CONTEST Ten Pedals or Less

[fig]

G00d news n00bs! This c0ntest is f0r y0u. (0kay, en0ugh 0f the 000s)....

What is the minimum number of diodes found in most pedal circuits?

The first correct answer wins a $50 PedalPCB gift code!

Start counting!

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

If we include protection diodes, one, otherwise none!

 

[BuddytheReow]

Two per pedal: The protection diode and the LED indicator.

"Most pedal circuits" meaning PPCB only?

 

[Hirti]

69! Oh.. uh.. 3?

 

[jwyles90]

Three!

 

[Coda]

47

 

[benny_profane]

Folks, 'Ten pedals or less'

 

[EGRENIER]

I'm with the 2 club, protection and LED, but I think I've made more than 10 pedals... would have to count... I'm close tho !

Edit: Let's count...
Parasite wha
Delegate Compressor - Boneyard edition
Danube Fuzz
Seabed Delay
Muffin Fuzz
Super Stevie OD
Little Green Screaming Machine (2X)
Spirit Box
Dirty Sanchez - Episode Boost COMBO (Does that count for 2 or 1 ?)
Rain Coat - Frost Drive COMBO (Again, is this 2 or 1?)

That's it... total 10 flat if you consider the compo as one pedal, if you count boards than I'm at 12

 

[Feral Feline]

Ten pedals or less... You mean, ones that work? Commercial-built or otherwise, I ... Yes, I'm still a noob.

42, with the diodes each on individual little towels.

 

[jimilee]

Hint, it’s the protection diode.

 

[giovanni]

Also in the 2 camp over here. However if you count the base junction in BJTs the count goes up to at least 4 for BJT discrete drives/fuzzes and up to many many many more inside ICs, which also include actual diodes. The TL072 probably has over a dozen transistors and maybe half a dozen diodes per side, for a total of 36 plus the two above we get to 38…

 

[BuddytheReow]

Without Fig responding yet, I feel like this is more of a riddle than an actual trivia question

 

[Scruffie]

4, protection diode, LED & clipping diodes.

 

[spi]

Transistors have diode junctions. Op-amps have lots of transistors. Pedals have transistors and op-amps and diodes and LEDs. The number for a "useful" pedal is certainly more than 2.

In theory you could build a pedal with no diodes. Who needs protection or LED? And who needs transistors and op-amps? The pedal could just be an AB switch box.

I'm going with 0.

I don't know what 10 or less riddle means?

EDIT: I just re-read the question and it says "most" pedals, which negates my answer of 0, and I assume most pedals are not AB switch boxes

EDIT #2: Does 10 or less mean eligibility for the contest? If so my answer is double negated.

 

[PapaBear]

66, define pedal circuit please, are we talking on the circuit board of most pedals, or just the pedal audio path?

 

[grabo99]

5

 

[jimilee]

I don’t use a diode on the LED, unless you are counting the LED as another diode, in which case I change my answer to two.

 

[PapaBear]

I don’t use a diode on the LED, unless you are counting the LED as another diode, in which case I change my answer to two.

LED's are technically Light Emitting Diodes

 

[Coda]

I wanna know the answer already.

 

[EGRENIER]

You guys are reading too much into it, typical engineers ! The answer is 2, based on keywords minimum and typical….