Recent content by zakco

I just finished building a PPCB Protoboard and everything seems to be working as expected, which is great! While testing I noticed that my female ended jumper wires don't grip the pin headers at all - they are basically just sitting on them and slightest touch will knock them off. Have other...

Thank you. I tried the first two examples (LPF and High Shelf) without a buffer and they work pretty well but as you predicted, there is a small signal loss even when the filter is at it's minimum setting. I noticed that you suggested putting the buffer before the tone stack while the RAT...

Ah, ok. I was thinking that might be the case. Which approach would be preferable? I’d like to learn how to try this on a breadboard.

Thank for this very helpful tutorial! Beginner question...if I were to use the first example (LPF), adding it to the output of a Rangemaster circuit, would this simply replace the 10n output cap?

Ah, yes. In fact, I knew that. I think it’s time for bed 😆

Sorry for the confusion, I’m not mixing ppcb and AION boards, I was just pointing out the differences, specifically that the AION footswitch board contains the power supply circuit. With the PPCB breakout board, where does the LED get power from? Do I jumper from the main board?

Thanks for the tips. So far, I’ve only built AION kits and the footswitch board has a lot more going on, including +v. Am I correct in assuming that is for the power supply circuit and the footswitch doesn’t require +v ?

Another rookie question…what are the 2 unlabeled contacts beside the other connections?

That's very helpful, thanks!

I would, but I don't have one in my hands yet. I'm pre-ordering a few enclosures from Tayda as it takes a while to get them drilled and printed.

When designing a drill template for a build that will use this breakout board, how do I determine the exact distance between the 3PDT switch and the LED bezel for the drill holes? https://www.pedalpcb.com/product/pcb595/

Ah, ok...that makes me feel better! I'm am very new to electronics (and kinda old), so learning this stuff requires paying close attention to the details. Thanks for taking the time to reply and correct that!

I’m almost embarrassed to ask, but in the very first illustration, why are the pins numbered 5/6/7 when the text is describing pins 1 and 2? I read part 1, but this is still confusing for me. Thank you for creating these instructional threads for beginners!

Not a kilt, but I recently ordered AION’s take on the Expandora - Dynamo. I ordered just the PCB and will put it together after I do my next order of components. I think the design sounds interesting.

It seems like a couple of factors were involved. I was opening the svg file from Inkscape directly in Affinity Designer and the text to paths didn't seem to translate. I exported the file instead as a "plain svg" and when opened in Affinity Designer, the text was no longer editable, so that's...