[sdiy] PC board from artwork?

[Tim Ressel]

I have not done the layout yet. Wanted feedback first.

--tr


On 10/20/2016 1:57 PM, KA4HJH wrote:
>> On Oct 20, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Tim Ressel <timr at circuitabbey.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I made a Scope Art box a while ago. It was a lot of fun but it didn't work well with the digital scope I have. I gave it to the guy I gave my analog scope to. Now I want another one so I made a Eagle project. I have the schematic done:
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>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kx0p5rro4uq56am/AAACVV-Ok9PsBeIjgf9E98nMa?dl=0
> The schematic is OK but the board is messed up. There's one IC and three resistors on it and all the other components a jumbled together off the left side of the board.
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>> Fingers crossed the link works. I converted to TL084s because the 4136s have a funky pinout, and I don't have any on hand. I tried to keep the same ref degs as the schematic. Feel free to design review the schematic.
> It looks very familiar.  ;)
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>> Where to go from here? Since I'm a eurorack designer I was thinking of making this a single board project with the pots on the board and 3.5mm jacks for the output. Thoughts?
> The level pots are not critical but the frequency pots are very touchy. Getting a pattern to stabilize requires very careful tweaking. I used .75" knobs and they're just barely big enough. I'd recommend at least 1", 1.25" would be even better. A eurorack panel would have to accommodate this. A pair of coarse and fine pots would be very clunky to use and take up even more space.
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> BTW, another list member is also working an improved version with sine shapers. Does anyone have ideas for other new features? A little chaos perhaps? My imagination is shot at the moment as I'm working on this year's Halloween masterpiece.
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> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
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--Tim Ressel
Circuit Abbey
timr at circuitabbey.com