LambdaSpeak 3 for the Amstrad CPC
author: LambdaMikel
2 layer board of 4.06 x 4.06 inches (103.0 x 103.0 mm)
Uploaded:
April 20, 2019
Shared:
May 27, 2019
Total Price:
$82.25
The LambdaSpeak 3 PCB for the Amstrad / Schneider CPC. Check out the GitHub page as well as the Hackaday.io project page for more info.
LambdaSpeak 3 is a versatile hardware extension for the Amstrad / Schneider CPC home computer, with a focus on speech synthesis and PCM sample playing. It offers:
- An Epson S1V30120 TTS chip running DECtalk v5 for natural sounding speech and even DECtalk singing, as well as a DECtalk-based emulation of the classic Amstrad SSA-1 and DK'tronics speech synthesizers from ~ 1985.
- A fully authentic re-implementation of the classic SSA-1 and DK'tronics speech synthesizers using the original retro GI SPO256-AL2 speech chip.
- A PCM sample playing mode where PCM data is “streamed” from the CPC and turned into PCM audio (the so-called “Amdrum mode”).
- An autonomous High Quality PCM sample playing mode that plays wave files / samples from a SPI EEPROM on board rather than having to stream the PCM data from the CPC.
- A serial interface / UART that is used to control, for example, an MP3 player module.
- A Real Time Clock.
The LambdaSpeak 3 PCB for the Amstrad / Schneider CPC. Check out the GitHub page as well as the Hackaday.io project page for more info.
LambdaSpeak 3 is a versatile hardware extension for the Amstrad / Schneider CPC home computer, with a focus on speech synthesis and PCM sample playing. It offers:
- An Epson S1V30120 TTS chip running DECtalk v5 for natural sounding speech and even DECtalk singing, as well as a DECtalk-based emulation of the classic Amstrad SSA-1 and DK'tronics speech synthesizers from ~ 1985.
- A fully authentic re-implementation of the classic SSA-1 and DK'tronics speech synthesizers using the original retro GI SPO256-AL2 speech chip.
- A PCM sample playing mode where PCM data is “streamed” from the CPC and turned into PCM audio (the so-called “Amdrum mode”).
- An autonomous High Quality PCM sample playing mode that plays wave files / samples from a SPI EEPROM on board rather than having to stream the PCM data from the CPC.
- A serial interface / UART that is used to control, for example, an MP3 player module.
- A Real Time Clock.
