http://blog.vacoloco.com Electronics, Bass, Music and waffle Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:42:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en well, I've had a few people ask, so I've ordered another 10 PCBs (two have gone already) they're due around the 14th of August 2010. These will be just the board and preprogrammed CPU at 15GBP plus postage, I won't be doing complete kits for these. Let me know if you want ... http://blog.vacoloco.com/?p=310 Well it's all over, it was a good weekend though very hot with temperatures hitting 28 or 29 on Saturday. I did spend a large portion of the time asleep due to heat and just being tired from working some very long days recently. I took along a couple of PicoWave ... http://blog.vacoloco.com/?p=306 Well, work has me busy, but I've not been completely idol in the little spare time I have. I've been tinkering with the code on Zira (TSKAPW - The Synth Formally Known As PicoWave), I just have the boot loader/MIDI Sysex update code to modify and test before Synth DIY. I'll ... http://blog.vacoloco.com/?p=300 It's been a while since I've posted. I've been busy with work and also with QiX (and getting to grips with Linux), but I've also been tinkering with a new project. Originally called "picowave" it's now called "Zira" in keeping with my naming convention of classic 80's arcade games. I'll say in ... http://blog.vacoloco.com/?p=294 I am sorry to say the last GorF PCB has been sold. I'm also sorry to say that I won't be making further PCBs or Kits, but the Eagle files required to make the PCB are available on the GorF web pages, under the downloads section. I'm taking a short break and ... http://blog.vacoloco.com/?p=291 We've got dates ready for Synth DIY 2010. This year the date for the main event is the 10th of July. A lot of people will arrive on the 9th of July and leave on the 11th, and Neil Johnson has put up his room booking page. I've updated the main ... http://blog.vacoloco.com/?p=284 Well, I've put together 10 more kits, of the people who contacted me and gave me their email address five have bought kits. This leaves 5 4 3 2 1 no more of "kit 6" to be sold, sorry. These were the last full kits I will make and will leave ... http://blog.vacoloco.com/?p=279 Is there anyone in the UK that would be willing to work with me making a case for Defender? My previous efforts (below) at wooden cases sort of suck. What I really want is an angled front panel with the keys in the bottom, a bit like a minimoog with it's ... http://blog.vacoloco.com/?p=277 No, don't panic, the panel layout is staying the same. What is changing is the backend for the panel, I had numerous problems with the first revision of the panel control board, mostly with it talking to the main CPU board and then the voice. So, I've shrunk things, the panel ... http://blog.vacoloco.com/?p=275 Well, I know it's been a while since I mentioned QiX, and we've gone through a lot of changes. We've settled on an ARM 9 based CPU (i.MX233) and a DSP56720 (dual core 400MIPS) as starting points. Both of these are available in QFP formats, so the cost of prototyping is ... http://blog.vacoloco.com/?p=273