JohnPCAE Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 The recent talk about making an IntelliVoice II got me thinking about a circuit board for it, and for giggles I tried making one in Eagle Light. Unfortunately, the Light version imposes severe restrictions on what you can produce, but I decided to give it a go anyway. I have no idea if I'll be able to finish it, but for what it's worth, I present the NanoVoice. Eagle Light limits board size to 80mm x 100mm, and only two layers. The board here is 100mm long and the same width as a standard Intv cart board. The left side goes to the Master Component and the Right side goes to a cart. All resistors are sized for 1/4-watt types, and everything is through-hole assembly. I think I have about 14 wires left to route, but it's becoming incredibly hard to make the necessary room (this would be as easy as pie if Eagle allowed 4-layer boards). If anyone has a better version and wants to take this over I'd be happy to upload the files. Otherwise, I can't make any guarantees 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) pretty cool. without the 4 layers, screw holes dont appear possible for the double ender case. maybe notches on the edges Edited October 17, 2013 by pimpmaul69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPCAE Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 I finally got everything routed and it passes the design checks. Standard disclaimers apply ("use at your own risk", etc.) At any rate, I present my Eagle files for the NanoVoice. NanoVoice_1_0.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPCAE Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 This is probably needed as well. It's the Eagle library file I created for the card edge connector. con-cardedge.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 The recent talk about making an IntelliVoice II got me thinking about a circuit board for it, and for giggles I tried making one in Eagle Light. Unfortunately, the Light version imposes severe restrictions on what you can produce, but I decided to give it a go anyway. I have no idea if I'll be able to finish it, but for what it's worth, I present the NanoVoice. Eagle Light limits board size to 80mm x 100mm, and only two layers. The board here is 100mm long and the same width as a standard Intv cart board. The left side goes to the Master Component and the Right side goes to a cart. All resistors are sized for 1/4-watt types, and everything is through-hole assembly. I think I have about 14 wires left to route, but it's becoming incredibly hard to make the necessary room (this would be as easy as pie if Eagle allowed 4-layer boards). If anyone has a better version and wants to take this over I'd be happy to upload the files. Otherwise, I can't make any guarantees you do amazing work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 The recent talk about making an IntelliVoice II got me thinking about a circuit board for it, and for giggles I tried making one in Eagle Light. Unfortunately, the Light version imposes severe restrictions on what you can produce, but I decided to give it a go anyway. I have no idea if I'll be able to finish it, but for what it's worth, I present the NanoVoice. Eagle Light limits board size to 80mm x 100mm, and only two layers. The board here is 100mm long and the same width as a standard Intv cart board. The left side goes to the Master Component and the Right side goes to a cart. All resistors are sized for 1/4-watt types, and everything is through-hole assembly. I think I have about 14 wires left to route, but it's becoming incredibly hard to make the necessary room (this would be as easy as pie if Eagle allowed 4-layer boards). If anyone has a better version and wants to take this over I'd be happy to upload the files. Otherwise, I can't make any guarantees This is really cool work. I might hit you up for some questions later if/when my own hardware projects get off the ground. Thanks for sharing the files (including the edge-connector library file). I did have 1 question and I think I'm just missing something obvious. You said that the right side "goes to a cart". Wouldn't the right side need a socket-connector (for the cartridge's edge-connector to go into) rather than a edge-connector? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 This is really cool work. I might hit you up for some questions later if/when my own hardware projects get off the ground. Thanks for sharing the files (including the edge-connector library file). I did have 1 question and I think I'm just missing something obvious. You said that the right side "goes to a cart". Wouldn't the right side need a socket-connector (for the cartridge's edge-connector to go into) rather than a edge-connector? I think its like that to solder on an edge connector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 What is an Intellivoice II? Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPCAE Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 I did this mainly as a proof-of-concept and as a learning experience, but out of curiosity (and insomnia), has this been useful to anyone? Are any plans to do anything with it worthwhile? I really wanted to get it to fit inside a donor Coleco shell, but it's probably a little too long for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I love the insanity here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZarK Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I love the insanity here! What is insane is trying to define what normal is. we're all normal around here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Normal? Not in my vocabulary! I had to look it up. Normal |ˈnôrməl|a town in central Illinois, home to Illinois State University (originally a normal,or teachers, school); pop. 52,056 (est. 2008). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Nermal looks like this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 NORML? http://norml.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Normal? Not in my vocabulary! I had to look it up. Normal |ˈnôrməl|a town in central Illinois, home to Illinois State University (originally a normal,or teachers, school); pop. 52,056 (est. 2008). It's also right by Bloomington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPCAE Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) I just realized that I hadn't posted a picture of the final version that I posted earlier. Here is what the board design looks like: Edited November 15, 2015 by JohnPCAE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Do you have a BOM listing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPCAE Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 Do you have a BOM listing? What's a BOM listing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Bill of Material. I don't know where Material is located, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Sorry... Bill Of Material A listing of what components go to each location Sorta like a shopping list for the board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 $45.20 for 3 PCB's.. hmm. I'm up for a group order :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I just realized that I hadn't posted a picture of the final version that I posted earlier. Here is what the board design looks like: you got all that routing in 2 layers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPCAE Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 Sorry... Bill Of Material A listing of what components go to each location Sorta like a shopping list for the board I'll see if I can put one together tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPCAE Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) Here is the BOM list that Eagle exported. You can ignore the 17 test point components at the bottom; they show up as separate components but they're just pads on the board. XTAL/S is the crystal: it should be the same as whatever is in the Intellivoice. The 200k potentiometer is for volume adjustment. I presume that you would get the SP0256 and SPB640 from a donor Intellivoice. It's a shame that we don't have drop-in replacements, such as from a CPLD. Obviously, I'd also strongly recommend using sockets for all of the IC's. Intellivoice2_oncart.txt Edited November 15, 2015 by JohnPCAE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPCAE Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) Keep me posted if you order any. I'm looking at seeing if I can add at least one screw hole, preferably aligned with one of the screw holes from a Mattel cart (same vertical position relative to the edge connectors). That would let you use the bottom piece from a donor shell. No guarantees! Edited November 15, 2015 by JohnPCAE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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