Jed,
Thanks again for all the information. You and Andy are certainly card carrying members of the League of Extraordinary Synth Rebuilders for undertaking all the work to get these boards made and the parts list published!
Now let's see if I can get this Polysix playing 80's arpeggios again... Where's that confounded soldering iron?
Cheers,
Tony
--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, Jed Jorgensen <jed.jorgensen@...> wrote:
>
> Tony, there may also be good substitutes for some of the parts on backorder
> at Mouser. There are other brands of resistors that will work just fine and
> metal film will probably work just as well as carbon comp. There may be
> other manufacturers of the other back-ordered parts as well.
>
> I haven't had a chance to look myself, but with the exception of a few rare
> parts that may not be interchangeable you shouldn't feel locked in to the
> specific parts we used.
>
> Jed
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:18 PM, psicraft_designs <tony@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi Andy,
> >
> > I really could use that Farnell parts list - It turns out that Farnell's
> > part numbers ARE interchangeable with Newark's as you suggested, so if you
> > could email me the Farnell list I will go about searching it through and
> > assembling an equivalent project for us KLM board stuffers in North America.
> >
> > Thanks again for everything,
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
> > --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com <PolySix%40yahoogroups.com>, Andrew Jury
> > <andy@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a near complete list of parts using Farnell if you are interested.
> > > Some of these parts are not difficult to obtain, even in a third worlds
> > > county such as the UK! I believe that Farnell trade in the US as
> > Newark¹.
> > > For example 140-50N2-100J-TB-RC (Mouser) is equivalent to Farnell part
> > > number 1141756 (10pF/50v ceramic). It also helps to have a line up of
> > > different suppliers in case stock is not available. I could suggest a few
> > > but I think they are UK only. What we need is someone selling a bag of
> > > components along with the boards so that it is a complete kit!
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Andy
> > >
> > >
> > > On 21/04/2010 20:09, "psicraft_designs" <tony@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > > As a member of the groupbuy set up by HyperJed, I am going about
> > acquiring the
> > > > parts needed to populate the new KLM367-a PCBs I have coming - No doubt
> > there
> > > > are many of you in the same boat.
> > > >
> > > > Jed has been thoughtful enough to provide parts lists on the group buy
> > list,
> > > > but of course this is only the main piece of the pirate's treasure map
> > and not
> > > > the buried chest of doubloons we are after - I am starting this thread
> > to
> > > > serve as a focus for our combined efforts to source and order all the
> > parts
> > > > required from the numerous vendors in question.
> > > >
> > > > Let me start with with a note for those who plan to order from Mouser:
> > I have
> > > > imported Jed's list into a mouser project that contains most of the
> > available
> > > > parts in one big order. If anyone would like to get access to this
> > please let
> > > > me know and we'll set it up via private message. You can order this
> > project's
> > > > parts as one package for around $60 USD (depending on your local
> > exchange
> > > > rates) and it includes all of the mouser part numbers in Jed's parts
> > list with
> > > > the exception of the following: 140-50N2-100J-TB-RC. This part is a
> > ceramic
> > > > disc capacitor that mouser will only sell in lots of 2000 (!).
> > > >
> > > > There are also a number of items in this project that mouser has listed
> > as
> > > > backorder. They are:
> > > >
> > > > PART DESCRIPTION REQ'D
> > > > 291-62K-RC Carbon Film Resistors 62Kohms 0.05 1
> > > > 291-68K-RC Carbon Film Resistors 68Kohms 0.05 1
> > > > CMF5510K000FHEK Metal Film Resistors 1/4watt 10Kohms 1% 1
> > > > 291-22M-RC Carbon Film Resistors 22Mohms 0.05 1
> > > > 291-2.2M-RC Carbon Film Resistors 2.2Mohms 0.05 1
> > > > UFW1H100MDD Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors 5
> > > > HEF4066BP,652 Multiplexer Switch ICs QUAD BILATERL SW 1
> > > > CD4051BEE4 Multiplexer Switch ICs 8-Channel Analog 2
> > > > CD4011UBEE4 Gates (AND / NAND / OR / NOR) Quad 2-Input 3
> > > > TL072ACP Op Amps JFET Input Low Noise 3
> > > > CD4042BE Latches Quad D-Type 6
> > > >
> > > > If you order the project without removing these items they will go into
> > a
> > > > backorder, which may not be what you want.
> > > >
> > > > For a starting question to the group, I am interested to know if anyone
> > has a
> > > > source on the 140-50N2-100J-TB-RC (or has bought 2000 of them and would
> > like
> > > > to sell a few ;-) ) and also if there are any opinions about simply
> > doing a
> > > > backorder with Mouser vs. ordering these out of stock parts from an
> > alternate
> > > > supplier like Digi-Key.
> > > >
> > > > Let the games begin... !
> > > >
> > > > Tony
> > > >
> > > >
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