[sdiy] diy 150 in 1? (using springs for solder free prototyping)

[Tim Ressel]

Another possibility: use 0.1" headers and jumper wires like these:

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8430

I've been toying with the idea of a Muse-like gadget with this kind of interface. My Muse prototype used it and it wasn't too bad.

--TimR


--- On Thu, 5/7/09, Dan Snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Dan Snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [sdiy] diy 150 in 1? (using springs for solder free prototyping)
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 5:24 AM
> i have been toying with an idea lately but dont know if it
> would be easy to pull off.
> 
> first a little background ((Skip ahead to point A for the
> idea)
> 
> i am at home with a 4month old baby everyday who lately is
> NOT letting me get a minute of alone time in my shop.
> i cant bring the baby in the shop,  as the floor is covered
> in toxic parts.
> 
> 
> and my wife doesnt want me bringing buckets of loose parts
> and chips into the bedroom with the baby (which is
> understandable as he could eat them)
> 
> BUT i have a ton of stuff to get done.
> 
> and NO time.
> 
> POINT A
> 
> SO my solution is to make a project system similar to the
> old 150-in-1 project kits they sold at radio shack BUT with
> parts and psu that are applicable to Synth DIY...so opamps,
> OTA's, JFET's, and some lunetta type stuff as well
> as the usual resistor and cap values. oh and i could make a
> little board with pots and jacks too.
> 
> i have a wooden box that would work great for this.
> 
> this would not only be nice to have in the bedroom but in
> general.
> 
> who wouldnt love a portable design tester??? and
> ideally,,,it would all be socketed. so you could swap out
> parts when you needed to.
> 
> so...my question is...how the heck to construct such a
> thing.
> 
> can you buy those springs at a place like mouser? should i
> rip open an old 200 in 1?
> 
> and then there is the PSU issue. getting +/- 12 in a small
> box...maybe dual 9v could work.
> 
> 
> anyway...does anybody else like this idea?
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
> --------------------------------------------
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> 
> http://www.myspace.com/lossnyc
> 
> (updated monthly)
> 
> http://www.soundclick.com/lossnyc.htm
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.indie911.com/dan-snazelle
> 
> (or for techno) http://www.myspace.com/snazelle
> 
> ALSO check out Dan synth/Fx projects:
> 
> AUDIO ARK:
> 
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJRpvaOcUic
> 
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqIa_lXQNTA&feature=channel_page
> 
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4nJPjGgOcU&feature=channel_page
> 
> and soundtrack/design work:
> 
> NEW: check out Dan's sound design from the 1998 award
> winning film SAFARI by catherine chalmers
> 
> http://www.catherinechalmers.com/videos.cfm
> 
> 
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