I would love to get my hands on a laser cuter for prototyping. Any idea what these are running, on the entry level machines?<br><br><div><p dir="ltr">Best,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Chris <br>
http://www.JuriedEngineering.com </p>
</div> <br> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;"> <header style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6;"> <div>On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 6:11 PM, john slee</div><div><indigoid@oldcorollas.org> wrote:</div> </header> <div style="padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left: 1px solid #6D00F6;"> <div dir="ltr">I like the straight-to-PCB approach. Also if you're likely to need a rev2 anyway, you can use some of the spare space on the rev1 PCB to validate any new part footprints you made, related or not :-)<div><br clear="none"></div><div>The world we live in now, where magical websites (or, as is more likely in my case, the laser-cutter at the local hackerspace) very accurately turn our design mistakes into reality and pop them in the post for $15... It's pretty amazing, no?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>John</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yQTDBase yqt1636537261" id="yqtfd59888"><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 March 2016 at 09:59, Kylee Kennedy <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kmkennedy@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">kmkennedy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">A few of the larger eurorack manufacturers I've talk to do not use Spice or much of any sim software. It's so affordable and quick to just have some small pcbs made these days they commit ideas to hardware and test there. Thanks to OSHpark!<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Learn some CAD software and start making stuff.</div><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Kylee</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Sarah Thompson <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:plodger@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">plodger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">One of the most useful things about adding LTSPICE or some other simulator to learning electronics is it lets you try lots of things really quickly. Most of them actually will work just fine in physical hardware, but the exceptions are a really important learning experience in and of themselves -- I've seen that light go on in the eyes of younger engineers that I've mentored. There tends to be a culture these days that has it that circuit design is everything and PCB layout is a (relatively) menial task. That attitude doesn't last long when you can't get a 10MHz clock from one side of a board to the other because you tried to send it across a break in the ground plane. At audio frequencies we can get away with all manner of murder, which is why everyone should try RF at least once! :-)<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Sarah</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 6:41 AM, BrightBoy <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect">jdec@mindspring.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Don't forget the classic tome, "Musical Applications of Microprocessors"<br clear="none">
by Hal Chamberlin.<br clear="none">
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Contents can be seen here:<br clear="none">
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It's a perfect blend of analog, digital and analog/digital hybrid synth design.<br clear="none">
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I have the last remaining supply of the hardcover 2nd edition. All copies<br clear="none">
are new-old-stock (new, mint and un-read) straight from the Sam's/Hayden<br clear="none">
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Price is $52 USD shipped in the USA and $71 USD shipped to most worldwide<br clear="none">
destinations.<br clear="none">
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Email me PRIVATELY if anyone is interested in picking up this holy grail<br clear="none">
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>Sent: Mar 1, 2016 2:23 PM<br clear="none">
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>Cc: Synth DIY <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect">synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</a>><br clear="none">
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Audio circuits and basic electronics knowledge     recommendation.<br clear="none">
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</span><div><div>>There's a great collection of beginner links on Muffwiggler:<br clear="none">
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>On 1 March 2016 at 09:02, Oakley Sound <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect">oakleylist@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
>> This set of articles written by Rod Elliott are a really good read:<br clear="none">
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