The Home of FPGASID The Sky is the Limit - an FPGASID Adventure

Click on the picture to see how far FPGASID can go! Introduction The chip MOS6581 also known as the Sound Interface Device (SID) of the Commodore 64 computer is known for it's characteristic sound. Unfortunately, many of these devices produced between 1982 and 1993 reach the end of their life span these days. It is getting harder to get a replacement part. Thus, we need a proper substitute.

And this is what the FPGASID project is all about!

It has been started to overcome with this situation and reaches even higher - it aims for a better SID than any SID has ever been before...



The Mission Create a pin compatible drop-in replacement for the MOS6581 device as well as for its successor, the MOS8580. The Targets To-the-cycle exact reproduction of all digital parts including sound and envelope generation and paddle readouts.



Exact modeling of the analog parts leading to a result that is almost indistinguishable from the original.



Making it configurable to easily switch between various SID variants



Adding extra features like wavetables, stereo sound, more voices etc while keeping full compatibility.

The Means Use of FPGA technology. It is more suitable than software related emulation.

The Result This is what came out so far:

Read the Specifications here



FPGASID is available since 23.12.2018!

FPGASID is available for purchase



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The chip MOS6581 also known as theoundnterfaceevice () of the Commodore 64 computer is known for it's characteristic sound. Unfortunately, many of these devices produced between 1982 and 1993 reach the end of their life span these days. It is getting harder to get a replacement part. Thus, we need a proper substitute.And this is what the FPGASID project is all about!It has been started to overcome with this situation and reaches even higher - it aims for a better SID than any SID has ever been before... Project Updates The Sky is the Limit In the spring of 2019, an FPGASID boarded a balloon mission into the stratosphere! This video shows how it came about and what kind of adventure FPGASID experienced:(deutsche Version ...

Posted Sep 20, 2019, 1:31 PM by andi6510 The FPGASID Project

BREADAMP - The amazing C64 Sample player! Here is something I want to share with you:BREADAMP is a C64 sample player that comes with full featured functionality. It can play various (proprietary) sample formats directly from ...

Posted Aug 18, 2019, 11:49 AM by andi6510 The FPGASID Project

Working on Documentation I have updated the register description document available under Documentation -> Technical Documents. I made the following changes:Some smaller error correctionsDescribe second role of identify bit (LED control)Describe ...

Posted Jul 28, 2019, 3:33 AM by andi6510 The FPGASID Project

Working on Documentation New Firmware release Today I release a new firmware revision 0.A for the FPGASID : Main changes: New 6581 bias setting range and curve. Per default the bias is now tuned to a ...

Posted Feb 24, 2019, 8:25 AM by andi6510 The FPGASID Project

Review of FPGASID Click here to read a review of FPGASID:https://kompjut0r.blogspot.com/2019/01/fpgasid-vs-sid8580-vs-sid6581.html

Posted Jan 13, 2019, 7:53 AM by andi6510 The FPGASID Project

Review of FPGASID FPGASID can be purchased now! Over the Christmas period Kryoflux was busy processing the orders of pre-reserved FPGASIDs. And now the shop is open to the general public!Please feel free to order your ...

Posted Jan 9, 2019, 6:48 AM by andi6510 The FPGASID Project

FPGASID can be purchased now! Cable Samples Approved Hooray! Finally (after some failing attempts) our cable provider managed to make the correct cable assemblies for us. We have approved them and production has started. Lead time will be ...

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