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1. Shuttle Control has a 30 Watt switched mode PSU inside.
It accepts
12-20V DC
voltage input via 2.5 mm outside diameter (0.098”) DC IN connector. The center pin corresponds to
positive (+) and the shield corresponds to ground (-). Toggling the
Launch
switch when a DC adapter is connected will power the
module on.
An internal circuit creates reg12V (1A), -12V (0.7A) and +5V (1A) that supply:
- USB-to-MIDI-to-CV converter;
- USB MIDI devices connected via USB such as an iPad, USB MIDI keyboards, midi controllers and USB goose-neck lamps;
- po5V rail at Doepfer A-100 bus 16-pin IDC-connector via flying ribbon cables or connecting third-party bus-boards.
Taking into account the PSU has general efficiency at roundabout 90% (differs on different rails and the DC voltage applied),
to obtain the required aforesaid output currents one should power the module with 3 and more Amperes from 12 to 20V DC
power adapter.
The PSU is designed to supply one full row of all Endrphin.es modules with a reserve of current – i.e., up to 1000 mA from +12V
rail, 600-700mA from -12V rail and up to 1000 mA from +5V rail (
Shuttle Control de5V to the busboard when the ‘+5V
to bus’ jumper installed. Do not install the ‘+5V to bus’ jumper when you power the Shuttle from external busboard that has
a +5v adapter installed.
).
It is capable of supplying more modules, however keep in mind to calculate their overall power consumption. Powering too
many modules will increase the temperature of Shuttle Controls backside. There are short-circuit, reversed DC jack pin-out
and thermal overheating protections. Because of certification issues for every certain country in the world with PSU – we do
not deliver a power adapter with the module. The Shuttle Control can be powered from almost any 12-20V multimedia power
adapter that can be bought in any country in most consumer electronic supermarkets. An universal laptop power adapters also
fit fine – just sure you are using the proper barrel plug
(2.5 mm center pin/5.5 mm outer diameter, center positive DC barrel
plug, minimum 3 Ampere, 12-20 Volts DC
)
. 12-15V are the most common and optimal ones. See
addendum
to that manual
with the advices and links how to choose the PSU for Shuttle Control.
We advice you to use a wall-wart power adapter that has a built-in short circuit protection. I.e., when there is shorting at one of
its rails to ground it should shut off immediately.
If you use some wall wart power adapter with reversed polarity – i.e. ground allocated at center pin and positive at shield the
connected power adapter simply will not work. Normal working temperature of the backside of the module is around 30-50°C.
Plugging in more modules will make the module warmer but usually will not heat up to more than 70 to 80°C. Loading more
modules at that stage isn’t recommended. The built-in thermal shutdown turns off the power when the circuit inside the PSU
goes above 150°C. Only when the temperature falls below 120°C the PSU will start working again. Do not touch the backside
of the module as it might be too hot!On the backside of the module you may notice a 16-pin Doepfer A-100 bus IDC-connector.
When using AC-DC power adapter with the power adapter physically plugged into DC jack at the faceplate - the internal PSU will
send the power to the bus board, so you may power other modules with Shuttle Control via a flying bus board or connect it into
another bus board.
There is the option to power the Shuttle Control from a bus board in case you already have a powered bus and don’t plan to use
Shuttle Control’s power adapter. You may connect SC into the powered bus board directly using the supplied flying board or any
other 16-pin ribbon cable. Before doing so you must unplug the supplied AC-DC adapter from the Shuttle Control’s jack on the
faceplate.
Keep in mind that Shuttle Control de5V to the bus all the time. That means you have to unplug all the other +5V adapters
that are installed on your powered bus before turning on your modular. Shuttle Control is protected against powering to exter-
nal +5V power supply, however it may harm other +5V adapters.
When powering from an external powered bus board the power consumption of Shuttle Control is the following:
max 120mA
from po12V rail and
max 80mA
from negative -12V rail,
max 200mA
in total (depending on how bright the LEDs are at
the moment).
There are two jumpers on the backside.
CV1 to Bus CV / CV9 to Bus Gate
jumpers create normalled connections from CV1
output jack into Bus CV (13 & 14 pair of pins) and CV9 output jack into Bus Gate (15 & 16 pair of pins) at Doepfer A-100 16-pin
IDC-connector. Now it is s convenient to assign CV1 to pitch CV and CV9 to gate CV.