September 8
th
2014
www.thonk.co.uk
3
Manhattan Analog
VCA Module
Eurorack DIY Kit
Instructions
Version 1.0
VCA BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Start by emptying the
whole of the VCA
bag
into a bowl or container. This makes
it much easier to pick parts as you need
them and you’re a lot less likely to lose
anything.
2.
First you will solder the three 0.1uF SMT
capacitors.
When you remove the SMT parts from the
white plastic packaging I highly advise
doing so inside a bowl or smooth box with
some soft white tissue paper inside.
Carefully peel back the transparent plastic
with the parts angled down so they fall
into the receptacle. The tissue paper will
stop them bouncing and sliding. If the
receptacle is big enough to fit the PCB in
while you solder even better, then when
you move the part to the PCB for
soldering you remove the chance of losing
them.
Soldering the type of SMT parts included
with this kit is not hard if you have
tweezers
. You have no tricky multi pin
SMT IC’s or anything of that nature to
deal with in this kit.
Good technique is important though. This
video is a great introduction to the
standard way of soldering SMT resistors
and caps by hand:
http://youtu.be/PU7wLcuqc-I
