Orion Chip - Page 1
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author: Jake86us
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: September 11, 2014, 04:19:17 pm
content: Hey ya'll!! I hope this is in the right forum, But I have an Orion OEC0015C chip that i can't find any info on. Does anyone know what that IC does? It's a 64-pin DIP chip. It can out of a VCR. I'm thinking it might be a video processor of some sort.thanks for any help you may have!!Jake

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 11, 2014, 05:08:38 pm
content: At best you could try to find schematics of particular VCR and figure it out. You won't find any datasheet on the IC itsef.

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2014, 11:03:28 pm
content: Orion used to be a Hungarian A/V company. They made ICs and the semiconductor part was bought by Philips, later NXP. This might help tracking down a datasheet.

author: Jake86us
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: September 13, 2014, 03:26:38 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on September 11, 2014, 05:08:38 pmyeah I could, but the only problem is I don't remember what brand the VCR was made by or the model number. I took it apart years ago. Ill I have was the circuit boards. So I guess i'm screwed!!!

author: janekm
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 13, 2014, 03:58:22 pm
content: Quote from: Jake86us on September 13, 2014, 03:26:38 pmWhat's the point of having the data sheet for an IC that you won't be able to get more of, and for a device that you already took to pieces years ago, and can't get the schematics of?

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 13, 2014, 04:26:15 pm
content: Quote from: janekm on September 13, 2014, 03:58:22 pmCuriosity?

author: Jake86us
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: September 14, 2014, 10:16:20 pm
content: Mainly just wanted to know what it did, I have desoldered the chip so the chip it still good, just don't know what it is or does!!

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2014, 12:05:14 am
content: This site says it's a 240-Pin unbuffered DDR2 SDRAM Modules which makes no sense since it's a DIP-64http://www.tradeofic.com/stock-OEC0015C.htmlThis one says in the description that it is an ACT16861 that can be used as two 10-bit transceivers or one 20-bit transceiver.http://www.seekchip.com/icstock-O/OEC0015C.htmlThe ACT16861 is a 56-SSOP which is closer.But most likely is something else.Seems like the absence of a datasheet might indicate it's really a knock off for a well known manufacturer.The good thing is that you can buy more, since they seem to be available from a lot of Chinese distributors but no one has a datasheet nor even a description of what they do.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2014, 10:23:14 am
content: Quote from: miguelvp on September 15, 2014, 12:05:14 amThose are likely old stock that's been sitting in a warehouse for years, or pulls from recycled VCRs.I foundhttp://www.belielektronik.rs/document/ICKOLA.pdfwhich suggests it's an MCU. Then I found an image of the IC,http://www.battery-shop.com.pl/images/oec%200015%20dem..jpg, and noticed that "614042" text at the bottom... reminds me of Hitachi part numbering.And sure enough, theHD614042 is a 4-bit mask-ROM MCU in a DIP64 package.

author: Jake86us
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: September 15, 2014, 11:57:16 am
content: Quote from: amyk on September 15, 2014, 10:23:14 amI think it might be a nock-off of the hitachi HD614042!! Thanks guys for the help!!!

author: N2IXK
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2014, 01:42:53 pm
content: Yes, about the only 64 pin DIP you would see in a VCR would be the main microcontroller. Fairly useless for anything else, as they are mask programmed for that specific model VCR.