Motorola Prototype and Engineering Sample Chips

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 10:31 pm    Post subject: Motorola Prototype and Engineering Sample Chips Reply with quote

So I recently stumbled into a collection of parts from a former Motorola engineer and there's a bunch of parts in here that have no records on the internet of ever existing. I'm kinda wondering what I should do with them. I can't really use them if I can't identify them or find a datasheet.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 10:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm still cataloging everything and finding datasheets for what I can, but if I'll post a list of chip markings and some pictures once I'm finished. Maybe you guys can help me figure out what I've got here and if there's anything worth preserving.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Motorola made a lot of custom stuff too (ASICs etc) not common to find no info on that sort of stuff (part numbers usually starting with SC)
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:44 pm    Post subject: Part Numbers Starting with SC Reply with quote

Yep. Those are the main ones I couldn't find anything about. I take it there's no way to identify them other than decapping them and trying to reverse engineer?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Part Numbers Starting with SC Reply with quote

gpot wrote:
Yep. Those are the main ones I couldn't find anything about. I take it there's no way to identify them other than decapping them and trying to reverse engineer?


yah if truly custom thats the only way
Sometimes they have a SC... part number on a standard chip, thats called a 'House number' and some of these retain the mask set number on them , which can be used to ID them

Like the attached pic
Motorola SC84003L
Mask Set: W8L which tracks to a MC6809L

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