AY-3-8500
From Citylan
Programmable Sound Generator
Family
| chip | Year | Derived from | Package | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AY-3-8500 AY-3-8500-1 |
1976 | DIP28-600mil | 4 Ball & Paddle games and 2 shooting games | |
| AY-3-8510 | 1978? | AY-3-8500 | DIP16-mil300 | 4 Ball & Paddle games in color |
| AY-3-8512 | 1978? | AY-3-8510 | DIP16-mil300 | Ball & Paddle games in color with two target shooting games |
| AY-3-8515 AY-3-8515-1 |
1976? | Color picture encoder for the AY-3-8500 | ||
| AY-3-8550 AY-3-8550-1 |
1976 | AY-3-8500 | 4 Ball & Paddle games and 2 shooting games with horizontal player motion | |
| AY-3-8600 AY-3-8600-1 |
1977 | 8 Ball & Paddle games | ||
| AY-3-8601 AY-3-8601-1 |
1976 | Square Off: Combat Squares, Racing Squares, Shooting Squares, 2 Jungle Games (supposedly unreleased) | ||
| AY-3-8602 AY-3-8602-1 |
1976 | Volleyball Plus: Volleyball, Protection, Hazard (supposedly unreleased) | ||
| AY-3-8603 AY-3-8603-1 |
1976 | Roadrace: Two car racing games | ||
| AY-3-8604 AY-3-8604-1 |
197? | Barricade (2-player Snakes game) | ||
| AY-3-8605 AY-3-8605-1 |
1977 | 3 submarine war games | ||
| AY-3-8606 AY-3-8606-1 |
1977 | 10 breakout games | ||
| AY-3-8607 AY-3-8607-1 |
1977 | Target shooting games | ||
| AY-3-8610 AY-3-8610-1 |
1977 | AY-3-8600 | 8 Ball & Paddle games with 2 target shooting games | |
| AY-3-8615 AY-3-8615-1 |
1976 | Color picture encoder for the AY-3-8600 | ||
| AY-3-8650 AY-3-8650-1 |
1976 | Advanced controls and options when used with AY-3-8600 | ||
| AY-3-8700 AY-3-8710 (PAL) |
1976 | DIP28-mil600 | Tank battle game | |
| AY-3-8760 AY-3-8765 (PAL) |
1976 | DIP28-mil600 | 4 motor-cycle games: Skill cycle, Cycle race... | |
| AY-3-8800 Ay-3-8800-1 |
1976 | 4 games: Black Jack, Draw Poker, Acey/Ducey and WAR | ||
| AY-3-8888 Ay-3-8888-1 |
1976 | 2 Vegas games: Black Jack and Slot Machine | ||
| AY-3-8889 Ay-3-8889-1 |
1976 | Tic-Tac-Toe and LEM (Lunar Landing Module) |
Pinout
AY-3-8910
DIP40
+---\/---+
Vss(GND)| 1 40| Vcc (+5V)
NC | 2 39| TEST 1
AN.CH.B | 3 38| AN.CH.C
AN.CH.A | 4 37| DA0
NC | 5 36| DA1
IOB7 | 6 35| DA2
IOB6 | 7 34| DA3
IOB5 | 8 33| DA4
IOB4 | 9 32| DA5
IOB3 |10 31| DA6
IOB2 |11 30| DA7
IOB1 |12 29| BC1
IOB0 |13 28| BC2
IOA7 |14 27| BDIR
IOA6 |15 26| TEST 2
IOA5 |16 25| A8
IOA4 |17 24| *A9
IOA3 |18 23| *RESET
IOA2 |19 22| CLOCK
IOA1 |20 21| IOA0
+--------+
AY-3-8912
DIP28
+---\/---+
AN.CH.C | 1 28| DA0
TEST 1 | 2 27| DA1
Vcc (+5V) | 3 26| DA2
AN.CH.B | 4 25| DA3
AN.CH.A | 5 24| DA4
Vss (GND) | 6 23| DA5
IOA7 | 7 22| DA6
IOA6 | 8 21| DA7
IOA5 | 9 20| BC1
IOA4 |10 19| *BC2
IOA3 |11 18| BDIR
IOA2 |12 17| A8
IOA1 |13 16| *RESET
IOA0 |14 15| CLOCK
+--------+
Frequency
AY-3-8910
Set reader to FREQ, put black probe to GND, red probe to 22 to measure CPU clock
AY-3-8912
Set reader to FREQ, put black probe to GND, red probe to 15 to measure CPU clock
External links
Files
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AY-3-8910 Datasheet
