Blacet Research
MiniWave Module

I constructed my MiniWave with a Stooge front panel setup for a Hylander ROM expander board and a Tellun JLH2090CV board.

I have these ROMS installed:
    ROM-0:  Miniwave
    ROM-1:  Socket Rocket
    ROM-2:  GR-PPG/P-V5 by Grant Richter
    ROM-3:  GR-New.256 by Grant Richter
    ROM-4:  Morphine by Mathew Davidson
    ROM 5: Serge Creature "Pocket Monster" by paperkettle.com
    ROM 6: Schumann PLL by  paperkettle.com
    ROM 7: Commodore 64/NES "ROM1" by  paperkettle.com
    ROM 8: Ensoniq SQ80 Wave1 by Patrick Joericke
    ROM 9: Ensoniq SQ80 Wave4 by Patrick Joericke

 

I brazed together several pieces of aluminum to build the chassis to mount these three boards to the front panel.

 

As I added more ROMs I had trouble with reliable operation which was due to the chip enable of ROM-0 not meeting the Vih specification of 2 volts.  R18 pulls up this chip enable to VLED which was less than 2 volts with the forward voltage drop of the LEDs I used.  I corrected this by connecting R18 to +5 volts instead.

 

Here is my MiniWave waiting for 5 more ROMs.

 

 

Second Build

I built another 5U MiniWave with both the Hylander and Hendry PCBs.  This module had to fit into a slant Synthesizers.com cabinet.  The cabinet face slopes at 20 degrees and the bottom flange is routed 3/8" into the bottom thus reducing the available space.  I had to mount the Hendry board between the LEDs to have enough height to mount the MiniWave PCB.  I had to space the Hendry PCB 0.115" above the bracket so all the leads had to be trimmed off very close.  I could not use enclosed jacks for the bottom row.  This module just barely fits.  Wiring was a challenge because everything was so close together.  I used the inverter on the Hendry board and not the Hylander board.  I made a bracket to mount all three boards to.

 

This module was to be used with a Dotcom power supply so I needed the 6 pin 0.100" MTA male connector.  I ended up piggybacking it on the MTA connector and bending the pins to fit.  I filled the gap with epoxy.  The connector with cable attached is just a bit wider than the module.

 

I mounted some of the MTAs reversed and on the bottom side of the PCB to improve the wiring.  I also used MTA connectors on the MiniWave for the potentiometers and LEDs.

 

 

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