Annoying obsolete 44 pin sound chip?

Apr 17, 2007 2 Replies
C

Hi all. I've got a PCB here originally from a motorised robot car which according to the manufacturers has a blown sound chip. The cpu does seem to be working as the i/0 lines are being toggled and the crystal is running on frequency, but is not responding to the trigger pins even though they are being polled.



The CPU (whatever it is) has the crystal on two pins near the bottom left of the chip, and the sound chip is a 44 pin quad flat pack. It looks like the 5v regulator lost its ground pin and applied +8V to the logic for an indeterminate time :(



PCB is labeled ST003 v2 if this helps.



Anyone seen this fault before? I really do not want to change a =A3150+ board for a =A33 sound chip! (someone's sanded off ALL the markings grr)



The sound storage EPROM is a 24C002 (2 megabit) and that looks intact.



Thanks in advance,



-A



Vote
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
J

Can you work out the pinout of the chip? Perhaps there's some recognizable features that could point you to the manufacture?

Vote
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
M

hi, some times if you wet ya finger , then wipe it on teh top of teh chip , and use a strong light u might be able to make out some markings, i did this to a chip , where the marking s where ground of , but they didnt do a proper job. mark k

Vote
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn

Join the Discussion

Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.

Didn't find your answer?

Ask the community — no account required