Z8 microcontroller playing Bohemian Rhapsody

[keoni29]

So many chips. Such a disappointing sound :(

[ShadowNX01]

That song's not bohemian rhapsody...

[Tentauren]

Ouh.. Wow, very funny, but.. Where is Bohemian Rhapsody?

[chutsu]

you know how other MC's like PIC and AVR, you could actually program the chip itself and then put it back to a circuit that you built. Can you do that with this?

[cldoyle64]

No, with the Z8 you have a serial interface to the microcontroller, and a small amount of flash that you can load a C or assembly program into. Once the program has been written to the flash it will persist, until overwritten; but that's about the extend of what you can do with it.

[chutsu]

hey is there a way to make your own Z8 programmer instead of buying a developing board?

Thanks

[cldoyle64]

I'm not sure I understand the question.

[arg13415]

Yes, but I think you would have a tough time creating the proper software to support it.

[Membrane556]

What's the clock on it if it's around 8MHz or so you might be able to drive a dac on one of the GPIO ports 8bit wide to make three or four voice sound vs toggling one of the GPIO pins.

[cldoyle64]

It is a $50 board. Also there was no trial and error involved as the sounds are created by pulsing a GPIO input pin high for a certain duration of time. This pin is a then attached to a speaker to make a sound. Creating sound in this fashion is a bit to complex to be done by "trial and error".

[hobiadami]

u used a 500$ board to make a 5$ doorbell? and i didn't even recognize the "bohemian rapsody".

just joking.cool project, trial and error, isn't it we all do all the time. its fine as long as you have fun doin' it.