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How Do I? Beginner's Paradise. / Rolling my own vactrol
« on: November 01, 2022, 12:10:06 PM »
I've been searching for DOD 440 builds on the forum as I'm about to build one myself and came across this old post from Jimilee - https://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=26019.msg252490#msg252490
I have the VTL5C4/2 vactrol asked for in the BOM, but can see that in the link above, Jimi successfully rolled his own. I'd like to give this a try just for the hell of it but have a couple of questions I hoped someone might be able to help with.
Here goes - The VTL5C4/2 has 3 legs on one side and 2 on the other - 5 legs in total. If I'm making my own from an LED (2 legs) and an LDR (2 legs) then that leaves an unused pad on the PCB.
Do I just leave a pad empty?
If so, which one?
Any advice would be greatly received. Thanks!
I have the VTL5C4/2 vactrol asked for in the BOM, but can see that in the link above, Jimi successfully rolled his own. I'd like to give this a try just for the hell of it but have a couple of questions I hoped someone might be able to help with.
Here goes - The VTL5C4/2 has 3 legs on one side and 2 on the other - 5 legs in total. If I'm making my own from an LED (2 legs) and an LDR (2 legs) then that leaves an unused pad on the PCB.
Do I just leave a pad empty?
If so, which one?
Any advice would be greatly received. Thanks!