Death by Audio - The Flaming Lips Space Ring

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Post by jrfox92 »

I have a few pictures and I traced out the PCB layout with DIYLC.
I'll try to make an actual schematic and vero in the next week or so, but I might get caught up with work, so no promises.
I checked some of the harder to notice connections with a Voltmeter, so I'm 95% sure that everything's correct. If not, maybe Glass Hero will point it out.
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Black is the top trace, blue is the bottom.
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In case anyone tries to trace it themselves to verify my layout or whatever, there's a hidden resistor underneath the Warp pot.

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Post by Lubdar »

For some reason I didn't see the post at the very top of the screen and was starting to trace it out and noticed "hey what's that resistor under there".

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That's cool software you used, I've never used it, but did you just lay down all the parts and connect the traces as you saw them on the pcb?

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Lubdar wrote:That's cool software you used, I've never used it, but did you just lay down all the parts and connect the traces as you saw them on the pcb?
I actually traced out part of it with a multimeter, like the traces underneath the switches, IC's, and transformers. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but I'm not quite ready to start removing components yet.

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Post by jrfox92 »

Holy shit, I started trying to work on a schematic for this today and it is probably the most confusing circuit ever.
There's a million connections for a million different spots and I seriously wonder how the hell they ever managed to design it in the first place.

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Post by FiveseveN »

jrfox92 wrote:how the hell they ever managed to design it
Like they always do:
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Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. (Charles Darwin)

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