[sdiy] presets on a modular

[john mahoney]

Thanks for the feedback, Glen and Jay.

This was the "steam powered" approach. Much cooler to use a
micro-based system, yes! Let each module have its own brain. Digital
switches (which this has)

There are probably some cool matrix switch ICs that would make a 16 x
16 router. (Chime in on that, anyone!)


> ... a retractable setterboard...

Cool. Use flash memory on the modules?


> ... Those trim pots and little switchs aren't all that heavy duty
and aren't made for constant use....

No, the preset controls aren't designed to withstand "constant use."
The best DIP lifetimes I've seen are 5,000 and 10,000 cycles. The
trimpots last... I dunno. But then, how many sets of presets are you
going to set per year, lifetime average? ;-)
--
john (short on time)