[sdiy] Tasty Crap in small packets

[Jay Schwichtenberg]

Maybe just having some berg pins stick out the panel and jumper wires with
connectors and heat shrink. Just depends on how small you want to go.

I'd check the specks for the trimmers before I'd do anything. People don't
realize that a lot of connectors and things like trim pots don't have a long
life if used quite a bit. For example a trimmer may be speced for 1000
rotations where a real pot may have 50k-100k rotations speced. Connectors
can have the same problem. Some are only good for 50 to 100 insertions.

Jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Batz Goodfortune
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:20 PM
> To: Glen; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Tasty Crap in small packets
>
>
> Y-ellow Glen 'n' all.
>
> At 11:51 PM 7/29/03 -0400, Glen wrote:
> >At 11:40 PM 7/29/03 , Batz Goodfortune wrote:
> >
> > >Any thoughts would be most appreciated.
> >
> >Here's a thought:  If we come up with an appropriate connector, and maybe
> >even some tiny controls, how are you going to *label*
> everything? Will you
> >even have room for labels?
> >
> >I would ask about getting your fingers on the tiny controls and
> plugs, but
> >I assume you are prepared to use tweezers and a jeweler's loupe?   :)
>
> A number of my friends are small furry rodents. It's not a problem.
>
> Actually the knobs aren't that small. Rather elegant in fact. The dial
> markings are already on the pot's housing. Sure, for someone who labels
> their panels with dymo tape this is going to be a problem but even my
> crappy lazy printer should suffice as an initial panel print. When a
> critical mass of panels is achieved I can use the time honored method of
> getting a colour laser print of a bunch of panels and having them
> heat-pressed with a nice, low reflective stipple finish.
>
> Since, (dare I say it) most of my stuff is digital, I can save a lot of
> space.  The processing etc, is all Analog of course. Digital
> control is the
> key here but I don't want to run a digital control bus. Although I have
> thought about it. Doing such a thing would be really compact but
> lacks that
> human feel and immediacy which inspires creativity. (Mmm. Must remember
> that for a press release.)
>
> Space is the problem. I'd love to have a wall of standard sized
> modules. I
> just don't have any wall left. But I've got about 4Us of rack space. And
> this handy little cage which would do the job.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Be absolutely Icebox.
>
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