jimilee
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Hey thanks for the heads up. Do you think you can fit it into a 125b, or a1590bb?
What's on the workbench?
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Apparently stacking PCB's is the latest concept!
Robert
Reverse Engineer
Sometimes it's the only way if you don't want a 1590DD. It's also working really good for isolating noise sources from the audio path.
They might be a bit intimidating at first but after one or two they're fairly easy to assemble. Troubleshooting doesn't have to be torture either, all you need is some male/female jumper wires (like you'd use with a breadboard) and you can run both boards side by side on the bench.
With that said, I don't think they're a good candidate for a first time builder.... but neither are the circuits that would justify them.
jimilee
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Oh no, I would greatly dislike trying to walk someone through troubleshooting a double board like that.
Robert
Reverse Engineer
In some ways it can make troubleshooting easier.
Lamp not pulsing in the ElectroVibe Mini? You can remove the top board and set it aside. All of the LFO / lamp drive circuitry is on the bottom layer. Lamp pulsing properly but having an audio issue? Focus on the top board, aside from a pot and switch the signal path is up there.
Of course not all problems are that straightforward, it can just as easily become a nightmare in the wrong hands.
I suspect the real troubleshooting nightmares will be SMD projects since you can't always visually inspect the component values (or type) from photos. It's not likely you'd install a resistor where a cap goes in a through-hole build (although it has been done), but with SMD all bets are off.
Let's not even think about stacked SMD builds yet...
Lamp not pulsing in the ElectroVibe Mini? You can remove the top board and set it aside. All of the LFO / lamp drive circuitry is on the bottom layer. Lamp pulsing properly but having an audio issue? Focus on the top board, aside from a pot and switch the signal path is up there.
Of course not all problems are that straightforward, it can just as easily become a nightmare in the wrong hands.
I suspect the real troubleshooting nightmares will be SMD projects since you can't always visually inspect the component values (or type) from photos. It's not likely you'd install a resistor where a cap goes in a through-hole build (although it has been done), but with SMD all bets are off.
Let's not even think about stacked SMD builds yet...
Big Monk
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Let's not even think about stacked SMD builds yet...
Are you saying you'll do a 125B NuX Roctary?
Bricksnbeatles
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how about triple-stacked four-layer SMD builds? New from PedalPCB— 125B 16-voice analog polysynths!Let's not even think about stacked SMD builds yet...
Robert
Reverse Engineer
Well that's a very unusual pairing of effects....Are you saying you'll do a 125B NuX Roctary?
Robert
Reverse Engineer
Probably best if I leave synths to the synth folks for now.
Big Monk
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You can really turn your guitar into an organ. Real fun stuff.
I do mostly just use the Rotary Sim though.
Big Monk
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You have a real Evenflow of pedals coming across the bench lately. You're lucky to be Alive with a workflow like that. I Once knew a guy named Jeremy who had a Deep work ethic like yours and I asked him, "Why Go through this? What do you get out of it?"
Of course he said, "I get a tremendous Release from working on pedals and I love to contemplate the the Black Oceans of my mind as I look out on the Garden from my Porch and trace these circuits."
Really stuck with me all these years.
Bricksnbeatles
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Perhaps an Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town will scan the outbound parcels when the PCBs ship
Coda
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You forgot Last Train to Clarksville…
Robert
Reverse Engineer
That's the wrong Pearl Jam.
Bricksnbeatles
Member known well
What I put in my wishlist is Not For You to decide. I’m Open to suggestions, but most of these samey Glorified G-dang AIAB pedals leave me feeling Indifference. Honesty I just wonder: Why Go through the trouble of hyping up every AIAB pedal Once they Release?
Are they collecting pedals because it’s actually of utility to them, or is it just that they Can’t Keep themselves fro indulging in a materialistic consumer-fetishism just to feel a little bit Alive— “Help, Help” they cry, as they are Swallowed Whole by existential dread. Or maybe it’s not that Deep…
Big Monk
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Now look what I started....
