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Old 23rd May 2020, 8:57 pm   #233
Timbucus
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Default Re: Recreating the Bywood Scrumpi

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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware View Post
Just read it through, the only thing I would suggest adding is a section with a more elaborate description, including circuit diagram, of the power arrangement needed to power the SC/MP 1, with Phil's 'Proper' PSU with a centre tapped transformer and +/- regulators and the simple / crude alternative using only 12V and a Zener both shown. Leave it up to the reader to decide which one to use.

This exotic early power supply requirement may be foreign even to many people who have quite a bit of experience with microprocessors generally.
Yes - good idea - as I have not built one yet either it will be a good check of what I have written. I will do so for the next edition.

At the moment still trying to work out how these latch chips work - I realised I had no connection to the data bus which was my first mistake, the second was I wired R/W to their CE... getting there.
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