[Coco] Including an SSC

[S Klammer]

I may have to take some holidays and play with my Uno.  ;)

Like you were saying earlier, having selectable sound banks and the ability
to select different MP3 or even MOD (OctoMod?) tracks might be the ticket...

Hmmm, and also an ability to switch modality to SSC emulation on the same
port? :)

Shain
On Oct 11, 2014 7:00 PM, "Nick Marentes" <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> On 12/10/2014 8:48 AM, S Klammer wrote:
>
>> With all due respect Al, I would tend to disagree with 1, 3 and 4.  As for
>> 2, how many months has in been since Darren's last production run and this
>> one - which has materialized in a matter of days?
>>
>> It is now a moot point.  Those who suggested some additional ideas, like
>> adding a SSC or even just an onboard expansion port will have to look
>> elsewhere... oh well, we tried.
>>
>> Nick, in terms of connections... I wonder if the cassette port might be
>> utilized?  Like the X10 module.  In this way there would be no tinkering
>> involved, no Multi-pak needed and the audio feed into the coco is there.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I have given thought to a serial based "sound card" utilizing a
> microcontroller. The sample data would be sent to the microcontroller's RAM
> and then playback selected by sending a byte (a nibble would suffice, 16
> samples is heaps) and sending the audio throught to the cassette.
>
> I guess comms can happen via the cassette port to keep the connections to
> 1 cable. Power may need to be via a battery.
>
> I should go back and give it a rethink using the Teensey as a base. It may
> be do'able.
>
> Nick
>
>
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