After discovering that certain pedals are very sensitive to power supplies I decided to build one. The board is very customizable. I decided to keep it simple. I have 7 - 9 volt outputs on this. I was going to go with a Duracell copper top theme and changed my mind. The color is the antique gold from Mammoth Electronics. It works great, no pedal hum. Very clean power.
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Very cool!
Very tidy. Nice drilling ;)
Very nice! I may have to pick one up.
Edit: Ordered one! On yours, are outputs 3-5 and 6-7 daisy-chained? My plan is to have isolated outs for my Strymon pedals and Sea Machine, dirt pedals will likely be daisy chained with a voltage sag option for one or two of them. If possible I'd like to have a dedicated outlet for my XP-100 which I think is DC (so a Road Rage would be used), not sure of the current draw of the pedal though. Also, are you making your own power cables or are you buying them?
What do you use to power it at the input?
When you buy the board you get an email with the parts list and all the mods and suggested power supplies.
This is the one I am using:
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?freeText=254757&langId=-1&storeId=10001&productId=254757&search_type=jamecoall&catalogId=10001&ddkey=http:StoreCatalogDrillDownView (http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?freeText=254757&langId=-1&storeId=10001&productId=254757&search_type=jamecoall&catalogId=10001&ddkey=http:StoreCatalogDrillDownView)
Really nice build, i will shortly need to build something similar to that.
Could you tell me where you sourced those DC Jacks?
Rej
The dc jacks can be found at newark, jameco, or banxai music.
http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=13M3783 (http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=13M3783)
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_2151136_-1 (http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_2151136_-1)
http://www.banzaimusic.com/Lumberg-PSU-1614-09.html (http://www.banzaimusic.com/Lumberg-PSU-1614-09.html)
Hope this helps! They really are a space saver!
ncdb07
Daniel
Thanks for the link Dan, i bought some similar to those from Tayda a while ago but with an external nut, but they don't work....V+ grounds to enclosure when power is plugged in...
Cheers!
Rej
Quote from: ncdb07 on July 08, 2012, 07:09:08 PM
The dc jacks can be found at newark, jameco, or banxai music.
http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=13M3783 (http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=13M3783)
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_2151136_-1 (http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_2151136_-1)
http://www.banzaimusic.com/Lumberg-PSU-1614-09.html (http://www.banzaimusic.com/Lumberg-PSU-1614-09.html)
Hope this helps! They really are a space saver!
ncdb07
Daniel
I really like this! Didn't know those boards existed from AMZ..You've got me thinking!
Sorry to bring up an old post.. but how is this working for you? Is it very noisy at all? I'm going to build my own power supply but I can't decide if I want to go through the trouble of isolating the grounds on each output or just let them share a common ground. Any feedback would be really appreciated!
this is awesome.
Quote from: mark2ward on October 18, 2012, 04:19:52 PM
Sorry to bring up an old post.. but how is this working for you? Is it very noisy at all? I'm going to build my own power supply but I can't decide if I want to go through the trouble of isolating the grounds on each output or just let them share a common ground. Any feedback would be really appreciated!
It is super quiet. I didn't isolate all my grounds. I grouped 2 sets of two, and 1 set of three. I tried to keep it simple. I only needed a few 9v dc outputs. I don't remember where but I ran across a site somewhere that listed the current draw for lots of different pedals and based my output needs on that.
The cool thing about this design is that it can be configured lots of different ways.
I need to post a new picture of it. I had a buddy laser etch an image onto it that turned out pretty good.
What are you powering it with? I now need to build one for no reason.
I don't see a bridge rectifier, so I assume it's powered with a DC wall wart of some sort...?
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Quote from: ch1naski on October 07, 2013, 02:51:34 PM
I don't see a bridge rectifier, so I assume it's powered with a DC wall wart of some sort...?
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right, does just any wall wart work, I'm curious about noise being introduced through the wall wart or am I over thinking it?
The power pack is linked in post 5 or 6
My board has been running on one for a few years now and its been a real trooper. The pic on Jack's site of the heat-sinked offboard regulator is mine. I use the 18V, 15V, 12V, and 9V outs to power a TC Nova Delay and a few Line6 pedals as well my usual gaggle of Madbean and GPCB boxes. The power supply I used is that Jameco that's linked and its 18V.
[/quote] right, does just any wall wart work, I'm curious about noise being introduced through the wall wart or am I over thinking it?
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Over thinking just a bit. This issue is addressed in the build notes and there are about 4 different wall warts recommended from the 15 volt one I used to an 18 volt used above. The good and bad points of each are discussed and what to do in each situation. Like if you choose XX wall wart you may need to add / delete this part to increase filtering or what have you.
I wish I could share the build notes they are as well thought out as Madbean's. I am building a second one. i hope to be finished by the weekend if my parts show up in time. I will post the results and pictures for everyone once its finished.
The only things I changed this time were that I added a polarity protection diode for the input, and went with higher temperature rated caps than is called for. I had no reason to do these things other than I could as I had no problems with my previous unit other than being a touch larger than I wanted.
ncdb07
Daniel