Breakout Board or Box - Pictures for Ideas ?

[oldfuzzface]

Hello - I searched and saw some posts of boards with breakout boards attaching pots, input output, switches and I've also seen 'boxes' that people have shown on the internet.
Can some of you please post some pictures for some inspiration ? I need to get one of these put together or buy one.

Thanks again.

 

[BuddytheReow]

A test box?

 

[Dan M]

Do you mean this:

Test box 2.0

Collection of vero (stripboard) & tagboard layouts for 100s of popular guitar effects, with over 500 verified designs. DIY your own boutique effects!

tagboardeffects.blogspot.com

Or this:

ProtoBoard - PedalPCB.com

Integrated Prototyping Board

www.pedalpcb.com

I built the box in the first link and stuck it on a piece of scrap wooden shelving. The fastened a piece of angle iron to hold pots. There’s a good view of it in this post:

https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/dunwich-da-120-on-a-breadboard.13465/

 

[oldfuzzface]

A test box?

board or box.. like what Dan M posted. Thank you Dan. To help keep the breadboard clean.

 

[szukalski]

I find the protoboard to be the best, pots and powersupply onboard.

Also useful for testing vero builds using wago connectors for the connections.

If I didn't have one, then I would build what Chuck has which is pretty much the same.

 

[BuddytheReow]

Here are a few things I built. The test box itself was mostly for stripboard builds, but it works just as well for breadboarding. If you’ve got the cash I would suggest pulling trigger on a protoboard.

Buddy's Breadboard and Circuit Design Notes

Will definitely read the bias pdf tonight when I have some time. Maybe my definition of "bias" is incorrect You're right that the this sets the bias for the op amp so the virtual ground is 1/2(supply voltage) (i.e., Vref). The resistor provides a path from the buffered voltage divider...

forum.pedalpcb.com

Buddy's Breadboard and Circuit Design Notes

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I have no earthly idea.

forum.pedalpcb.com

Buddy's Breadboard and Circuit Design Notes

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I have no earthly idea.

forum.pedalpcb.com

Audio Probe Build - Some Thoughts

So, I’m thinking as my next project which will help future projects is to build an audio probe box. It would be a 1590a with an input, output, and 9v jack. There would be a multimeter probe with a 100nf capacitor attached to the output jack, alligator clips for the power to the board, and a...

forum.pedalpcb.com

 

[szukalski]

Here are a few things I built. The test box itself was mostly for stripboard builds, but it works just as well for breadboarding. If you’ve got the cash I would suggest pulling trigger on a protoboard.

Great point. It's not hard to build your own on some vero or perf board.

 

[AgAuthority]

Use a piece of fr-4, grab some aluminum angle from Menards and double sided tape/couple of bolts.

I drill top row for pots and jacks, bottom row for toggle switches and a dc jack.

Ag

 

[oldfuzzface]

awesome! those posts will get me going.

If I wanted to test 2 different circuits together to see how they interact with each other. Like running the pedals in a chain on a pedalboard. Would this same setup work ? which would be best for this ?

This might be obvious questions, but Im a noob. Thanks for the help !

 

[jimilee]

I built what Dan did.

 

[BuddytheReow]

awesome! those posts will get me going.

If I wanted to test 2 different circuits together to see how they interact with each other. Like running the pedals in a chain on a pedalboard. Would this same setup work ? which would be best for this ?

This might be obvious questions, but Im a noob. Thanks for the help !

As long as you have enough real estate on your board you should be good

 

[jimilee]

awesome! those posts will get me going.

If I wanted to test 2 different circuits together to see how they interact with each other. Like running the pedals in a chain on a pedalboard. Would this same setup work ? which would be best for this ?

This might be obvious questions, but Im a noob. Thanks for the help !

A switcher pedal. Not necessarily that one, but this is the type of pedal I'm talking about.

 

[Dan M]

If I wanted to test 2 different circuits together to see how they interact with each other. Like running the pedals in a chain on a pedalboard. Would this same setup work ? which would be best for this ?

There are a bunch of different ways. I would just build each circuit on the same board (they can share the power and ground), and then jumper the output of one into the input of the other. And then just move the jumper and the breadboard in & out to reverse the order. Both of my breadboards have 2x 830 boards, so there is plenty of room.

 

[oldfuzzface]

A switcher pedal. Not necessarily that one, but this is the type of pedal I'm talking about.

I thought about this since, but wasnt sure the mose efficient way to go with breadboarding. The thought process for some of this dont come so easy to a noob pedal builder. lol

 

[Feral Feline]

Check out Chris' JMK-based breakout box.

It was posted on the forum here, damned if I can find it using the search engine, or Google's search ...

Here 'tis over at the Crazy Legume site:

Jmk test rig V2

Jmk test rig V2

www.madbeanpedals.com

 

[oldfuzzface]

Check out Chris' JMK-based breakout box.

It was posted on the forum here, damned if I can find it using the search engine, or Google's search ...

Here 'tis over at the Crazy Legume site:

Jmk test rig V2

Jmk test rig V2

www.madbeanpedals.com

wow! that is pro level. beyond my skills at this point, but looks like a great box. Thanks for posting!