rwl
Well-known member
I'm about ready to call it this layout "done" for now and send it off for fabrication.
I think this was the hardest layout I've done. Cees put this in a 1590XX and I wanted to cram it in a 1590BB2. And he had it laid out horizontally, which I wouldn't mind for the 1590XX but I don't like horizontal 1590BB2s, since they don't line up with 125Bs... But in the end I was able to jam it in and retain the same basic layout he has for the controls.
But what really drove me nuts was the DPDT switch mostly connected to the footswitch, which meant threading a bunch of traces across the entire middle of the board. That and not really liking having to squeeze in the full 9 pins for the one footswitch, which I mostly moved to offboard wiring. I think I procrastinated for a month because these two things made it look so damn ugly and I couldn't find a solution. If this thing works then I'm reasonably happy aesthetically with the way the board is laid out.
Below is the layout with the board and footswitch outlines for size. This is a lot larger than Pedalbuilder used (my board measures 89.5mm across rather than 81.75mm, and the bottom can only accommodate regular footswitches, not bypass daughterboards). I have every expectation that something is wrong with this layout and I'll have to build it 2 or 3x.
I think this was the hardest layout I've done. Cees put this in a 1590XX and I wanted to cram it in a 1590BB2. And he had it laid out horizontally, which I wouldn't mind for the 1590XX but I don't like horizontal 1590BB2s, since they don't line up with 125Bs... But in the end I was able to jam it in and retain the same basic layout he has for the controls.
But what really drove me nuts was the DPDT switch mostly connected to the footswitch, which meant threading a bunch of traces across the entire middle of the board. That and not really liking having to squeeze in the full 9 pins for the one footswitch, which I mostly moved to offboard wiring. I think I procrastinated for a month because these two things made it look so damn ugly and I couldn't find a solution. If this thing works then I'm reasonably happy aesthetically with the way the board is laid out.
Below is the layout with the board and footswitch outlines for size. This is a lot larger than Pedalbuilder used (my board measures 89.5mm across rather than 81.75mm, and the bottom can only accommodate regular footswitches, not bypass daughterboards). I have every expectation that something is wrong with this layout and I'll have to build it 2 or 3x.
