Hi,
After some offline discussions about powering an ACI with only +5 volts with Cory, I did some thinking and came to the conclusion that -12 volts is probably not needed. I did an experiment with my ACI last night connecting the -12 volt supply of the LM311 comparator to ground instead of -12 volts. It worked fine with both real cassette and ipod input. To do this, just lift pin 4 of the LM311 and jumper to a nearby ground. One nearby ground location is pin 7 of the 74LS74. Once this is done, -12 volts is not connected to anything on the ACI and is not needed. My tests were on a Mimeo, but I don't think operation on a Replica 1 should be any different.
Regards,
MIke Willegal
Awesome so Replica-1 owners can use the ACI and a cheap wall wart instead of an ATX power supply. They should be able to make a simple jumper wire on the Replica-1 board and leave the ACI as is!!!!
Great work Mike.
Cheers,
Corey
Sweet, I'm going to give this a try tonight...I always hated lugging a ATX power supply around.
Cameron