General builds tips
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Solder the low profile components first, from short to tall
height. Recommended order: resistors, diodes, IC socket, film-
caps, electrolytics, pots and switches
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CMOS chips are very sensitive to static charges and can be
easily damaged. It's a good idea to wear a anti-static
wristband or at least avoid wearing a wool jumper and petting
your cat/dog while building...
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Always use sockets for IC chips and transistors to avoid
heating them directly. It also makes it much easier to swap
them out if needed.
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Pay special attention to the orientation of the diodes and
electrolytics.
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The square pad represents pin 1 of each pot.
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There are a LOT of switches and pots on this PCB. Be sure to
place them in the PCB without soldering first, THEN place
them in your drilled enclosure. Gently tighten the nuts to the
enclosure, then solder LAST. Otherwise, it will be really hard to
get this in your enclosure.
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This PCB's is designed for 16mm Alpha PCB mounted angeled
pots. You could also use solder lug type and just tack some
“legs” with short pieces of wire to each pot to mimic a PCB
mount type. Again, it is a very good idea to drill holes in your
enclosure first, and mount the pots with the nuts BEFORE
soldering the pots to the PCB. This ensures you won’t put a lot
of stress on the PCB.
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Mount the pots, switches and LED's to the back side (solder
side) of the PCB and solder them from the front side
(component side).
Wiring
For more info on how to wire up the stompswitch, jacks ect, please
visit the Parasit Studio website and download the PDF called
”offboard wiring”. You can find it here:
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