Emu Amp Sim Switches

[chris.knudson]

I'm trying to build the Emu Amp Sim, but the 2P3T Slide Switches that fit on the break out board don't seem to be available anymore. Does anybody have a recommendation for a suitable replacement that will fit in the 10mm pcb?

 

[SlowAudio]

I was also not able to find the switches and I looked far and wide. I resigned myself to the next closest thing I found which are SS23E04. Build is still in progress. I think I’ll have to just forgo the breakout boards or get extremely creative with a file

 

[chris.knudson]

I was also not able to find the switches and I looked far and wide. I resigned myself to the next closest thing I found which are SS23E04. Build is still in progress. I think I’ll have to just forgo the breakout boards or get extremely creative with a file

Yeah, I've looked pretty much everywhere too. I actually bought something very similar (SS23D01), but the problem I am having is that I bought the faceplate for the EMU, and these little 5mm ones are too small. I figure that if I can find a switch that fits in the faceplate, I can figure out a way to perfboard or off-board wire the switches. Otherwise I might have to forgo the faceplate and just find some 2P3T switches that I can mount to the enclosure.

 

[Robert]

Let me look around this afternoon, they have to be available somewhere.

 

[chris.knudson]

Let me look around this afternoon, they have to be available somewhere.

Appreciate it. You probably have sources that I don't even know about. I just can't find them or anything equivalent.

 

[jwin615]

Yeah, I've looked pretty much everywhere too. I actually bought something very similar (SS23D01), but the problem I am having is that I bought the faceplate for the EMU, and these little 5mm ones are too small. I figure that if I can find a switch that fits in the faceplate, I can figure out a way to perfboard or off-board wire the switches. Otherwise I might have to forgo the faceplate and just find some 2P3T switches that I can mount to the enclosure.

Maybe?

https://a.aliexpress.com/_m00TekC

 

[chris.knudson]

Maybe?

https://a.aliexpress.com/_m00TekC

Those are just a little too small. I really need the SS23E02s to work with the breakout board and faceplate.

 

[chris.knudson]

I found some on ebay. I don't usually like buying parts from ebay, but everywhere else says that these are obsolete or out of stock. Even the data sheets that I found skip right over the SS23Es and go from the SS23Ds to the SS23Fs. I had to buy 10 of them, and they were $.39 each.

10pcs 3mm High Knob 8 Pin 3 Position DP3T Slide Switch 0.5A 50VDC SS23E02G3 | eBay

Pin Quantity. Switch Total Size. Working Power.

www.ebay.com

 

[KR Sound]

care to sell three of them once they show up?

 

[chris.knudson]

care to sell three of them once they show up?

Absolutely. I'll DM you when they arrive.

 

[Robert]

It might be time to revise the project to work with an available switch.

Some of the others (like the D02) have supports on the corners that would help in leveling the switches.

 

[Robert]

Went ahead and grabbed a few hundred of those switches to hold us over until a suitable (and replenishable) replacement is chosen.

Can't compete with $.39 obviously (although it's more like $.69 after factoring in shipping) but you won't have to buy 10 of them nor wait a month for them to arrive.

 

[chris.knudson]

Went ahead and grabbed a few hundred of those switches to hold us over until a suitable (and replenishable) replacement is chosen.

Can't compete with $.39 obviously (although it's more like $.69 after factoring in shipping) but you won't have to buy 10 of them nor wait a month for them to arrive.

I picked up 20 of them off of eBay. Have no idea when they'll arrive or what I'm actually going to get, so I may hit you up if my eBay order doesn't work out.

 

[SlowAudio]

I’ll order some switches when they arrive. I’ve got a bunch of other projects I can work on ahead of this one. It is possible to get a notification when they are available? I took apart one of the switches I had to see if a clever solution could be had. While it was cool to see how they work, I think it’s not worth the effort considering how cheap they are.

 

[Robert]

I picked up 20 of them off of eBay.

I got the same ones you did. I actually came here to post that I had found some and saw that you had already found the same ones.

If we get what was advertised then we should be good to go, but we'll see.

I'm expecting them to take about 4 - 6 weeks to arrive, regardless of what the estimated delivery date says.

The sellers name isn't very encouraging...

 

[chris.knudson]

I got the same ones you did. I actually came here to post that I had found some and saw that you had already found the same ones.

If we get what was advertised then we should be good to go, but we'll see.

I'm expecting them to take about 4 - 6 weeks to arrive, regardless of what the estimated delivery date says.

The sellers name isn't very encouraging...

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Yeah, fingers crossed.

 

[Feral Feline]

I had 3 switches (bought at a brick&mortar) set aside of the correct pin-spacing etc, but after following this thread for a spell I checked my switches the other night...


Sure enough, they don't fit the daughterboards because they're little teensy rectangle-legs and not round pins.


So put me on the wait-list — I'll be looking for that shipment to drop in the store, too!

 

[chris.knudson]

I got the same ones you did. I actually came here to post that I had found some and saw that you had already found the same ones.

If we get what was advertised then we should be good to go, but we'll see.

I'm expecting them to take about 4 - 6 weeks to arrive, regardless of what the estimated delivery date says.

The sellers name isn't very encouraging...

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Any luck with worldwidewait? My switches arrived today.

 

[Robert]

Mine should be here Tuesday.

 

[Feral Feline]

Arrived?