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DIY Build Instructions – PLITKA TRACE (MINIATURE OSCILLOSCOPE)

First off, thank you for your purchase of the PLITKA TRACE DIY Kit. If you are a DIY Synth novice, you have selected a great module to
advance your skills. It is not as simple a circuit as the DISPRS or DIÔD OR, but still very doable. If you have built our BTN MASHR, you can
build this one. If you are a veteran (or, as we like to say at Tsyklon Labs - “Hero of Synthesizer DIY”), then this kit will be super fun.

First, let's make sure that you have everything on hand before we heat up the iron. The tools you will need are as follows:

- Soldering Iron and Solder
- Wire Cutters
- Wire Strippers
- Needle Nose Pliers
- Knurled Nut Tool (Xicon 382-0006) or Small Pliers for tightening 3.5mm knurled nuts
- 2.5mm Allen Key 
- Adjustable Wrench or 5.5mm Nut Driver
- Lead Bending/Forming Tool (I like the Production Devices Model 801)

The following components have been provided in the PLITKA TRACE DIY Kit:

Quantity Part Description

1

Tsyklon Labs TRACE PCB

1

Tsyklon Labs TRACE Front Panel

2

M3 x 18mm Metric Black-Oxide Screw

2

M3 Locking Nut

2

M3 x 10mm Nylon Spacers

1

Futaba 3 wire servo cable with keyed J connector

DIY Build DOC/BOM

PLITKA TRACE

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Summary of Contents for Plitka Trace

Page 1: ...makesurethatyouhaveeverythingonhandbeforeweheatuptheiron Thetoolsyouwillneedareasfollows SolderingIronandSolder WireCutters WireStrippers NeedleNosePliers KnurledNutTool Xicon382 0006 orSmallPliersfortightening3 5mmknurlednuts 2 5mmAllenKey AdjustableWrenchor5 5mmNutDriver LeadBending FormingTool IliketheProductionDevicesModel801 ThefollowingcomponentshavebeenprovidedinthePLITKATRACEDIYKit Quantit...

Page 2: ...Regulator 100mA TO 92 REG_5V 512 LM78L05ACZ Mouser 2 10 pin 2x5 2 54mmPitchPinHdr POWER HDR_LOGIC_IN 571 5 146256 5 Mouser 1 MiniOscilloscope Xprotolab Xprotolab Gabotronics com 4 3 5mmJacks CH1 CH2 EXT_TRG AWG 3 5mmInlineJacks Erthenvar 4 3 5mmNuts CH1 CH2 EXT_TRG AWG 3 5mmKnurledNuts Erthenvar Nowthatwehavethatoutoftheway letusstartthemodulebuild 1 TakealookatthePCBandFrontPanel Thisisthetop fro...

Page 3: ...nupthesideedges ofthepanel 5 Start stuffing the PCB with the 5VDC Voltage Regulator IC It looks like a small transistor with three legs Insert it through the Back side of the PCB keeping the flat part of the IC lined up with the flat part of the PCB silkscreen as shown below When soldering get enough heat on the pin you are soldering to make a good solder joint without overdoing the heat to the co...

Page 4: ...lthenegativepinoppositethe markingonthePCB silkscreen 8 Onceallofthepowersupplycomponentshavebeeninstalled thenextstepistoinstalloutpowerandexpansionconnections Startby inserting each ofthe2x5 pin headers intotheback side ofthe PCB and soldering one pin onthefront side ofthe PCB Oncetacked in flipthePCBovertomakesurethatthepinheaderisflushagainstthebackofthePCB Ifnot heatupthepinthatyouhavesoldere...

Page 5: ...ILE_PWR First theWhitewire 12VDC goes intothebottom padlabelled W Next theRedwire 12VDC goes intothe middle padmarked R Lastly the Black wire 0VDC goes into the top pad labelled B I like to use a small piece of tape to holder the Futaba cable in place while I solderit IfinditeasiertoinsertallthreewiresintothePCB thensolderthemin Besuretoinspecttheyoudon thaveanywhiskersfrom theblack red andwhitewi...

Page 6: ... This module makes its own 5VDC as we will soon test and it doesn t use 12VDC so a single channelbench toppowersupplysetto 12VDCwillsuffice 12 Once your TRACE PCB is set up and powered turn on your voltmeter and set it to VDC Connect the Red and Black leads to the terminalsshowninthepicturebelow Then checkyourvoltmeterreading Youshouldreadsomewherecloseto5VDC Asshowninthepicture below 4 98VDCisclo...

Page 7: ...dule are inside The next step is to mount the front panel and then install the jack nuts Onceyou havefront panel held in placewith the jack nuts insert one ofthe screwsthroughfront panel through the spacer then throughthePCB ThreadthelocknutontotheportionofthescrewstickingthroughthePCB Repeatfortheotherscrew Tightenthenuts untiltheyaresnug noneedtogocrazytightonthem Ifyouareusingpliers instead ofa...

Page 8: ...flush with the front of the front panel and the USB jack on the Xprotolab is flush against the back of the front panel Once you have the Xprotolabmodulealigned startbysolderingeveryotherpinonbothsetsofheaders 17 Let theXprotolab module cool offbysolderingthe pinsforthe I OJacks Once you have finishedthe I OJacks returnto solderthe remainingpinsontheXprotolabmodule Donotforgettocleanuptheflux iftha...

Page 9: ...formappearonthetoptrace NextmovethepatchcablefromCH1toCH2andyoushouldseeawaveformappearonthe bottomtrace YoumayneedtousebuttonsK2andK3tozoominonthetimeaxissothatyoucanseethewaveformsclearly 19 Don tforgettodownloadthemanualfortheXprotolaboscilloscopemodulefromGabotronicswebsite http www gabotronics com download xscopes xscopes manual pdf 20 Thatisit Jobwelldone Udarnik Enjoythefruitofyourlabors ge...

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