What's in the mailbox? 📬 📦
- Thread starter Harry Klippton
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MichaelW
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I got my SmallBear order today of some cheap enclosures and some oddball parts for a couple of upcoming builds.
BUT, I had a hitchhiker that came with my order. I have no idea what this is or why I ordered it. I double checked my order online and sure enough I ordered it, I just don't know if was a late night fumble finger or I needed it for something. Anyone know wtf this diode is for?
According to SmallBear "NOS germanium work-alike, Vfwd average .260 volt, for the Harmonic Percolator and clones."
It works in my coffee machine? Oh and I only ordered one........
BUT, I had a hitchhiker that came with my order. I have no idea what this is or why I ordered it. I double checked my order online and sure enough I ordered it, I just don't know if was a late night fumble finger or I needed it for something. Anyone know wtf this diode is for?
According to SmallBear "NOS germanium work-alike, Vfwd average .260 volt, for the Harmonic Percolator and clones."
It works in my coffee machine? Oh and I only ordered one........
Harry Klippton
Not Interested
fig
Village Idiot
Pair it with a too leaky Ge transistor and rock out. One of a kind-klipping
giovanni
Well-known member
Use it as protection diode
Feral Feline
Well-known member
Yeah, I guess.Okay…you drive a hard bargain. I dug through my stash…will this work?
As I'm sure you've found yourself, information ie datasheets for "Buffered 4049" are about as common as Hen's Teeth (hmm need a new reference for that, as there is the Hen's Tooth PCB right here at good (not so) ol' PedalPCB).
Yeah, buffered 4049 are about as rare as ...
... well-informed knowledgable non-gullible Feral Felines.
I had read this is the puppy if you want a truly bonkers build with Dwarfcraft's "The Great Destroyer" circuit AND/OR the TTG's "Christine" circuit.
There was a thread which had some of this buffered-vs-unbuffered nonsense in it; IIRC, our resident space-EE cum FX-circuit guru Chuck said it was a phantom chip, didn't exist. Then some time after that I may or may not have uncovered evidence to the contrary.
SO!
Is the CD4049CN truly a buffered chip? Is it a match for the CD4049BE (fabley-buffered) or is it just another CD4049UBE (unbuffered) IC?
And then what of these two?
MC14049MCP ———this one recommended for both Christine and Great Destroyer..
NTE4049
Purportedly also buffered.
I don't know. I just want to build a Double Great Destroyer and a Christine with the recommended BUFFERED IC to get the nutso-crazy asylum-induced sounds.
I ABSOLUTELY WELCOME A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ...
...So I can give up chasing ghost ICs,
or continue the hunt with solid knowledge they exist.
Feral Feline
Well-known member
Don't forget to wear a pot-condom, too, and shielded cabling...Use it as protection diode
fig
Village Idiot
I’ll figger out is it is, or is it ain’t…..both buffered and bonafide then report back.
Red Llama anyone? (aka Ample Alpaca )
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fig
Village Idiot
Feral Feline
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You may need to touch up the solder on your pot pins? Hard to tell from the pic.
Love the colourful pot-condoms. Do they come in white, too? That'd be pretty patriotic of you...
Love the colourful pot-condoms. Do they come in white, too? That'd be pretty patriotic of you...
fig
Village Idiot
I solder posts from the other side
jimilee
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I’ve been trying to get in touch with you about your car’s insurance.Woot! I love getting stuff in the mail that's actually fun! (As opposed to people that keep wanting to sell my house for me.....)
Thanks @thewintersoldier! I "need" another boost pedal
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Nostradoomus
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I ordered a Madamp kit from musikding with some FETs, LDRs and bulbs so we’ll see what happens.
MichaelW
Well-known member
Man, what an awesome mail week it's been!
SWAG and a cool boost pedal from @thewintersoldier, a PPCB gift card from @fig and now this cool box o goodness from @swelchy!
Looks like I know someone with a 3-D Printer! Pot covers, a "IC leg straighten outer thingy", another cool boost board and non-marring pedal sockets! And an LM308! Woohoo! Thanks Shane!!
SWAG and a cool boost pedal from @thewintersoldier, a PPCB gift card from @fig and now this cool box o goodness from @swelchy!
Looks like I know someone with a 3-D Printer! Pot covers, a "IC leg straighten outer thingy", another cool boost board and non-marring pedal sockets! And an LM308! Woohoo! Thanks Shane!!
Soooo you got enough of those leg straightener thingys to share with the class?
don’t know how many times I’ve jacked the legs on an IC trying to get them to fit in a socket
Harry Klippton
Not Interested
I got new baking sheets
