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Projects => General Questions => Requests => Topic started by: Scruffie on October 05, 2011, 12:41:23 PM

Title: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: Scruffie on October 05, 2011, 12:41:23 PM
It's not an exciting effect, but I wonder how some boards like these might go down?

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=82446.msg689956#msg689956

Save a lot of time building those 1590B effects and it'd give a nice professional look to go with the fabbed PCBs.

So polarity protection, power filtering, DC Jack, Battery Pads, In & Out Jacks, Input ground Footswitch, LED & its resistor.

The parts are fairly standardized I think...

Might be on my own with this one though.
Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: masterlk on October 05, 2011, 01:10:47 PM
Great idea...love it...but lining up those holes might be an issue.
Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: Scruffie on October 05, 2011, 01:28:50 PM
Quote from: masterlk on October 05, 2011, 01:10:47 PM
Great idea...love it...but lining up those holes might be an issue.
One fixed printable drilling template and you'd be fine though.

Plus a circular file can always be used to adjust holes if necessary.
Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: mgwhit on October 05, 2011, 02:18:50 PM
I would be all over that board.  I already use 3PDT boards when I can, and, now that so many of the Madbean boards are being fabbed for a 1590B layout, something like that would be huge.
Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: reddo on October 18, 2011, 09:58:53 PM
I'd be in on something like this. Do you think Ice-9 would share the files needed to get some fabbed?
Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: jimmybjj on October 18, 2011, 10:29:45 PM
Quote from: reddo on October 18, 2011, 09:58:53 PM
I'd be in on something like this. Do you think Ice-9 would share the files needed to get some fabbed?

he is willing to share but he used a program called Altium Designer if anyone is familiar with it.
Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: reddo on October 19, 2011, 11:26:55 PM
I've never heard of it, but that doesn't mean much. Don't you usually need Gerber files to get boards fabbed?
Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: jubal81 on October 20, 2011, 05:31:59 AM
I looked it up. it's some fancy stuff. $5,000 for the software. ouch.
Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: madbean on October 22, 2011, 03:02:13 AM
Quote from: Scruffie on October 05, 2011, 12:41:23 PM
It's not an exciting effect, but I wonder how some boards like these might go down?

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=82446.msg689956#msg689956

Save a lot of time building those 1590B effects and it'd give a nice professional look to go with the fabbed PCBs.

So polarity protection, power filtering, DC Jack, Battery Pads, In & Out Jacks, Input ground Footswitch, LED & its resistor.

The parts are fairly standardized I think...

Might be on my own with this one though.

This is pretty much a go for me. I finally got around to stuffing the (revised) board I had made some time ago and it checks out. I did not do dedicated spots for filtering and polarity protection, but took a different approach. The empty side opposite the DC jack has about 30 perf holes with a 9v and ground pad, and one extra output pad with the standard I/O stuff. So, different types of filtering can be applied (for instance if you like to use a series resistor with your 9v supply).

Anyway, I'll drop it into my next build after I work up a good drilling template for the 1590B.

Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: jimmybjj on October 22, 2011, 03:06:16 AM
Very nice. I really like your design.
Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: reddo on October 22, 2011, 04:43:40 AM
Sweet
Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: gtr2 on October 25, 2011, 12:08:19 PM
This would cut down a lot of time on off board wiring for smaller builds!  Love it!
Title: Re: Boring Time Saver (PCB For Footswitch, Jacks & DC Socket)
Post by: jimmybjj on October 25, 2011, 01:01:19 PM
Quote from: madbean on October 22, 2011, 03:02:13 AM

This is pretty much a go for me. I finally got around to stuffing the (revised) board I had made some time ago and it checks out. I did not do dedicated spots for filtering and polarity protection, but took a different approach. The empty side opposite the DC jack has about 30 perf holes with a 9v and ground pad, and one extra output pad with the standard I/O stuff. So, different types of filtering can be applied (for instance if you like to use a series resistor with your 9v supply).

Anyway, I'll drop it into my next build after I work up a good drilling template for the 1590B.



Will you be producing these in other sizes (125b) or just the 1590b?