Recent content by pricklyrobot

You could break off two SIP sockets and make an LED socket, and/or replace the CLR with a trimpot…🤷‍♀️

Nice! It’s got definite ‘Mardi Gras Reptile’ vibes:)

Nobody doesn’t like flashing lights! The other thing that would probably appeal to kids, and give them good visual feedback, is anything where you’re turning electricity into movement. Any kind of projects with servo motors, actuators, and such like. Then you can work your way up to building...

If you do end up using Mouser, learning to use their (extensive) search filters can save you from most of the ‘wrong size/wrong voltage/wrong package type’ stuff.

Sounds like another job for our trusty old pal the Deburring Tool! :)

I also shop mostly Mouser. And I also generally buy stuff at the quantity of the first price break. Usually 25 for resistors, 10 for capacitors. It’s a good way to build up stocks.

Somebody should make a delay with a modulation input, that could be used with the Madbean Wavelord…🤔

With a rotary you could have a mix of low-pass and high-pass filters. Might sound cool 🤷‍♀️

What does “vibrato tracking” even mean? I’ve only ever heard “tracking” in reference to pitch-shifter/harmonizer/octave type stuff. What could you possibly be tracking when you’re physically wiggling a string around…? Is it just five fixed RC filters on a rotary?

And herein lies the beauty of amateur electron wranglin’! ;)

Fair point. Though my argument for the one I drew would be that it’s a little easier for a beginner to follow, visually and conceptually. And you can certainly make it plenty sturdy with proper lead trimming/twisting and some strategic heat shrink. I’ve never made one that flapped;) Re: switch...

Or skip the paralleling and use a DPDT On-On-On toggle:)

Or, if you want to get fancy, use an On/Off/On, do a little bit of parallel resistance math (it builds character!), and have three values on tap.

This is another way to do it.

Or the even more foolproof way: bust out the meter and check for continuity between each LED pad, +9V, and Gnd/Sw I like the bees! 🐝 🐝 🐝