[sdiy] EFM Kits & the RXCV boards

[Shokwave]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "greg montalbano" <greg.montalbano at ucop.edu>


> OK, after looking back at your previous posts, and looking over the
> schematics on the EFM page, I'm thinking you may be referring to the
> RXCV-PRO, not the RXCV (two different boards).  That being the case, go
> with the schematic at
> http://www.ele4music.com/rxcvpro/rxcvpro.html
> (you might notice that the PDF version has been pulled from the site -- 
> probably due to errors).
> In short:  for the RXCV, R12 is 1K;  for the RXCV-PRO, it's 10K.

I'm actually RXCV: the problem was, I was looking at the schematic I printed
from the pdf, and the parts list from both sources...the parts list is just
wrong in sooo many ways on the web site.

> About the EFM kits --  they're probably the best value-per-dollar that
> you're going to find;  but there are some things you have to get used
to --
> 1)  There will be discrepancies between the parts list & the schematics -- 
> usually the schematic is correct.

Gotcha. I'll go by the schematic then...dammit, I got a lot of resistors to
unsolder!

> 2)  There will (as you've seen) sometimes be differing versions of the
> schematic;  building an EFM kit (and incorporating all the necessary
fixes)
> will require some research.  This used to be a lot easier, before Tom went
> over to the "Forum" format -- not sure what happened to that giant archive
> of emails covering the various fixes for the various boards.

Wheeee!

> 3)  You won't get all the parts (but you WILL get extra parts) -- be
> prepared to get creative, if you can't wait for the missing parts to
arrive.

Been there, ordered enough 10uF ele's to sink a ship...

> EFM kits are an education, in more ways than you might have expected.
>
> ~GMM  (proud survivor of numerous EFM experiences)

Yup. Love/hate, that's what SDIY is all about. Time to go back and generate
yet ANOTHER penned-up version of the parts list, and see if I can re-use
those resistors...after all, I got the 10K's and the 1K's on the board, just
all in the wrong spots it seems...

-Darren