So I've pretty much put together my entire Neovibe build but when I was ordering parts, I somehow forgot the Diode Bridge. I tried picking one up at Radioshack but it ended up being a mess of leads because the pinout was wrong and even after I got it oriented correctly, the leads were too thick to fit in the PCB. And of course, as luck would have it, my wallet got stolen last week and I can't order anything lol.
I was reading that I can put jumpers across the where Diode bridge would be if I'm running DC (I'm going to be running 24VDC), but I'm not sure what I'm doing. :-\
Could someone explain how I would do that? Do the jumpers just go left to right over DB1? And then do I have to ground the DC jack? And if so, where to?
Thanks so much :) I've asked in a few other communities and I haven't gotten any replies. I really want to get this thing working.
For reference: http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/univibe/vibeupdate.pdf (http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/univibe/vibeupdate.pdf) <--that's the build doc. Has the parts list, schematic, and pcb layout.
You would jumper from the k diode bridge pad to the square pad to the left and the j bridge pad to the round pad to the left. The k will be your voltage and j is ground. Or you could solder the wires directly to the square and round pads.
Richard
Awesome! Thanks! :)
I think it might be time to bust out the soldering iron despite it being 3AM here. I'm so excited :)
Nice! I'm sure you wouldn't be the first guy around here to break out the iron at 3am.
Btw Welcome to the forum!:D
Richard
... I've been working dayshift too long, and leaving for work at 6am. If I'm up at 3am these days, I'm utterly shagged.
I've had a few builds that I finished at 3AM, but I don't think I ever started at 3AM.
Dave
The only time I'm up at 3:00 a.m. is if I can't sleep and I'm tossing and turning.
Actually maybe I should in fact get up and crank up the iron !