MOTM

As some of you know, the MOTM-650 MIDI-CV converter has been delayed a *long time* because of the
original uP we selected had bugs, and the "fix" of the chip didn't help us any. The design was
then split into 2 uPs, which was a royal pain because of keeping track of 2 code sets, hacking up
prototypes, etc.

Well, as they say, the third time's the charm :)

New samples of the "we fixed the fixed part" seem to be working as predicted by the data sheet.
The new 'flavor' adds more internal RAM, more code space and a separate baud-rate timer (for MIDI
I/O) that frees up 1 internal timer (for portamento).

So.....after months of 'mothballing', the project is back on track. No firm delivery date, but
I'll keep you posted. Hopefully, the last fixed bit (SPI port for communicating to the DACs) is
fixed and we can get this thing out the door.

Paul S.

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@a...> wrote:
> As some of you know, the MOTM-650 MIDI-CV converter has been 
delayed a *long time* because of the
> original uP we selected had bugs, and the "fix" of the chip didn't 
help us any. The design was
> then split into 2 uPs, which was a royal pain because of keeping 
track of 2 code sets, hacking up
> prototypes, etc.
> 
> Well, as they say, the third time's the charm :)
> 


Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

I have been waiting for this one.   I do not have a quality midi/CV 
converter so I do need one for sure. 

Good news Paul!!!!!!

Andy

On Tuesday 22 July 2003 18:36, Paul Schreiber wrote:
> So.....after months of 'mothballing', the project is back
> on track. No firm delivery date, but I'll keep you
> posted. Hopefully, the last fixed bit (SPI port for
> communicating to the DACs) is fixed and we can get this
> thing out the door.

:)) This is where my points will go. 

- Robert

At the risk of being told "not to rock the boat" by a particular list member 
(again) for publicly discussing the "point system", no they won't. :-) IIRC, the 
best point deal you are going to get under the new price structure, is two 
assembled 490's for 20 points - still a heck of a deal, IMHO.

Disclaimer: I am not trying to stir things up about the "point system", I'm just 
making an observation. MOTM is good, free MOTM is even better and you 
probably can't have too many 490's. No warrany is expressed or implied by 
this message, and the author is in no way responsible for any damages 
caused this message. YMMV.

B a r r y   S t r a m p

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Robert van der Kamp <robnet@w...> wrote:

> On Tuesday 22 July 2003 18:36, Paul Schreiber wrote:
> > So.....after months of 'mothballing', the project is back
> > on track. No firm delivery date, but I'll keep you
> > posted. Hopefully, the last fixed bit (SPI port for
> > communicating to the DACs) is fixed and we can get this
> > thing out the door.
> 
> :)) This is where my points will go. 
> 
> - Robert