Dear #synthdiy Mastodon: I have an NLC Squid Axon with a burnt component (I’m guessing a capacitor from the shape). I really want to get this fixed, but have never picked up a soldering iron.
Is it doable for me to fix this myself given my lack of electronics experience? What’s the minimum I would need to know?
I’d like to be able to attain a sufficient skill set to repair my modules, but not sure what the most efficient way to go about that.
@kel Aria is most definitely on Mastodon at @woof. She’s expressed doubts about Mastodon, though. Personally, I would love to have her stay because I really appreciate her point of view and have learned a fair bit from her about #synthdiy.
Synth workshop today with friends. Assembled three APCAPCAPC synth boards. Got all of them working, now we just have to figure out how to play them! #kosmo#synthdiy
I've started writing up my thoughts, design, and development thinking for an ESP32 based sort-of-educational pseudo-analog synth toy/hack/plaything meant to be used with a breadboard for extras.
I'm probably tempting fate by posting about it at this point, but I had several posts in draft so thought I'd hit "go" on them anyway.
When I get the actual boards back, if the posts all suddenly disappear, you'll know it was a bit of a disaster!
Eurorack DIY kits from #meebilt arrived today plus a little extra! Looking forward to assemble them. Thanks a lot! Make sure to check out his Youtube. He sells some kits on Tindie and I think all the modules are on Github as well. #eurorack#synthdiy@synthdiy#modular#synthesizer
I finally started a #Eurorack setup. I think I’m going to design some simple utility modules first to get me going. Any other diy modules that you can recommend? #synthesizers#modular#synthdiy@synthdiy
I got nonlinearcircuits - Fourier Panel+PCB as a birthday gift from my brother in February. Since then I've done a little 0805 surface mounted soldering (zlob - mineq and MTM - pulses (or was it volts?)) And it wasn't that bad and both modules worked on the first try.
Yesterday, I finally mustered up the courage to start working on this beast. All 10k:s done in the resistor matrix so far! One small fuck up that I fixed easily otherwise I think it's going pretty well. It's still scary though.
Fun fact: the hardest thing about #synthDIY and DIY electronics is not soldering (takes practice but most folks can do it) or knowing how electronics work (a lot of it can be approached like building LEGO or following a recipe).
The hardest part about DIY electronics is the fit and finish. (Not even aesthetics or an intuitive UI, though that’s all hard too!)
Just getting it all in a box such that it’s enjoyable to use and not in danger of falling apart.
I needed more attenuverters, so I designed my own 4x attenuverter module. I made a few mistakes. The power header silkscreen footprint is the wrong way. Not a big problem, just mount the power header the other way. Another mistake was that I did not put resistors between the op-amps and the outputs. This means that if I patch an output into another output, the op-amp will probably be fried. But, at least it works, and that's not bad for a first PCB design. #SynthDIY#eurorack
I've upgraded from the ice cream box front panel to an aluminium front panel. It's not very easy to make precise holes using a hand drill, but I got it close enough to fit.
Something else I've been meaning to do for ages - I've started playing with some ESP32 modules. This is how I got up and running to the point of running one of my Mozzi sketches on an ESP32-WROOM-32D using the ADC inputs and the DAC output.
I've had a few queries now about my DX100 fault-finding, so I've just hit publish on the second blog describing some further investigations (it's been sitting in draft for a month or two now).
It's all stuff that I've already posted here - the ROM checking, my Arduino ROM reader, and the problems I've had finding the connectors (which is still unresolved)...
So nothing really to conclude, other than I'm still working on it!