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WTF am I watching here?

That's cool.  That will be really helpful with the "tight squeeze"!

I just have a hard time stepping on those little guys. 

Next project: Stompie 2000: The Pedal Stomping Robot Assistant.

Lower R2 to 10k -15k and it should pop right up. Could be that jumpering R4 might make the Peak a little less noticeable.

lloyd - yes, I think that would fit.

Josh- I will be writing a general build guide specifically for the baby boards that shows exactly what hardware to use and how to lay it out in the 1590A for the easiest assembly. With a drill template and following the guide, I think it will make them as easy to build as any other type of enclosure (so I says).

My god that is awesome. You win today's internet!

One note: 7805 and 78l05 can sometimes have different pinouts. The package drawing on the PCB is the pinout for the 78l05, which is what I used.

It's easy to test on your bread board, too. I do this quite regularly since I'm always forgetting which are the in and out pins on it.

That's hot! Really nice work. I will have to carve out some time to watch these.

Thanks for the contribution!

will any of these baby boards have board mount pots?

Nope.

In that case use a 1k. Run a wire to lug3, solder a small resistor like 22R between lug3 and 2 and run a wire from lug1 back to the board. You'll get all the range you need +/- 470R and the extra resistor acts as a "stopper" when you have the pot all the way down.

There's a specific Whipple inductor in my library which you should have, but all the extra pads, including the ones for the Fasel, were just done as vias on the actual layout. Those are then connected to the two inductor pins.

If you are using a different inductor than those two, you could always do a hack...just use two supply pins and then connect vias to those in layout according to the pin spacing on whatever inductor you are using.

What about the new website?? 

When it's done.

But, here is a preview of the new Projects page. One of my favorite things about the re-design is that every project will have the schematic right at the top using the Lightbox thing. Really cool feature - just click and the schematic overlays on the Projects page.

Anyone have schem or post that explains how you would add switches or such to rearrange the order of the effects in a multi-fx setup with small boards like these?
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There are a bunch of switching schemes like this out there. Check geofex and DIYSB.

Another idea that got kicked around a while back was coming up with a scheme to do all the I/O and power stuff via a DIN type connecter. So, you could have a an X-stage true bypass looper and each one has a single cable out that does all the I/O stuff. You could easily re-arrange the order of pedals physically or come up with a switching scheme based around that. You would basically "phantom power" each pedal by keeping the DC supply in the looper, too, so rather than sending lots of little DC wires out you have only one power connection to the main hub.

The only reason I'm not using the left half is I discovered yesterday parts of it are not connected to each other that should be! I think the little tin plate underneath is messed up.

Part of the idea here is not just 1590As (as Jacob points out they aren't for everyone) but also the ability to build a little custom multifx box. You could throw three in a 1590BB for an easy grab and go jam, or whatever. But yeah, use em to whatever suits your needs best, I say!

The re-designed Projects will not include any kind of release schedule...tentative or otherwise.

Not that it's a big deal for anyone to ask, of course. But, the response from here on out is going to be "when it's done".