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Transmuter V1.5

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Page 1: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 1 Transmuter V1 5 BUILD GUIDE www beast tek com ...

Page 2: ...X 1 221LF 1 RN2 1M 9 pin 8 resistor network array 9X 1 105LF 1 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 3MM Red LED 8 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R23 R24 1K Ohm Resistor 1 Brown Black Black Brown Brown 10 S1 DT 6 Bush Button Switch 1 JP1 34 Way Pin Header Single Row MALE 1 PJ301BM Erthenvar 3 5mm Mono Jack 18 Stereo Thonkiconn Jack 2 ...

Page 3: ...16 C17 C18 C24 100nf Blue Monolithic Capacitor 104 13 C20 C21 100uf Electrolytic Capacitor 100uf 2 R21 R25 R28 R29 220 Ohm Resistor 1 Red Red Black Black Brown 4 R27 1K Ohm Resistor 1 Brown Black Black Brown Brown 1 R26 4 7K Ohm Resistor 1 Yellow Violet Black Brown Brown 1 R20 10K Ohm Resistor 1 Brown Black Black Red Brown 1 R17 R18 22K Ohm Resistor 1 Red Red Black Red Brown 2 R19 R22 100K Ohm Res...

Page 4: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 4 IO Board Step 1 Install and solder the ten 1K resistors R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R23 R24 ...

Page 5: ...0R resistor network RN1 Note the orientation matters there is a dot marking pin 1 as per the photo below 220R is marked as 221 IO Board Step 3 Install and solder 1M resistor network RN2 Note the orientation matters there is a dot marking pin 1 as per the photo below 1M is marked as 105 ...

Page 6: ...r strip to size and install and solder into place Solder one pin first so it can be easily reheated and adjusted so that it is sitting at a right angle When its sitting neatly at a right angle solder the remaining pins IO Board Step 5 Next install the brass standoff using an M3 6mm screw ...

Page 7: ...LDER then carefully slide the panel over the jacks Carefully place 6 jack nuts at various locations to help stop it falling apart Use a book a piece of stiff cardboard or timber on top and carefully flip over Solder ONE pine of each jack to secure them in place Flip back over and remove the jack nuts and panel ...

Page 8: ...ve a small stub of the pin remaining so that it s possible to tell which side is the ground This is required because MIDI IN should not be connected to ground to avoid ground loops Seat the jack with the snipped ground pin oriented as per the red arrow below ONLY CUT THE GROUD PIN FROM ONE JACK Its required on the second jack ...

Page 9: ...ide Page 9 IO Board Step 8 Seat the remaining stereo thoniconn jack with the ground pin in its place along with the red leds and the push button switch paying close attention to the orientation marked on the PCB Don t solder them just yet ...

Page 10: ... solder one pin of the thonkiconn jacks LEDs You may need to push the push button switch back up so that its flush with the PCB if it keeps falling out you can use a piece of sticky tape or blu tack etc to hold it in place Once one pin of each component is soldered to hold it in place flip the panel over and finger tighten the remaining nuts Make sure everything is seated nicely and when you are h...

Page 11: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 11 Main Board Step 1 Install and solder the one 1K resistor R27 ...

Page 12: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 12 Main Board Step 2 Install and solder the one 10K resistor R20 ...

Page 13: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 13 Main Board Step 3 Install and solder the one 4 7K resistor R26 ...

Page 14: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 14 Main Board Step 4 Install and solder the one 100R resistor R28 ...

Page 15: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 15 Main Board Step 5 Install and solder the three 220R resistors R21 R25 R29 ...

Page 16: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 16 Main Board Step 6 Install and solder the two 100K resistors R19 and R22 ...

Page 17: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 17 Main Board Step 7 Install and solder the two 22K resistors R17 and R18 ...

Page 18: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 18 Main Board Step 8 Install and solder the 1N4148 diode D9 making sure the band stripe matches the orientation on the PCB silkscreen ...

Page 19: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 19 Main Board Step 9 Install and solder the two 1N4004 power diodes D10 and D11 making sure the band stripe matches the orientation on the PCB silkscreen ...

Page 20: ...ter Build Guide Page 20 Main Board Step 10 Cut the machine pin socket strips to the appropriate sizes Install and solder in place Use a book or firm piece of cardboard to hold the sockets in place while flipping over to solder ...

Page 21: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 21 Main Board Step 11 Install and solder the 20mhz crystal Q1 ...

Page 22: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 22 Main Board Step 12 Install and solder the two 22pf capacitors C22 and C23 ...

Page 23: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 23 Main Board Step 13 Install and solder the thirteen 100nf capacitors C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C24 ...

Page 24: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 24 Main Board Step 14 Cut three pieces of 2x3 male pin headers and install and solder into ICSP MIDIIN and MIDIOUT ...

Page 25: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 25 Main Board Step 15 Install and solder the 2 x 5 pin shrouded IDC power header paying attention to the location of the notch key ...

Page 26: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 26 Main Board Step 16 Install and solder the two 100uf capacitors C21 and C28 ...

Page 27: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 27 Main Board Step 17 Install and solder the one 7805 voltage regulator into IC10 ...

Page 28: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 28 Main Board Step 18 Install and solder LED1 paying attention to the symbol on the PCB which is the long pin of the led ...

Page 29: ...in Board Step 19 Cut the female pin header to size then install and solder into place To make cutting easier a pin can be pulled out of the header at the location of the cut using pliers prior to cutting leaving an empty socket which can be cut cleanly ...

Page 30: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 30 Main Board Step 20 Install the 6N138 opto coupler into OK1 ...

Page 31: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 31 Main Board Step 21 Install the MCP4822 DAC into IC8 ...

Page 32: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 32 Main Board Step 22 Install the TL072 IC into IC9 and the two 74HC595 ICs into IC1 and IC2 ...

Page 33: ...www beast tek com Transmuter Build Guide Page 33 Main Board Step 23 Install the four MCP602 ICs into IC3 IC4 IC5 and IC7 ...

Page 34: ...e Page 34 Main Board Step 24 Lastly install the ATMega328 IC into IC6 Finished Well almost Please refer to the user guide for instructions on how to jumper the MIDIIN and MIDIOUT headers to set the polarity for different 3 5mm MIDI adapters ...

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