Recent content by szukalski

Yup, reflowing is the next step.

For the copper layer, you don’t add anything. Then there’s nothing to remove. No traces, no ground plane. For the mask, you put a footprint on the front solder mask and back solder mask layers. In those layers, a footprint takes away the mask.

This is awesome. I just went down the uninspiring route of naming all my overdrives after the year they were released. OD77, OD79, OD81.. they're all OD-1s with tone controls at the end of the day.

KiCad has a trace rounding plugin. Super easy.

Thanks for the contribution @micmac , I didn't know that approach. Seems a great way to keep build costs low ;) Another option is to choose a 7660 model which runs at 10kHz and can be boosted with an external clock. If you already had a MCU in play with a spare pin (controlling a relay for...

Have you seen boat prices lately?

Slightly OT, but the sweepable mids on the Core Shaper is really useful and I’ll end up breadboarding it one day for a high gain pedal like this.

Sorry. I’m not sure about other applications, I work in KiCad.

Honestly, just take someone else's.. But if you want your own, define what your standards are. What size resistors, caps, diodes, etc. Then create the basic set. Everything which is uncommon (like relays, or LDRs) will pop up when you need it. Then you do those.

You can usually get them for around a buck a piece if you don't mind SMD. The TP7660H is there for $0.30 but it only runs at 10kHz, unless you add an external clock.

I added the JLCPCB library I use as well. Enjoy.

https://github.com/szukalski/sheepylove-library Enjoy.

Nice! I have a couple of Engl tube amps and they always have this unique tonal signature. Your description of the high end rings true! I didn’t even notice there was a Bolide!

The 1977 OD-1 came with a quad op amp. Then they swapped for a dual op amp and transistors. I assume for cost..

The more pressing concern is price. What’s the cheapest option?