Christian-Marty.ch´s Electric Things

Elka S2555-6

March 8, 2025

The Elka S2555-6 and S2556-6 are frequency dividers.

Those dividers were used in the Elka Capriccio 33/OL to generate the square wave for all the notes of the instrument.

First, the clock from the master oscillator is divided into the different frequencies for the highest notes of each octave by the S2555 and S2556 dividers made by A.M.I. (American Microsystems Inc.) After that, the notes are further divided into all the activities by 12 pieces of AY-6721-6 made by G.I.E.

PCB

S2555-6

Elka S2555-6 Top Elka S2555-6 Bottom

S2556-6

Elka S2556-6 Top Elka S2556-6 Bottom

Schematic

Elka S2555-6 Schematic Elka S2555-6 Placement