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Auf geahts Burschn! ("Let's go!")
The following instructions are for a Model2-Saturn (round buttons) — I'm pretty sure the same is possible for other Saturns, but the soldering-points are not the same. Have a look at some Saturn-Sites, I think I have seen descriptions for older Saturns there.
Main prerequisites (detailed partlist later)
- Soldering iron & steady hand
- Microchip PIC 16F630
- Some means of flashing code onto the 16F630
- Our favourite tool: common sense!
If you don't have a PIC-programmer you might wannna build JDM's programmer, which works for me, IC-Prog is a nice application for flashing.
The mod-board
This is the schematic of the mod:
Here are the parts:
| C1 | Ceramic capacitor, ~ 100nF |
| R1, R2 | 215, 20mA for both LEDs |
| D1 | Multicolor LED (3-pin) |
| IC1 | PIC 16F630 |
Of course the LED is not on the mod itself, it's gonna replace the normal green power-LED.
This is how it looks here, readily installed. It's quite a small circuit, soldering it on a breadboard is done in no time.