The IIS Chip Gallery

MIDI (1990)

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by

Felix Bitterli, Martin Meyer, Markus Peyer, Markus Schmidt

Main Details

Application	Audio
Technology	1500
Manufacturer	VLSI Tech
Type	Semester Thesis
Package	DIP64
Dimensions	3170μm x 3180μm
Gates	300
Voltage	5 V
Clock	4 MHz

Description

The MIDI Monitor Chip is used to observe and manipulate data on the MIDI interface. Data to the chip will be serialized/parallelized externally. The chip can:

• Show the channel number
  Channel specific commands of teh MIDI interface are extracted and the channel number is displayed.
• Filtering channels
  An input interface allows teh selection of channels that will be filtered out from teh MIDI data stream.
• Key display
  The sound key encoded in the MIDI channel will be displayed.

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