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Title: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: aflynt on March 09, 2016, 01:25:56 AM
Hello!

I finished up this project a week or so ago. It's a programmable true bypass loop switcher, amp channel switcher and Neunaber Slate controller. The logic is controlled using an Arduino Pro Micro from SparkFun and it's housed in a 4Site 1032L from Pedal Parts Plus.

Features:



(http://www.aaronflynt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/loopinator_parts-1024x768.jpg)
(http://www.aaronflynt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/loopinator_enclosure-1024x768.jpg)
(http://www.aaronflynt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/loopinator_top-1024x768.jpg)
(http://www.aaronflynt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/loopinator_back-1024x768.jpg)
(http://www.aaronflynt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/loopinator_buttons-1024x768.jpg)
(http://www.aaronflynt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/loopinator_guts-1024x768.jpg)
(http://www.aaronflynt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/loopinator_on_board-1024x768.jpg)

-Aaron
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: Martan on March 09, 2016, 04:14:11 AM
 :o. I am jealous
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: beneharris on March 09, 2016, 02:48:22 PM
Nice! That is an awesome build!
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: copachino on March 09, 2016, 02:52:43 PM
thats awsome, me wants, did you made the pcbs??
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: aflynt on March 09, 2016, 03:34:13 PM
Thanks! All the purple PCBs are mine, designed in Eagle and fabbed by OSHPark. I breadboarded all the basic circuits first and the created the schematics and board layouts once I had them successfully tested. I used Omnigraffle on the Mac to do the layout of everything in the enclosure.

I of course still messed up some layout things (power polarity, led polarity, regulator pin out, button header spacing, etc...)  >:( I managed to work around all those glitches and get it functional though. I was actually kind of surprised how well it worked once it was up and running. I split the analog and digital grounds and ran them all with 2 pin headers per board to a central "ground board" for a star kind of thing. No hum issues using isolated taps off my Pedal Power for everything, but if running everything off a single OneSpot some pedals have a bit of low frequency hum when engaged. May experiment with different ground schemes at some point, but for my purposes it works perfectly.

-Aaron
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: Thomas_H on March 09, 2016, 04:58:15 PM
Nice job!
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: Lubdar on March 09, 2016, 06:19:32 PM
That's pretty awesome
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: nzCdog on March 09, 2016, 07:05:22 PM
That's epic man, great idea and execution!
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: nmbb on March 09, 2016, 09:11:14 PM
Good ideia!
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: aflynt on March 10, 2016, 12:14:42 AM
Thanks guys!

-Aaron
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: stevie1556 on March 10, 2016, 11:02:38 AM
This is absolutely awesome, great work buddy :)

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Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: Marshall Arts on March 10, 2016, 01:09:28 PM
Fantastic - Arduino is such a powerful thing, I built a looper with it some time ago as well (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=112106.0). Next thing will be a tap/strum tempo delay (if only I would find the time to take it from working breadboard to produced pcb ;-)).

Best,
Matthias
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: bcalla on March 10, 2016, 02:15:13 PM
Wow, that's an amazing project!  Great work!
Title: Re: Arduino Based Loop Switcher / Amp Switcher / Exp Controller
Post by: aflynt on March 10, 2016, 04:52:47 PM
Thanks again everyone!  That's a pretty impressive looking switcher Matthias! I've got looper envy!

-Aaron