Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-06-15, 05:52
Glorious boxes~ Time to get those soldering tools from my friend...
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-06-14, 17:37
Synoptic wrote on 2022-06-14, 15:51: Finally!2535F371-50AD-4393-AC06-F12B211EC6F8.jpeg Woo!
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-06-13, 02:39
I should get my hands on the assembled PCBs Tuesday June 14th Is local pickup an option? I suppose it depends on where you are. I'm hailing from Toronto. :D If you wanna drive 6hours each way, sure. Hah! That would be a trek for sure, sounds like driving to Quebec city to my friend's cottage. (8 …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-06-13, 02:21
Synoptic wrote on 2022-06-12, 23:43: I should get my hands on the assembled PCBs Tuesday June 14th Is local pickup an option? I suppose it depends on where you are. I'm hailing from Toronto. 😁
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-06-07, 05:52
Synoptic wrote on 2022-06-06, 16:09: I hand-delivered the Interwaves this morning ! The batch will start assembling soon! Nice! I'm looking forward to this~
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-05-05, 13:26
So I took a look at the 72-pin connector I had on there, and it was #1 Out of stock and #2 tin pins. That has been corrected to gold pins and just our luck, in (low) stock. Edit: I see that many of the Panasonic resistors are not in stock as well. Any suggestions on replacements of the same or …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-05-04, 14:02
So I took a look at the 72-pin connector I had on there, and it was #1 Out of stock and #2 tin pins. That has been corrected to gold pins and just our luck, in (low) stock. Edit: I see that many of the Panasonic resistors are not in stock as well. Any suggestions on replacements of the same or …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-05-01, 02:51
I think I found an issue with what you grabbed. For the amplifier, you have a TI TPA152DR, but that seems to have a completely different pinout than the MS6308 or TDA1308 specified. Unless I'm mistaken, the STM TS482IDT should be pin compatible though, and appears in stock at Mouser. Not sure if …
Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support
Posted on 2022-04-26, 21:23
A giant thank you for being awesome @keropi It just arrived along with the goodies! Can't wait to take it for a test drive~ Filename _20220426_172219.JPG File size 1.21 MiB Views 490 views
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-04-26, 16:14
One of key issues this project did not gain much traction was the copyrighted ROM. I wonder why __shock or other main contributors didn't consider making the ROM optional. It is optional isn't it? Based on earlier discussion above, the ROM chip is not required to use the card. As long as you have …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-04-25, 22:12
Can someone please also clarify purpose of eeprom U30 AT93C66SC and if it needs some firmware be flashed on it? Is there strict timing requirements for this chip, what are other options besides CAT and AM? I believe it stores some configuration data that you set up before installing the drivers …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-04-25, 22:11
Here's the list of material I used to assemble my Arguses : https://www.micronick.com/argus/argus_synoptic_bom.pdf I put together my BOM for Mouser using the partlist.txt and bom.txt from the zip provided in the OP? The partlist.txt appears to match the PDF you provided. I know the parts are …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-04-25, 16:02
I took a quick look, and it seems decent so far (will do a real 1-1 matching after work). However, looks like most of the Panasonic caps are sold out with 28 week lead time, and the SIMM slot is back ordered until September. Might be worth finding alternatives for those. This seems a good starting …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-04-25, 04:45
When I was looking earlier, it seemed like some things had to come from Digi-Key, as Mouser didn’t seem to stock them. If you discover otherwise, it would be nice to save a bit on shipping and only order from one spot. I think I have discovered otherwise? The only parts missing are special chips …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-04-25, 04:35
Alright, here we go. This CSV BOM includes everything minus the IW78C21M1 chip, the DRAM chips, the optional components, and whatever the NotConnected resistors /would/ be. Also missing is something that I can't identify from the partlist: 6 0402 SMD 0R Resistor or solderbridge I was also wondering …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-04-25, 00:58
What about the ceramic caps? Looking at the list, I think I'll go with Taiyo Yuden. (Sounds familiar from the ol' blank DVD days.) Edit: Or not... I don't know what I'm doing~ Edit 2: The parts list includes 5 or 6 not connected (nc) resistors. What should their values be if they were to be …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-04-25, 00:52
What's the difference between V and VDC ratings on capacitors? Also recommended brands?
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-04-24, 23:47
I was looking at the BOM and then over at Mouser which has a BOM tool. Sadly none of the BOM files for the card are compatible with Mouser's upload tool. :/ Being fairly new to acquiring board components, I think I'm going to produce a Mouser compatible BOM .csv and post it here for both everyone to …
Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)
Posted on 2022-04-24, 01:51
Hi, I donated (not that much) some time ago but I lost track of the project. Will there be an option to get a bag of components with it to solder instead of trying to get everything on the BOM from everywhere? And making sure the stuff ordered is indeed the correct stuff. A complete solder-it- …
Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)
Posted on 2022-04-21, 01:46
I'm certainly in the no equipment or skills category but I'm willing to put in the effort to learn and build the card myself. I think it'll be good training for future mod projects. I have quite a few HDMI boards to install in my consoles. If you're looking to learn soldering, I'd highly recommend …
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