Caesar Build

[Crash102]

The Julia is the pedal that made me want to get into pedal building. After getting a few other builds under my belt I tackled this one. I went painstakingly slow populating the board. And it was worit as it worked the first time I plugged it in.

I was stoked until I realized i had put red LEDs in instead of blue. Was tempted to leave it, but wanted blue to match the art.

Getting everything into the case proved quite the challenge. I probably could have drilled the pots slightly higher, but in the end it all fit.

https://imgur.com/a/sOW1eaT

 

[Dali]

I also felt in love with that one.

Great looking pedal you did. Congrats!

 

[fig]

Wow! You are as it is said a "quick study".

That's a beautiful circuit and you have complimented it beautifully.

 

[Crash102]

Hey thanks.

As far as quick study goes, I'm not sure. I feel like I've just taken Lego building to new heights. I can follow directions pretty good but I can't read a schematic to save my life.

 

[Crash102]

The schematics always seem to call for way less parts than are on a PCB> I can't make heads or tails of it. Someday, I'm going to need to buckle down and just learn how to read them. But that's the less fun part.

 

[fig]

Someone might have a better suggestion, but this may help, and remember there are lots of folks here to help (just be wary of that fig's answers)!

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-to-read-a-schematic/all

 

[Crash102]

After experimenting with the trim pot on this and seeing how those work, It makes me think that my first dud of a pedal wasn't actually a dud but needed a trim pot adjusted, Too bad I took it apart and eventually had to scrap it after damaging several pads.