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Re: The 32 OD Pure Germanium Overdrive pedal - design and build in words and pictures
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:14 am
by The_Doc
That looks classy.
Re: The 32 OD Pure Germanium Overdrive pedal - design and build in words and pictures
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 4:55 pm
by laurie
I have a 3.2 second MP3 file... (80k) if someone has somewhere to put it I can email it.
Re: The 32 OD Pure Germanium Overdrive pedal - design and build in words and pictures
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 5:01 pm
by Pepe
Re: The 32 OD Pure Germanium Overdrive pedal - design and build in words and pictures
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 2:48 am
by sclitheroe
Awesome
Re: The 32 OD Pure Germanium Overdrive pedal - design and build in words and pictures
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:06 pm
by laurie
Main PCBs arrived today. Switch PCBs have an issue that I'm sorting out - will be about another week.
I'm quite pleased.
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Re: The 32 OD Pure Germanium Overdrive pedal - design and build in words and pictures
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:23 pm
by laurie
The prototype has been running continuously for one month with overvoltage supply and hot input. Design is now confirmed.
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Re: The 32 OD Pure Germanium Overdrive pedal - design and build in words and pictures
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:32 pm
by laurie
Any manufacturing initiative can have challenges. One of the challenges encountered with the 32 OD is that the PCB supplier accidentally mixed up part of my order with another customer's. They are manufacturing another set of
my switch PCBs and sending them... no big deal for us and the small quantity of the 32 OD, but if I was a commercial customer it would affect my product delivery time.
This is quite normal with a manufacturing business - there is no "fault" here (things just happen). Managing the supply-chain when you are doing this commercially takes a lot of time and effort.
FYI - the pic of the actual PCB looks weird because it was taken through thick plastic packaging.
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Re: The 32 OD Pure Germanium Overdrive pedal - design and build in words and pictures
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 1:13 am
by laurie
SmallBear order has arrived. Everything is here apart from the switch PCB.
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Re: The 32 OD Pure Germanium Overdrive pedal - design and build in words and pictures
Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 11:27 am
by laurie
Switch PCBs along with the 32 TB2 PCBs have been shipped. Will have them all next week.
Re: The 32 OD Pure Germanium Overdrive pedal - design and build in words and pictures
Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 12:08 pm
by Pepe
Nice! Sometimes I have to wait for specific parts and then a project is delayed for weeks.