[Coco] Including an SSC (was: CocoSDC)

[S Klammer]

Yes, I'd asked him a similar question to which he'd replied something like
'not an audio guy' :)

If there was even one I/O pin, could we get a serial connection to
something else?  Or add a programmable oscillator for 1 bit sound?

If a header was possible to be added now, then a custom case would be the
next option, especially with libraries and schools (etc) having 3D
printers...

Shain
On Oct 10, 2014 4:05 PM, "Nick Marentes" <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> I've asked Darren some time ago if he could add code to the SDC to allow
> the use of the already included microcontrollers for sound.
>
> And while it technically could do it, he said that he had used up all the
> available I/O pins for the SDC itself.
>
> I would have liked to see some way of having a header included that could
> allow a daughter board add-on that contains another microcontroller with
> RAM of it's own for storing and playing sound samples.
>
> The idea is that software would load various digital samples into the
> controller's memory and then simply tell the controller which sample to
> play. The sound would play with no 6809 CPU intervention and it would be
> mixed in with the existing 6-bit CoCo sound via the SND connection of the
> CoCo bus... just like the SSC.
>
> Unfortunately, looking at the CoCoSDC, when mounted into a FD502 disk
> controller case (as mine is), there is very little room for any
> daughterboard in there.   :(
>
> Nick
>
>
> On 11/10/2014 2:02 AM, S Klammer wrote:
>
>> Understood and would agree.  Just thought an addition of this nature, even
>> if it were just a set of headers for a daughterboard, might have made it
>> just that much more awesome :)
>>
>> Shain
>> On Oct 10, 2014 10:57 AM, "Zippster" <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
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