Elektron Musical Instruments

On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Aaron J. Grier wrote:

> SIDstation is very picky about power...  the external power supply is
> supposed to be 6 volts, which is regulated down to 5 volts for SID chip
> use.

Well, 5 volts for about everything. But the SID who also needs 12v.

> For the future, I think Elektron would be wise to thermally couple the
> regulator to the case (aluminum is a great heat conductor) and reccomend
> driving the SIDStation with 9v rather than 6v to give more breathing
> room.

The regulator has a heatconductor added for all SidStations of batch B and
C. Not D, because we found that it was not needed. 

If you experience problems with power stability there should not be any
problems running the SidStation on 7 or 7.5v.

> What power supplies are people in the US using?

...just a note... We've ordered tons of US powersupplies... About half a
year ago! :) These things really takes time.

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