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Projects => Tech Help - Projects Page => Topic started by: krankor on September 29, 2012, 12:25:18 AM

Title: non madbean help?/ROG Phozer
Post by: krankor on September 29, 2012, 12:25:18 AM
Hi, hope it's not a no-no to post about non madbean pedals. I built this pedal:

http://www.runoffgroove.com/phozer.html
fabbed my own board:

http://www.runoffgroove.com/phozer2-pcb.pdf

I'm getting a signal and the filter section of the pedal is working. I used LED's and LDR's instead of the vactrol sited in the parts but in their description they say they did this originally as well.

The problem is I can't get the LFO section to work right. +ve input of U1a is around 4V and my scope confirms that U1a is oscillating and that the signal is making it to the +ve input of U1b, but the output of U1b is a flat 6V and the LEDs just glow at a constant brightness.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Thanks!
Title: Re: non madbean help?/ROG Phozer
Post by: krankor on September 29, 2012, 02:08:05 AM
Wondered whether the type of LED  I was using might be an issue but I breadboarded the circuit and it works fine. So I guess it's probably an issue with my board or my soldering or both :P
Title: Re: non madbean help?/ROG Phozer
Post by: krankor on September 29, 2012, 04:08:18 PM
Oh...hehe...yarp. Little things. I need stronger glasses.