zachlovescoffee
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Hello team PPCB!
I just finished my Hydra build last night. Sick looking pedal and pretty easy to put together except that VF-1 chip. Man that was fun to solder on. I dipped the feet in flux and used a wide "blade" tip and that seemed to really work well and make the job easy.
Okay, so, why is it dead? No freaking idea. I have bypass signal, sounds fine. When I turn the pedal on it introduces some low level hum but I get absolutely no effect.
I did some test measurements at various chips and I am getting voltages. Does anyone have the schematic for this pedal so I can see some reference voltages? Or, does anyone have a listing of various reference voltages?
When the pedal is off I get zero Ohms between the input and output jacks. When the pedal is *on* I get ~ .890 MoHms between those two. Don't know if that matters, just throwing out some troubleshooting I did.
I also re-flowed every single solder blob and cleaned the whole board with contact cleaner. Any thoughts on what to do next or have some reference values?
I just finished my Hydra build last night. Sick looking pedal and pretty easy to put together except that VF-1 chip. Man that was fun to solder on. I dipped the feet in flux and used a wide "blade" tip and that seemed to really work well and make the job easy.
Okay, so, why is it dead? No freaking idea. I have bypass signal, sounds fine. When I turn the pedal on it introduces some low level hum but I get absolutely no effect.
I did some test measurements at various chips and I am getting voltages. Does anyone have the schematic for this pedal so I can see some reference voltages? Or, does anyone have a listing of various reference voltages?
When the pedal is off I get zero Ohms between the input and output jacks. When the pedal is *on* I get ~ .890 MoHms between those two. Don't know if that matters, just throwing out some troubleshooting I did.
I also re-flowed every single solder blob and cleaned the whole board with contact cleaner. Any thoughts on what to do next or have some reference values?