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 The LVR Custom PVB might look a little busy, but configuring it is pretty simple. ​ First, you need to determine of the target CPU's reset line is active high or active low, this is, **RESET** or **/​RESET**. ​ If it is active low, you do not need to install the 4096 inverter, but you will if the target CPU's reset signal is active high.  The LVR Custom PVB might look a little busy, but configuring it is pretty simple. ​ First, you need to determine of the target CPU's reset line is active high or active low, this is, **RESET** or **/​RESET**. ​ If it is active low, you do not need to install the 4096 inverter, but you will if the target CPU's reset signal is active high. 
  
-==== The 4069 Inverter ==== +==== The 4069/74HC04 or 74LS04 ​Inverter ==== 
-This inverter is used to take the ''/​RESET''​ signal from the DS1233 circuit and invert it for CPUs that require an //active high// reset signal, like the 8080 for example. ​ Since the DS1233 can remain functional and provide its ''/​RESET''​ signal down to 1.2v, a CMOS inverter is used to maximize the amount of time the corresponding inverted ''/​RESET''​ signal can be provided - the inverted ''/​RESET''​ can be provided down to 3v, so the circuit will try its hardest to hold the inverted ''/​RESET''​ as long as it can.+This inverter is used to take the ''/​RESET''​ signal from the DS1233 circuit and invert it for CPUs that require an //active high// reset signal, like the 8080 for example. ​ Since the DS1233 can remain functional and provide its ''/​RESET''​ signal down to 1.2v, a CMOS-type inverter is used to maximize the amount of time the corresponding inverted ''/​RESET''​ signal can be provided - the inverted ''/​RESET''​ can be provided down to ~2v, so the circuit will try its hardest to hold the inverted ''/​RESET''​ as long as it can.
  
 If you do not need the inverted ''/​RESET''​ signal to be held to that low a voltage, like if you are using it just to replace the POR circuit on a Midway 8080 board, you can use a standard 74LS04 in place of the 4069.  Just be aware that when the voltage drops below normal TTL limits, the 74LS04 will stop working correctly. ​ But since you are only worried about power-up behavior, as opposed to power-down behavior (like you might be with a 6809 CPU), that should not be a problem. If you do not need the inverted ''/​RESET''​ signal to be held to that low a voltage, like if you are using it just to replace the POR circuit on a Midway 8080 board, you can use a standard 74LS04 in place of the 4069.  Just be aware that when the voltage drops below normal TTL limits, the 74LS04 will stop working correctly. ​ But since you are only worried about power-up behavior, as opposed to power-down behavior (like you might be with a 6809 CPU), that should not be a problem.
configure.txt · Last modified: 2020/05/24 16:42 by jtwine