Stern CPU Sound BD
Stern CPU Sound BD
C PU Section:
The C PU is a 68B 09E (U 209) w ith up to 8 M Bytes ofC PU C ode Space (U 210). The C PU code is bank selected
by the use ofU 211 and each bank consists of 16 KBytes. 8 KBytes ofR AM (U 212) is available to the C PU .The
R AM is battery backed and has a w rite protected area. Battery back up is accom plished by 3-AA C ells w hich
have a TEST PO IN T VB to check the battery voltage status. The w rite protected area consists of 512 Bytes used
for storing gam e settings. This section ofR A M can only be w ritten to w hen the coin door is open. The C oin D oor
sw itch com es into the C PU on C N 6-12 and is fed into the address decoding PA L U 213. W hen this m em ory
protect signalis low w rites to the protected R A M area are prohibited. Address decoding for the system is
accom plished by one PA L U 213 and one 1-of-8 decoder U 214.
A w atchdog is used to m onitor the C PU and the 5v supply. Ifthe 5v supply is below 4.75 the w atchdog w illhold
the C PU /Sound Board & I/O Board in reset. The w atchdog m ustbe fed ata rate of250m s orfaster. The signal
used to feed the w atchdog com es from the EPR O M Bank select signalused to load U 211. The C PU has a tim er
interrupt used as a heartbeat for the system this signalcom es from counter U 2.The clock forthis counteris the
C PU Q C LO C K . C learing the tim erinterruptis done by reading the D IP Sw itch. The tim erinterruptcan be
observed at TEST PO IN T FIR Q .In norm aloperation "FIR Q " should be toggling ata rate of976H z.
The I/O Interface C N 1 is buffered by tw o (2) H C 245 C hips. The C PU ’s resetline is buffered by Q 10 and fed over
to the I/O through C N 1. An I/O strobe signalis feed through C N 1-15 and is used to notify the I/O thata valid
address is being sent.
Sw itches:
The Sw itch M atrix consists of eight (8) 2N 3904 Transistors w hich pullone of8 strobes ‘low ’to activate a Single
C olum n of sw itches.The Sw itch R eturn Signals are fed into C N 7 [SW ITC H R O W S] and are highly filtered and
com pared to a 2.5v reference voltage. The Sw itch R eturn Voltage m ustbe below 2.5v to m ake a Valid Sw itch
C losure. Iffalse sw itches are appearing, check that none of the 2N 3904 Transistors are perm anently pulling the
strobe line low .O nly one strobe from C N 5 [SW ITC H C O LU M N S] should be low atany tim e. C N 6 [D ED IC ATED
SW ITC H IN ]is a D edicated Bank ofInputSw itches. Sw itches connected to C N 6 are connected to ground instead
ofa strobe and m ay be read atany tim e.
Plasm a Interface:
The data path for com m unication to and from the Plasm a C ontroller Board is 8 bits w ide.There are separate
Inputand O utputBusses. The InputBus from the Plasm a C ontroller to the C PU /Sound Board com es in on C N 8
[PLASM A C O N TR O L]-Pins 3-10 and is fed into U 200 for inputto the C PU ’s D ata Bus. D ata going outto the
controller com es from the C PU ’s D ata Bus through U 201 and onto C N 8-Pins 11-18. Status back from the Plasm a
C ontroller com es in on C N 8-Pins 22-26 and is fed into U 202 forinputto the C PU ’s D ata Bus. Tw o controlsignals
that go out to the Plasm a C ontroller are PR ES [PLASM A R ESET] and C N 8-Pin 19 [PSTB -Plasm a Strobe]. The
Plasm a R eset is softw are controllable through U 216/B and also has a testpoint"Plasm a R eset". The Plasm a
Strobe Signalto the controller is generated from U 216/A and is used to latch data into the Plasm a C ontroller.
Sound Section:
The audio section consists of a B SM T SO U N D C H IP U 9 Sound (Voice) EPR O M s (U 17 U 21 U 36 U 37)68B 09E
U 6 and Sound C ode EPR O M U 7. The B SM T latches sound EPR O M addresses in U 13 & U 12 for outputto the
Sound EPR O M s. Sound D ata from the EPR O M s is read through U 19 to the B SM T. The EPR O M s are bank
selected by U 22. W hen the B SM T has sound data to be played outto the speakers itloads 16 bits into a 16 bit
shiftregister m ade up ofU 24 & U 23. The data stream from the shiftregisteris serially shifted into a stereo 16 bit
D igitalto Analog C onverter(D A C ). W hen the system is operating properly the w s (w ord select)inputofthe D A C
w illbe toggling. The w s inputis used to latch the rightand leftchannelsound data into the D A C . Ifthe w s line is
not oscillating no analog signalw illcom e out of the D A C . The D A C outputs are a controlled current source.
These outputs are converted to a voltage by an operationalam plifier U 30 to form the analog signal. TEST
PO IN TS A O R and A O L are the outputs of the operationalam plifier. These outputs are then fed directly into three
pow er am plifiers (TD A 2030A ) or optionally into an analog volum e controlchip U 35 for a potentiom eter volum e
control. The analog section has its ow n +5v & -5v derived from VR 1 & VR 2. These separate supply voltages are
for the D A C U 26 O perationalAm plifier U 30 and analog volum e controlU 35. Section 5 | PCBs
Sound calls are m ade from the C PU ’s 68B 09E U 200 to the sound section by latching data into U 5. The
sound section’s C PU 68B O 9E (U 6) reads in this data and handles the interfacing to the B SM T.
W 6 Jum per - This jum per m ustbe installed for gam es thatuse 8M B Sound EPR O M s (U 17 U 21 U 36 U 37). For
gam es w hich use 4M B Sound EPR O M s this jum per is not installed but w illoperate on boards w ith W 6 installed.
Section 5 | PCBs
Section 5 | PCBs
Section 5 | PCBs
<< PLA SM A
R ESET
<< FIR Q
<< SW 200
<< G RO UND 1
<< C PU R ESET
<< 24 M hz
<< W 6 requires
a Jum perif
using 8M B
EPR O M s in
U 17,U 21,U 36
and/orU 37
<< 6 M hz
<< E
<< SO U N D FIR Q
<< Q
Section 5 | PCBs
<< SO UND
R ESET
<< A O R
<< A O L