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Bin working on this. The portion of vero you can see is the only part I actually did in vero, in the end. The rest I laid out in Eagle (Rullywowr, you're not allowed to say anything nasty about my boards ;) ) with boardmounted 9mm pots.
Hangingmonkey should recognise some of this.
As it is, I need to make orders with Tayda, Smallbear and Mouser. Which may not happen fast, due to the time of year. I'm not expecting to make any progress on this until new year, but I wanted to show (off) what I'm up to :D
What is it? The world's most insane phaser. Digi2T is a purveyor of solder gas inflaming video on YT.
OOOoooOOO. I like where this is going. Optical phasers are the balls.
This isn't his Infinitphase, is it? That is nuts...
lo-og, lo-og, it's better than bad, it's good!
This looks like it should be very fun.
Quote from: alanp on December 06, 2013, 04:47:16 AM
The rest I laid out in Eagle (Rullywowr, you're not allowed to say anything nasty about my boards ;) ) with boardmounted 9mm pots.
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They look pretty nice...for an Eagle layout! ;D
Seriously, nice job...the layouts look great and looking forward to seeing/hearing the result. You always come up with some crazy awesome projects like the lovetone stuff etc. It's inspiring. :)
Cocked up. I put 9mm pots instead of 14mm for the lit sequencer pots.
So now it's wait for OSH, again.
Quote from: alanp on December 06, 2013, 04:47:16 AM
Hangingmonkey should recognise some of this.
Yep, i do indeed. I only came across the post while browsing today. I havent done much more since i posted my work in progress on diysb. Ended up waiting for parts and then getting side tracked on other projects as i usually do. Need to get back on focus with this one once the present batch are completed...
Good look with that one alan, cant wait to see how it turns out
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My OSH boards finally turned up. I decided to do the main audio board, instead of the vero. Less work.
Slight muck-up with two of the lit pots. Not worried enough to fix 'em.
Just need to order the 9mm pots for the LFO and audio boards, now :)
Look like a absolutely nuts project. Good luck with it dude
Thats a little insane - welcome to my world ;D
Right on! I think an analog synth will feel like a piece of cake after this. :)
What do you plan to use for the enclosure?
Got a Hammond 1456KL3 (I think), angled front aluminium/steel case :)
That looks like a pretty hoss case. Should do the trick. Very cool man
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Spent some time sniffing solder -- I found two 9mm 100kB pots, got the rest on order from Tayda right now. The main audio board just needs wires run to it. What I think of as the 'phase engine' board just needs wires, plus LDR adjustment (either closer or further away from the LEDs, to even 'em out.) I've left off a resistor/cap combo, as I plan on running wires to them for the 4/8 stage switch (didn't design it in when I laid out the board.)
The rest of the pots are on order from Tayda, once they turn up it's just a matter of wire wrangling. Lots of wire wrangling.
Bonkers... :o
I like it! 8)
Very cool!
Did you consider using headers to join the pcbs? It would take some layout doing, but could save a lot of wiring.
Too bad osh park doesn't offer semi rigid flex... ;)
Alan, you've been working with Eagle for a while now, I think it's time for you to take on some more ambitious projects. ;D
Looks like it's going to be beautiful madness.
omg.... crazy coolness Al... you need a name for your wild pedal laboratory methinks! 8)
Quote from: wgc on April 13, 2014, 01:59:24 PM
Did you consider using headers to join the pcbs? It would take some layout doing, but could save a lot of wiring.
Good idea -- I ordered some female-female cable stuff from Tayda, and I'll solder pin headers onto the boards. Should make wiring it up a bit easier, and I can always tape down the cable connectors.
wgc, I ran with your header idea.
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There was a schematic error -- the Prophecysound PDF does not make it clear whether two crossing lines are a junction, or not. So that's why the Stanley knife is on the bench -- patches were also needed on the back of the LFO board. The oscilloscope is really, really necessary when troubleshooting this kind of thing -- you can probe where the triangle output should be, and see exactly what you've got. (Audio probes aren't much help, I think, in an LFO situation.)
I made a power distribution board, with the header wires going to that for power. (Two sets of wires from the PSU board, as the signal and control power and ground is kept separate.
It was very, very cool seeing the lit up pots sweep back and forth like KITT, or jump around, depending on the LFO controls! Next order of business is the audio boards -- I still need to solder up the 4/8 stage switch on the phase engine board, which I have a mild case of CBF with. Tonight, at least.
Awesome! Glad the headers are helping Alan
Who has phase? This guy does!
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It works! The insane board count is chiefly to get around Eagle's size limitation. I need to socket the LDR's and replace them with a matching set -- there is a noticeable dip in the sweep, midway. Either that or I need more bench time with my oscilloscope to tune the LFO in. The 4/8 switch is wired in, but the fast/slow switch is not, yet.
Night shot: (the rate was fast enough that the camera caught several pots during the travel....) bottom lights are the lit up pots, top constellation is the phase engine board.
The sweeping, lit up pots are very sexy.
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I don't know what this is, but you had me at phase....
It is actually a LOT cleaner than the video suggests -- a +15V to -15V gives you a lot of swing. Skip to 3:20 for the first bit of playing -- this one needs a fair bit of explaining.
Got the box drilled up. Except for two bloody switch holes :-[ :-[ and I need to replace the LDR's with matched ones.
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Not gonna bother tidying the wires or painting it until I have (thus the masking tape'd control labels, plus I'll put some 1900H's on it then.)
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Yowza! Awesome stuff here
Wow, what are you going to add for the deluxe version?
Wow, total awesomeness. Where can I get me one of those enclosures?
Quote from: pickdropper on June 02, 2014, 12:40:31 PM
Wow, what are you going to add for the deluxe version?
Decent labelling ;)
Manas, it's a Hammond 1456KL3, IIRC (could be wrong, it's like 5am here.)
Thanks Alan, I'll check it out. I was going to ask about the lack of LEDs on there but looking more closely, they look like led lit pots which is a great idea.
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Dead cool.
Lots of work.
Holy crap!!!! Great work Alan. I need to get back to my vero version sometime. It's been sitting in a box for the last year
By the power of grey skull!
That is insane.
Cody
I demand a demo!
Congrats on another freakishly complicated build.
Wow, now that's a build! Great stuff Alan!
you need some cable ties and little sticky foam backed cable tie anchors FTW
killer effort and build tho