'300 VCO problem
2006-05-30 by Sjaak Jobses
Hello fellow MOTM'ers, After constructing my 300 VCO, I ran into a wierd problem wich I'll try to describe here. I can actually "hear the VCO cap (C15?) charging", at least this is what I think is happening. This can be heard best when listening to the pulse out, I can hear the "tick" of the waveform but also a very annoying beep wich seems to reset at every tick. (Coarse and fine pots turned all the way down) I think I'm only supposed to hear the tick, right? :) Also the '900 PSU is actually singing along with the beep noise, wich I find quite scary to be honest. This sounds like a very high frequency noise/whine. All the VCO outs, present the same whine together with the actual waveform. I checked the placing of all the parts, solder joints, especially the dual JFET. It all looks fine as far as I can tell. All the measurements in the troubleshooting section check out fine, except for b and f. VX measured (as noted) to the right side of R3, gives me -15.18V (again, pots turned down). When I measure VX between R29 and R36, I get +4.76V. Pin 1 of U4 goes from -0.2V to -0.5V approx., when I rotate the coarse pot. Everything is measured in respect to ground, wich I assume is how it's supposed to be done. Any ideas? I'll be happy to provide any more clues, if needed. I hope I did all my "homework", and this isn't something awefully stupid. Kind regards, -- +-------- - -- - | Sjaak Jobses <sjaak@...> ++ http://rxj.nl +---- - --- -- -- -