Any way u could make one for me? I dont have the time nor knowledge.....email me (nt)

> De built one of these based on my tracing of the schematic. Look for his posts.

> You need a CR563 CD-ROM drive (Panasonic proprietary interface), my schematic and few other parts.

> The PCB will be pretty simple. One IC, one capacitor, a couple of connectors. At first I couldn't believe how anyone could make such a simple interface board for a CD-ROM and have it work but after taking the unit apart it all falls into place. It doesn't use an IDE CD-ROM drive! It uses a Panasonic (Matsushita) proprietary interface (MKE). The drive is a Panasonic (Matsushita) CR-563-B 2x unit. Some of you may even have one of these laying around because they shipped a lot of them with Creative Labs SB16 CD-ROM kits. There is also a CR-562 that is basically the same drive without the digital audio out on it.

> The interface board I have also looks like it has an option to use a serial interface and possibly use a Sony proprietary interface instead of the Panasonic. The Sony parts aren't stuffed and I'm not going to bother trying to trace those out. My PCB will be Panasonic only.

> Go to http://www.cadsoftusa.com/freeware.htm and download the freeware Eagle PCB program.

> Get my cd7 schematic and preliminary board layout (you'll need to autoroute it).

> I don't know if it's clear from the board layout but the db25 connector is installed from one side of the board and the CD-ROM header connector (and everything else on the board) is installed from the other side.

> http://www.slip.net/~jweidman/cd7/cd7-10.brd

> http://www.slip.net/~jweidman/cd7/cd7-10.sch

> (My ISP is dropping me at the end of the month so grab the files now if you want them).

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Message	> > > please post how > > De built one of these based on my tracing of the schematic. Look for his posts. > > You need a CR563 CD-ROM drive (Panasonic proprietary interface), my schematic and few other parts. > > The PCB will be pretty simple. One IC, one capacitor, a couple of connectors. At first I couldn't believe how anyone could make such a simple interface board for a CD-ROM and have it work but after taking the unit apart it all falls into place. It doesn't use an IDE CD-ROM drive! It uses a Panasonic (Matsushita) proprietary interface (MKE). The drive is a Panasonic (Matsushita) CR-563-B 2x unit. Some of you may even have one of these laying around because they shipped a lot of them with Creative Labs SB16 CD-ROM kits. There is also a CR-562 that is basically the same drive without the digital audio out on it. > > The interface board I have also looks like it has an option to use a serial interface and possibly use a Sony proprietary interface instead of the Panasonic. The Sony parts aren't stuffed and I'm not going to bother trying to trace those out. My PCB will be Panasonic only. > > Go to http://www.cadsoftusa.com/freeware.htm and download the freeware Eagle PCB program. > > Get my cd7 schematic and preliminary board layout (you'll need to autoroute it). > > I don't know if it's clear from the board layout but the db25 connector is installed from one side of the board and the CD-ROM header connector (and everything else on the board) is installed from the other side. > > http://www.slip.net/~jweidman/cd7/cd7-10.brd > > http://www.slip.net/~jweidman/cd7/cd7-10.sch > > (My ISP is dropping me at the end of the month so grab the files now if you want them).
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