I decided to make a 3 in 1 of some of my most used circuits so that I could have one standard sized pedal that I could carry around with me to do most of what I actually need.
This is my Swiss Army Pedal, which has a Screwdriver + Shoot the Moon + Deep Blue Delay. I love them all. :-)
The Germanium in the Screwdriver is from CJ and sounds great. I am going to try a few others in there out of curiosity, but it can only get better from here.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/pickdropper/Guitar%20Pedals/Victorinox2_zpsfce25106.jpg)
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This is serious! YOu're churning out some great stuff at the moment!
George
:o :o
That's the cleanest 3 in 1 I've ever seen! Excellent work man.
Quote from: chordball on January 29, 2013, 02:13:38 PM
That's the cleanest 3 in 1 I've ever seen! Excellent work man.
+1. This is cleaner than many 1-in-1s. :o
Also, I love the simplicity of the red cross logo on a pedal that's a self-contained grab and go pedalboard.
Great Swiss Army theme, really nice looking pedal.
This...is awesome. Fantastic work dude. I'd love to try it. If I were to build a personal go to gig 3in1, I'd go with a fuzz face [maybe Lunar Module which is essentially the same topology as a Screwdriver], then I'd do a phaser of some kind, and in the end, the third one, would be the aqua puss. My god, I have to make it.
My god, you are just KILLING! That is so clean and cool looking. And, a great mix of circuits. You have won the internet for today :)
That is one of the coolest DIY pedals I have ever seen. Excellent work. I love that graphic. Those shiny aluminum knobs do make it look like a Swiss army knife.
Amazing. only let down by the lack of a can opener :P
Un-freakin-real. When you gonna start a company and take over the world?
Thanks for the kind words guys.
As far as the wiring goes, lets just say that it took a while. With all the 9mm pots in there and the tight spacing, I had to keep the wire lengths real short. I was verifying two of the PCBs at the same time, so I had to build it in stages a bit.
Quote from: Cortexturizer on January 29, 2013, 03:03:29 PM
This...is awesome. Fantastic work dude. I'd love to try it. If I were to build a personal go to gig 3in1, I'd go with a fuzz face [maybe Lunar Module which is essentially the same topology as a Screwdriver], then I'd do a phaser of some kind, and in the end, the third one, would be the aqua puss. My god, I have to make it.
That actually sounds like another build I am working on. It has a Lunar Module, Phase 90, Reverb and MultiPlex delay. With 5 footswitches, it had to be in a very large enclosure to be usable.
Quote from: marmaliser on January 29, 2013, 04:01:02 PM
Amazing. only let down by the lack of a can opener :P
True, but at least it has a screwdriver. :-)
This is just made of win.
Really nice build dude :o
that's just sick dave. you win.
It's not that you just do one thing well (enclosure, wiring, pcb design, smd): you do everything well. You are a human Swiss Army Knife.
:o holy crap!
Uh Dave, you forgot room for a battery...
Seriously. You are sick.
Jacob
Quote from: jkokura on January 29, 2013, 05:44:00 PM
Uh Dave, you forgot room for a battery...
Seriously. You are sick.
Jacob
If any batteries go in there, it is going to have to be a handful of coin cells. :-)
Yoikes! Totally awesome build!! :o
Robot, with soldering iron arms, gotta be!!! ;)
Holy crap! This is unreal! So clean! :o :o :o
Can't believe I almost missed this...! Really cool pedal and love the theme. Gotta figure out a way to get a toothpick in there ;D
Quote from: wgc on January 30, 2013, 01:46:06 AM
Can't believe I almost missed this...! Really cool pedal and love the theme. Gotta figure out a way to get a toothpick in there ;D
It had a toothpick, but it fell out and I lost it. :-)
Nice use of real estate. congrats
This is either going to inspire me to step up my own game, or quit building. Not sure which yet.
Perfect. I'm sure you could surface mount a bottle opener or something... Can't wait to see your five in one! Great job Dave, raising the bar even higher.
Aaaaah you taunt me with your beautiful laser etched boxes!
One day I'm gonna snap ;D
Nice!
Quick question: do you find it quicker to assemble an SMD or through hole board?
Aside from obvious space saving, has learning SMD been a worthwhile investment to cut down build time?
Quote from: MattOcaster on January 30, 2013, 08:23:01 PM
Aaaaah you taunt me with your beautiful laser etched boxes!
One day I'm gonna snap ;D
Nice!
Quick question: do you find it quicker to assemble an SMD or through hole board?
Aside from obvious space saving, has learning SMD been a worthwhile investment to cut down build time?
The way I build, they are comparable as far as build time, but I am somewhat methodical about the way I go about things.
For me, the advantage of SMT is that I can shrink down the circuits. I also just like populating boards that way, at least some of the time.
Fantastic work!
I love the simplicity of the graphics.
The silver knobs are perfect.
That. is. awesome.
You could eat off of it. It's that clean. very nice build mate.
Incredible Build!
Super Cool!
Beautiful build there man!
Couple of questions though. Are all your components on one side of the board or do you use both sides of the board when laying them out?
I worked at IBM years ago with SMD. But as a hobby, how did you go about jumping into the SMD builds?
Jim
cleaner than a swiss army knife
very nice
Quote from: electricstorm on February 01, 2013, 03:19:53 AM
Beautiful build there man!
Couple of questions though. Are all your components on one side of the board or do you use both sides of the board when laying them out?
I worked at IBM years ago with SMD. But as a hobby, how did you go about jumping into the SMD builds?
Jim
Thanks, Jim.
To answer your question, some of the boards here have components on one side, some have components on both sides (they all have traces on both sides). all three boards in this build are slightly different:
1.) Screwdriver board - All of the components are on 1 side.
2.) DBD board - It has components on both sides
3.) Shoot the Moon Board - This is a double-sided board, but each side has a totally separate circuit. One side is trem, the other side is chorus. I didn't need chorus for this build, so I only populated the trem circuit (which is usually the bottom side). That is why there is such a long dead area on that board. The top layer is a lot more dense of a layout. If you search for my Moon Angel build, you can see the top side
As far as how to get into it, that is a bit more difficult to answer. I had already done some SMT work, so I decided to layout a board with it in Eagle and it kind of grew from there.
I did small prototype runs of 10 pieces for each of these boards so I do have a few extras if you want to try giving one a shot. Doing one of those, or finding another existing SMT layout might be a good way to get started in the hobby.
I'd be happy to answer more questions if you have any.
- Dave
Cool!
How much for a Shoot the Moon board? I might be interested in learning to do this outside of a production environment. I may have other questions later, if you don't mind answering them.
Are there build docs for all the boards or just the Shoot the Moon board?
Jim
Just ridiculous man. Your builds are just beautiful and your enclosure design is better than most of the production stuff I see out there.... Just wait by next year the big boys will be laser etching their enclosures like yours.
Whoa! Amazing work. Who needs a pedal pad when you have the Swiss Army Pedal?
Dave,
I am going to populate both sides of the Moon Angel board I bought from you a while back and wanted to ask you about the SMD UA78L05CPK regulator. The packaging says it is moisture-sensitive and may require a baking process before soldering. Did you have any problems with it? Did you have to do a baking process or is this just for production solder reflow process where the device is subjected to high temps for long periods?
Sorry if this was not the right place to ask these questions.
Thanks,
Jim
Hey Jim,
It shouldn't be a problem for hand soldering. That issue usually shows up with reflow.
I've soldered those regulators by hand multiple times by hand without issue.
With PT2399 builds, I usually verify the regulator voltage before I solder the chip in.
Thanks Dave!