Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Hi, I am rebuilding a 367 board I got from Jed, and stuffing it right now.  Going off his BOM it calls for a 3.9v Zener, specifically a BZX79-C3V9.  I have a bunch of 1N5228b 3.9v zeners in hand, can anybody tell me if they will work the same?  I looked at Data sheets to compare, but am not fully understanding, due to my lack of Zener knowledge.

Cheers, Dave

Any Zener of the correct voltage and the same or larger wattage will 
work. The one in the board looks to be 1/2W or less so use a 1/2W or 
greater replacement. I have a few boards left over from fitting Kiwisix 
upgrades if you want an original.

MH


On 25/01/2013 6:21 p.m., raisinbag69 wrote:
>
> Hi, I am rebuilding a 367 board I got from Jed, and stuffing it right 
> now. Going off his BOM it calls for a 3.9v Zener, specifically a 
> BZX79-C3V9. I have a bunch of 1N5228b 3.9v zeners in hand, can anybody 
> tell me if they will work the same? I looked at Data sheets to 
> compare, but am not fully understanding, due to my lack of Zener 
> knowledge.
>
> Cheers, Dave
>
> 

-- 
Kind Regards<br>
Murray<br>
murray@paintingwithsound.co.nz<br>
www.paintingwithsound.co.nz<br>



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GREAT! Thanks.  It's a pain to have to order one part, when you have everything else on hand.  

Holy crap, I just read about the Kiwisix, I hadn't heard of that before, way cool.  Midi is something I want to implement into my P6 at some point.  So you have fully loaded boards that you pulled?  


--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, Murray  wrote:

>
> Any Zener of the correct voltage and the same or larger wattage will 
> work. The one in the board looks to be 1/2W or less so use a 1/2W or 
> greater replacement. I have a few boards left over from fitting Kiwisix 
> upgrades if you want an original.
> 
> MH
> 
> 
> On 25/01/2013 6:21 p.m., raisinbag69 wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I am rebuilding a 367 board I got from Jed, and stuffing it right 
> > now. Going off his BOM it calls for a 3.9v Zener, specifically a 
> > BZX79-C3V9. I have a bunch of 1N5228b 3.9v zeners in hand, can anybody 
> > tell me if they will work the same? I looked at Data sheets to 
> > compare, but am not fully understanding, due to my lack of Zener 
> > knowledge.
> >
> > Cheers, Dave
> >
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Kind Regards<br>
> Murray<br>
> murray@...<br>
> www.paintingwithsound.co.nz<br>
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

I have two boards I could part with. One is pictured on the web page and 
the other is in similar condition. One is from an 'Early Production' 
model and the other a later model. As far as I know nether work but I 
have not turned them on so I do not know for sure. Both are complete and 
still have the original leaking batteries on (which I can remove).

MH

On 25/01/2013 6:50 p.m., raisinbag69 wrote:
>
> GREAT! Thanks. It's a pain to have to order one part, when you have 
> everything else on hand.
>
> Holy crap, I just read about the Kiwisix, I hadn't heard of that 
> before, way cool. Midi is something I want to implement into my P6 at 
> some point. So you have fully loaded boards that you pulled?
>
> --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com <mailto:PolySix%40yahoogroups.com>, 
> Murray wrote:
> >
> > Any Zener of the correct voltage and the same or larger wattage will
> > work. The one in the board looks to be 1/2W or less so use a 1/2W or
> > greater replacement. I have a few boards left over from fitting Kiwisix
> > upgrades if you want an original.
> >
> > MH
> >
> >
> > On 25/01/2013 6:21 p.m., raisinbag69 wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, I am rebuilding a 367 board I got from Jed, and stuffing it right
> > > now. Going off his BOM it calls for a 3.9v Zener, specifically a
> > > BZX79-C3V9. I have a bunch of 1N5228b 3.9v zeners in hand, can 
> anybody
> > > tell me if they will work the same? I looked at Data sheets to
> > > compare, but am not fully understanding, due to my lack of Zener
> > > knowledge.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Dave
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Kind Regards
>
> > Murray
>
> > murray@...
>
> > www.paintingwithsound.co.nz
>
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
> 

-- 
Kind Regards<br>
Murray<br>
murray@paintingwithsound.co.nz<br>
www.paintingwithsound.co.nz<br>



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