User:Zander

Pressing Issues

Hello!

I have so much work to do! Gotta get all of Thermionic Studios' equipment up on this wiki and explained!

"There is no endorsement or approval from any manufacturer and this information is for education and comparison only."

Custom Wah-Wahs

Amps and manuals! (and Schematics!)

Effects and manuals!

Instruments

Microphones

Recording Gear...

Mixing Gear...

DON'T LOSE THIS LINK! https://forum.metropoulos.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=23420

Traynor

More stuff to follow: http://www.pedalhaven.com/history-earth-sound-research-amplifiers/

EarthSound Research Bass amp vs Peavey 400 Bass amp - total clone.

Harmony H415 Amplifier

Optoisolator Link: http://denethor.wlu.ca/pc300/optoisolators/analogoptoisolatorintroduction.pdf

already downloaded the optoisolator pdf document in case it disappears.

Pedal Building and Troubleshooting Tools

Transistor/Resistor/Capacitor/Diode tester with ZIF sockets
KLIQ Metropitch Digital Tuner/Metronome
Centech 61593 Digital Multimeter w/continuity tester
GGG Breakout Box
Prototyping Board - ZY-204 double breadboard mounted on plank with power, jacks, and potentiometer mounts

The Audition Box

This is a second box meant to make sure that once something is wired up, that it actually works in a new context. A practice amp would work just as well, but sometimes that's not always available in the middle of the night when other members of the household are sleeping. Unit consists of a 1590BB enclosure with both Cab Sim and Amp PCBs inside. Function requires a signal in to feed into the cab sim, after which it would go to the headphone amp for volume and then to signal out jack for listening. 1/4" and 1/8" jacks to accommodate both plugs for whichever headphone and associated plug is available.

The Audition Box parts

Function	Type	Name	Source
Cab Sim	PCB	Marshall Cab Sim	GGG
Headphone Amp	PCB	Headphone Amp	GGG
Housing	Enclosure	1590BB	Hammond MFG
In/Out	1/4" phone/unbalanced line jacks	Insulated Jacks	Neutrik
Out	1/8" headphone jack	Jack	Tayda has these.

1 x 1590BB

The Cutting Board

So the purpose of this tool is to make the "Rock it before you box it" step of pedal assembly and troubleshooting much easier. We're trying to do a couple of things here:

Make sure that every kind of power (different voltages, positive & negative voltage) is available for testing, when appropriate
Make sure that it's possible to not only probe for signal on the PCB being that can be listened to, but also have another probe that makes it possible to inject signal on the PCB. This is because we may not have all parts soldered into the board, or we may want to isolate listing to specific active components instead of the entire circuit. We want to be able to get power and signal into the PCB before it's boxed, and for that signal either to be a test signal, or an instrument. Also want to be able to listen through headphones for late-night efforts, in addition to using a practice amp.
Ideally, once a PCB has been through troubleshooting with The Cutting Board, any problems with assembly will necessarily be with any off-board components mounted inside the pedal enclosure, making final assembly and testing much quicker and easier.

Features

"Cutting Board" (1590BBFL + 1590BFL + Board)
- Actual old plastic kitchen cutting board with cut-out handle
- First Enclosure (1590BBFL) Flanged to attach to the cutting board
  - Assembled Testing Rig PCB (JMK PCBs)
  - Road Rage multi-voltage PCB (Madbean)
  - Multiple AC Adapter connector cords for all possible power jacks
  - Rotary Switch Voltage Select (-9v, +9v unfiltered, +9v filtered, +15v, +18v)
  - Polarity Select Toggle
  - Colored LED polarity indicator and LED voltage display
  - Headphone Out
  - Multiple Probes for Pedal Building: Power In, Signal In, Power Out, Signal Out,
  - Toggled instrument / Signal generated test tone
  - Signal Listen Probe (to capture listenable test signal anywhere on the PCB that's being assembled)
- Second Enclosure (1590BFL) Flanged to attach to the cutting board
  - Assembled Tiny Tester PCB (JMK PCBs)
  - Signal Send Probe (to inject test signal anywhere on the PCB that's being assembled)
  - Road Rage multi-voltage PCB (Madbean)
  - Multiple Jacks Voltage Select (-9v, +9v unfiltered, +9v filtered, +12 v, +18v)

Cutting Board parts

Box 1: 1590BBFL

Features

Test Signal Generator
Power for PCB
Hookups (Alligator clips) for signal and power
On/Off
Multi-select and indicator for +voltage supply
Safety to include On/Off failsafe and indicator for -voltage

Function	Type	Name	Source
RoadRage	PCB	Selectable Voltage Power Supply	Madbean
Headphone Amp	PCB	Headphone Amp	GGG
Housing	Flanged Enclosure	1590BBFL	Hammond MFG
In/Out	1/4" phone/unbalanced line jacks	Insulated Jacks	Neutrik
Out	1/8" headphone jack	Jack	Tayda has these.

1 x 1590BBFL - flanged to screw box to board

Box 2: 1590BFL

Features

Multiple Power Jacks
- +9 unfiltered, +9 filtered, +12 filtered, +15 filtered, -9 filtered
1 pluggable alligator clip for power
On/Off

Function	Type	Name	Source
RoadRage	PCB	Selectable Voltage Power Supply	Madbean
Housing	Flanged Enclosure	1590BFL	Hammond MFG
Power Out	Multiple Labeled Voltages	Jack	Tayda has these.

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