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Sinclair Spectrum polish off is a project to restore a donated defective Sinclair spectrum to working order, and to add some additional features:<br /> | Sinclair Spectrum polish off is a project to restore a donated defective Sinclair spectrum to working order, and to add some additional features:<br /> | ||
| − | Fixes done | + | All Fixes are done, including:<br /> |
* Replaced blown up 7805 voltage regulator.<br /> | * Replaced blown up 7805 voltage regulator.<br /> | ||
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* Completely replaced foil keyboard by 40 6x6mm buttons, hot glued to the inside and hard wired, the rubber keypad was modified to make place for the buttons.<br /> | * Completely replaced foil keyboard by 40 6x6mm buttons, hot glued to the inside and hard wired, the rubber keypad was modified to make place for the buttons.<br /> | ||
* Built in a 1 transistor preamp to make the cassette input sensitive enough so it accepts signals from a tablet or laptop.<br /> | * Built in a 1 transistor preamp to make the cassette input sensitive enough so it accepts signals from a tablet or laptop.<br /> | ||
| − | *replaced a missing rubber feet<br/> | + | * replaced a missing rubber feet<br/> |
| − | *added a composite video output cable<br/> | + | * added a composite video output cable<br/> |
| + | * Add a built in joystick port, that works by activating certain keys, by using FET's connected between the keyboard matrix points for the keys, 5,6,7 & 8, and 0 for fire.</br> | ||
| + | The latter was also a test case for similar solution in my ZX14 (ZX81 rebuild). It works, when using the right kind of FET's, the first FET's I tried (BS170's) did not work probably because of it's largish (200pF) drain-source and gate source capacitances, but using 2N7000 FET's did work. In the ZX14 I will be using 2N7002, which is a 2N7000 in a SOT-23 SMT package instead of the 2N7000's TO-92 PTH package. | ||
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| + | A less positive note is that even with the transistor pre-amp the cassette input is still quite finicky and still not very sensitive and needs a lot of signal to work properly. | ||
[[File:Spectrum with real keys and joystick interface.JPG|900px|Spectrum keyboard with real keys and joystick interface]] | [[File:Spectrum with real keys and joystick interface.JPG|900px|Spectrum keyboard with real keys and joystick interface]] | ||
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Revision as of 01:10, 29 May 2014
| Project Spectrum polish off | |
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| Status | In progress |
| Contact | mahjongg |
| Last Update | 2014-05-29 |
Sinclair Spectrum polish off is a project to restore a donated defective Sinclair spectrum to working order, and to add some additional features:
All Fixes are done, including:
- Replaced blown up 7805 voltage regulator.
- Repaired the +12V & -5V generator (replaced two transistors).
- Completely replaced foil keyboard by 40 6x6mm buttons, hot glued to the inside and hard wired, the rubber keypad was modified to make place for the buttons.
- Built in a 1 transistor preamp to make the cassette input sensitive enough so it accepts signals from a tablet or laptop.
- replaced a missing rubber feet
- added a composite video output cable
- Add a built in joystick port, that works by activating certain keys, by using FET's connected between the keyboard matrix points for the keys, 5,6,7 & 8, and 0 for fire.
The latter was also a test case for similar solution in my ZX14 (ZX81 rebuild). It works, when using the right kind of FET's, the first FET's I tried (BS170's) did not work probably because of it's largish (200pF) drain-source and gate source capacitances, but using 2N7000 FET's did work. In the ZX14 I will be using 2N7002, which is a 2N7000 in a SOT-23 SMT package instead of the 2N7000's TO-92 PTH package.
A less positive note is that even with the transistor pre-amp the cassette input is still quite finicky and still not very sensitive and needs a lot of signal to work properly.
