diy skrev:
>> >>
>> >> If you want a synth on a chip, why not just buy an AS3394?  They
>> >> already exist, sound fine, and you won't break the bank
>> >>
>> >> Given that the chips are mainly for logic duties, I'd almost expect
>> >> a "synth on a chip" in this case to include not only analog parts
>> >> but also the surrounding digital control, CV generation,
>> >> multiplexers, and possibly also some processing power. Would be nice
>> >> for a change to have 1 chip on the analog side of the board instead
>> >> of 2000+.  :-)
>> >>
>> >> /mr
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