DAJE
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At long last I have managed to complete this build. And - it sounds great. Though at first it sounded pretty broken, a bit of trimmer adjustment got it sounding nicer. I probably still need a little more adjustment time, though, but there are lots of good sounds (and fun "broken" sounds) in there. Gets a bit Ring Mod-esque on some settings.
Build notes: 3.3uF box caps may well exist, but not that I could find in any kind of usable and affordable format, so I went with a tantalum cap. The + is on the right as you look at the pedal from the footswitch end - see pic 1. I figured that out by looking at pics of other peoples' builds. Looks like no-one else could find a 3.3uF box cap either.
All E-caps are 16V, because that's what'll fit. Again, I looked at other peoples' builds for confirmation.
I built my own DIP-10 socket for the EA2-5NU, out of a DIP-6 and a DIP-4. You could probably cut down a larger one if you wanted. May not have been necessary but all the other ICs and transistors got sockets so I didn't want the EA2-5NU to feel neglected.
I put the inductor and the "secret" 22nF cap on the top of the board, because they fit, with some sculpting of the inductor's legs.
Parts sourced from @fig & Tayda & Ebay & AliExpress. I used @Brett 's Tayda drill template, very slightly tweaked to my own specs.
Build notes: 3.3uF box caps may well exist, but not that I could find in any kind of usable and affordable format, so I went with a tantalum cap. The + is on the right as you look at the pedal from the footswitch end - see pic 1. I figured that out by looking at pics of other peoples' builds. Looks like no-one else could find a 3.3uF box cap either.
All E-caps are 16V, because that's what'll fit. Again, I looked at other peoples' builds for confirmation.
I built my own DIP-10 socket for the EA2-5NU, out of a DIP-6 and a DIP-4. You could probably cut down a larger one if you wanted. May not have been necessary but all the other ICs and transistors got sockets so I didn't want the EA2-5NU to feel neglected.
I put the inductor and the "secret" 22nF cap on the top of the board, because they fit, with some sculpting of the inductor's legs.
Parts sourced from @fig & Tayda & Ebay & AliExpress. I used @Brett 's Tayda drill template, very slightly tweaked to my own specs.