Schematics Archive

[jbv]

jorgen.bergfors at idg.se :

> Finding schematics on the web isn't a problem. The difficult part is to find out which of them are the most suitable to build.
> Which have the best performance or are easiest to get to function? Which are even correct?
>
> That sort of information would be more useful than a mass of schematics.
>

Yep ! This has always been a problem, even 20 yrs ago when the web didn't exist.
Actually, a large part of the schematics (at least the ones regarding analog synthesis) that can be
found on the web come from various magazines and publications from 15 - 20 yrs ago.
And I remember ( back then, as I was a newbie DIYer with limited knowledge about
electronics) being disapointed so many times by circuits that wouldn't work...
Actually, the ratio of working circuits was quite low; I mean that mistake-free circuits were
quite rare.
Here in Europe, one of my main sources of inspiration has always been Elektor. Most of their
circuits are correct (and inspiring), and when there's a mistake, the usually publish a correction
a couple of months later. The other problem is : do schemos published on the web include
such corrections ? I'm afraid few of them don't...
And even in Elektor, one can have bad surprises : for instance, I spotted several huge
mistakes in the MCV-1 schemo (at least in the french edition)...

jbv