DIY-PCB

[JWBarlow at aol.com]

Hi Roy:

Thanks so much for taking this up! I really appreciate you doing this, and I 
know you've got a lot of work ahead of you.

In a message dated 4/9/99 4:00:34 PM, roytate at ionet.net writes:

<heavily edited for your protection!>

>I 
>would like to suggest that we concentrate on one board, with no
>promises of more until this one is finished.  I'd like to avoid
>circuits that are planned or in production from MOTM, PAIA, MAP
>or Blacet.  


I totally agree on all points! We also should make sure that we have the 
circuit designer's blessings before we begin, out of courtesy. I did not do 
this with the circuits I originally used as examples of good projects; I hope 
no one was offended (and apologies to Don for not mentioning his well 
documented Scanner -- a complete oversight on my part).

>Furthermore, I would like to recommend that we build 
>a PCB for the Interpolating Scanner and make sure it COULD fit
>behind a MOTM panel.


I basically agree here, of course if we went Juergen's route with sliders, 
that would change a lot of stuff -- panel, pots, board orientation to the 
panel, etc..


<And later that same thread....>

In a message dated 4/9/99 5:00:00 PM, jamos at technotoys.com writes:

>Actually, I'd like to see the interpolating scanner PCB built such that
>it
>could fit behind, say, a 4 or 5 space FracRac panel. 


A MOTM board is about 4.25" wide by 5.25" high and mounts vertically, but it 
could be mounted horizontally and would fit behind the hypothetical(?) 4U 
FracRac panel (4 X 1.5"). 

A MOTM board could also just barely fit vertically (like Blacet and PAiA 
modules do) if the side of the board were mounted against the panel, instead 
of the front. Better to do it horizontally I would think.


Also Clarissa might be of some help regarding the panel front, but first 
things first.

Thanks again to Roy, Juergen, Don, Joachim, and Tom G. for putting up with 
this.
John B.
BTW, what radio stations talk about the pronunciation of Moog, and then take 
phone calls about it (!!!!???)-- hard to believe in 1999.