Bricksnbeatles
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Classic, super janky ring mod (here are shots from the original schematic. I could email it as a pdf though)
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DOD Gonkulator
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Good news! The MC1496 is still available
“Bad news” (depending on how you look at it), is that it’s SMT only.. although I’m sure standard DIP can be found NOS. Board would either force SMT, account for both, or require an adapter board like we use for FETs
Bricksnbeatles
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Imo SMD is no problem— could be done same as the FV-1 where there’s a resolvers option for those who are afraid to do it themselves, and for those of us who aren’t bothered by SMD, it would be a breeze.
I’m not afraid of SMT personally. In fact this would be a great “gateway” into doing bigger SMT dip packages… some would likely take a chance on messsing up a $2 chip than a $20 fv1!
I’ve done a few SMT FETs that came on adapter boards (hard to find and/or matched sets), and let’s just say, I HATE the adapter. I’d rather just do the SMT then have to wire leads to both boards.
drgonzo1969
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It's on the upper right side of the first post. There is an arrow pointing up with the current vote count underneath it.
Feral Feline
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That's how they get you ADDICTED.
The first DIP package is EASY.
To begin, it's just an 8-pin op-amp, then an FV-1.
"Hey, handsome soldering! Did you really do that with just an iron? You can solder SMD, so try a few of these caps and..."
They give you some 2920 power-filtering caps on a board,
next thing you know you've skipped a size and are down to 2010 resistors.
A few SOT23 Transistors later you're thinking you can handle 1210 packages, hand-soldered, but now you're hooked so...
You get a re-flow heater-plate, you're huffing flux paste regularly...
... now you've bought an oven and started dabbling in SMT PCB design...
IT'S A DANGEROUS SLIPPERY SLOPE!
THERE IS HELP THOUGH!
If you or a pedal-builder buddy is addicted to SMD, or you know of someone else who is — get help now and click this link, scroll to the bottom of the page:
REmember: Practice safe SMD and cover yourself by using an adapter board, or even let a qualified technician pre-solder the board for you. Friends don't let friends do SMD!
Robert
Reverse Engineer
Not a dead horse.
There are a couple things in this schematic that concern me so I've been considering picking one up to verify, but it's on my desktop.
Feral Feline
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Why Gonkyounow, when you can GONKULATOR
