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ArduTouch Music Synthesizer

Assembly Instructions

rev 

C

27-Feb-2019

Summary of Contents for ArduTouch

Page 1: ...ArduTouch Music Synthesizer Assembly Instructions rev C 27 Feb 2019 ...

Page 2: ...Learn To Solder download for free at http mightyohm com soldercomic The following photos will show you how to solder But feel free to download the Soldering Is Easy comic book for free ...

Page 3: ...Learn To Solder download for free at http mightyohm com soldercomic ...

Page 4: ...Learn To Solder Download in the language of your choice for free at http mightyohm com soldercomic ...

Page 5: ...Learn To Solder Download in the language of your choice for free at http mightyohm com soldercomic ...

Page 6: ...Learn To Solder Download in the language of your choice for free at http mightyohm com soldercomic ...

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Page 8: ...All of the parts Some parts are inside of this battery pack ...

Page 9: ...The board we ll solder the parts to ...

Page 10: ...The tools you ll need soldering Iron 35W or less solder 60 40 Sn Pb rosin core 0 031 diameter or less soldering iron stand cellulose kitchen sponge not plastic small wire cutter ...

Page 11: ...R1 this is where it goes ...

Page 12: ...R1 Brown Black Orange not Brown Black Red ...

Page 13: ...R1 ...

Page 14: ...wires coming out from parts are called leads they lead to the part ...

Page 15: ...R1 this is how it will look before inserting it into the board ...

Page 16: ...these are pads ...

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Page 19: ...R1 inserted into the board ...

Page 20: ...How to hold a soldering iron Like a pencil held from underneath ...

Page 21: ...The perfect kind of solder for electronics 60 40 rosin core 0 031 diameter or smaller Important Use solder WITH lead Pb Unleaded solder has very poisonous fumes ...

Page 22: ...3 Safety Tips ...

Page 23: ...Safety Tip 1 Hot When you touch the tip you will let go quickly every time ...

Page 24: ...Safety Tip 2 Lead Pb is toxic But it easily washes off your hands with soap and water ...

Page 25: ...Safety Tip 3 coming soon ...

Page 26: ...2 secrets to good soldering ...

Page 27: ...Secret 1 Clean the tip before every solder connection Bang lightly 3 times Swipe Rotate Swipe Keep the tip shiny silver ...

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Page 30: ...Make sure solder melts on the underside of the soldering iron not the side or top of the soldering iron tip ...

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Page 32: ...Secret 2 Keep hot tip down 1 second for solder to flow ...

Page 33: ...Now ...

Page 34: ...If you can see any of the pad or the hole you need more solder so just do all the steps again to make it perfect ...

Page 35: ...Cutting with the tip of the wire cutter gives you more control ...

Page 36: ...Safety Tip 3 Hold or cover the lead or it will fly into your eye ...

Page 37: ...No wire sticking out ...

Page 38: ...R1 soldered to the board Notice that each connection is a small bump not flat you cannot see any pad it s totally covered with solder you cannot see the hole it s totally covered with solder ...

Page 39: ...One part at a time ...

Page 40: ...Till all the parts are soldered ...

Page 41: ...And it will look like this when you re done ...

Page 42: ...Let s start ...

Page 43: ...If you haven t done so already solder R1 brown black orange ...

Page 44: ...R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R13 R14 R15 10K Brown Black Orange 22M Red Red Blue 270 Red Violet Brown 4 7K Yellow Violet Red 1K Brown Black Red ...

Page 45: ...U1 microcontroller socket proper orientation ...

Page 46: ...U1 microcontroller socket inserted correctly ...

Page 47: ...U1 microcontroller socket bend pins down on two corners and solder all 28 leads to the board ...

Page 48: ...U1 microcontroller socket All 28 leads soldered to the board Notice that each has a little bump of solder not flat ...

Page 49: ...C1 C2 C4 C5 ...

Page 50: ...C3 C8 100uF ...

Page 51: ...C6 C7 1uF ...

Page 52: ...C3 C8 100uF ...

Page 53: ...C3 C8 Long Lead ...

Page 54: ...C3 C8 100uF soldered to board ...

Page 55: ...C6 C7 1uF ...

Page 56: ...C6 C7 Long Lead ...

Page 57: ...C6 C7 1uF soldered to board ...

Page 58: ...LED1 LED2 LED3 Long Lead We ll use them for the speaker ...

Page 59: ...LED1 LED2 LED3 Green Red Blue soldered to board ...

Page 60: ...J1 short leads long leads ...

Page 61: ...J1 Short leads into board short leads go into the board long leads sticking out from board ...

Page 62: ...J1 ...

Page 63: ...S1 black Reset button Note The color of this switch is not important some kits may have different colors ...

Page 64: ...S2 S3 Red buttons Note The color of these switches is not important some kits may have different colors ...

Page 65: ...X1 The orientation of X1 does not matter Note X1 may be yellow or blue ...

Page 66: ...rked differently but 386 will be printed on it somewhere Note Your chip may or may not have the indented half moon at the left it may have a black indented dot at the lower left corner showing Pin 1 U2 Indented black dot Pin 1 ...

Page 67: ...U2 When chips are new their pins are bent out ...

Page 68: ...U2 We need the pins bent straight and parallel Use your work table to gently bend the leads ...

Page 69: ...Gently bend leads so they re straight and parallel U2 ...

Page 70: ...U2 audio amp chip proper orientation ...

Page 71: ...U2 inserted correctly ...

Page 72: ...U2 bend pins down on two corners and solder all 8 leads to the board ...

Page 73: ...U2 soldered to board ...

Page 74: ...R10 volume control When new the pins point straight down ...

Page 75: ...R10 volume control We need to bend them out a little to fit into the board ...

Page 76: ...R10 volume control If necessary rotate the white top so that it looks like this photo rotated half way ...

Page 77: ...J3 headphone output jack ...

Page 78: ...U1 microcontroller ...

Page 79: ...U1 When chips are new their pins are bent out Note Your kit s U1 chip may or may not have its pins already bent straight and parallel If not you need to bend them as shown in the next picture ...

Page 80: ...ins bent straight and parallel Use your work table to gently bend the leads Note Your kit s U1 chip may or may not have its pins already bent straight and parallel If not you need to bend them as shown in this picture ...

Page 81: ...U1 microcontroller These pins must be straight and parallel ...

Page 82: ...U1 microcontroller proper orientation ...

Page 83: ...U1 microcontroller make sure each pins rests in its hole in the socket with the proper orientation ...

Page 84: ...U1 microcontroller Use two thumbs to push microcontroller into the socket Make sure all 28 pins are in place and push it into its socket This is actually way easier with 2 thumbs ...

Page 85: ...U1 microcontroller Inspect all pins and be sure each went into its hole in the socket not bent If any pins are bent gently pry out chip straighten pins and insert again ...

Page 86: ...R11 R12 potentiometers ...

Page 87: ...R11 R12 potentiometers ...

Page 88: ...Speaker ...

Page 89: ...Speaker Some kits have a speaker that looks like this ...

Page 90: ...Speaker We ll add leads to the speaker from the LEDs ...

Page 91: ...Speaker Tin one side of each lead i e cover with thin film of melted solder ...

Page 92: ...Speaker Solder one lead to speaker Notice the correct place to solder the wire ...

Page 93: ...Speaker Solder next lead to speaker Notice the correct place to solder the wire ...

Page 94: ...Speaker Some kits have a speaker that looks like this Notice the correct place to solder the wires ...

Page 95: ...Speaker Insert speaker into board and solder both leads to board ...

Page 96: ...d Black go through their correct holes Note Some battery pack wires have thicker red and black plastic coatings If so you can widen the these two holes by gently rotating a scissors or small knife or small Phillips screwdreiver on the top and bottom of these two holes ...

Page 97: ...Battery pack Loop one lead into its pad and solder Then loop the other lead into its pad and solder ...

Page 98: ...Done ...

Page 99: ...Let s make noise ...

Page 100: ...er called Thick Thick plays 4 sawtooth waves at once the left and right buttons change octaves long press the left and right buttons to change sounds the Bottom knob controls the glide rate the Top knob controls how each of the 4 notes glide separately Try playing with these and see ...

Page 101: ...h comes pre programmed with a really cool synthesizer called Thick If you are happy playing with Thick then no need to re program your ArduTouch But if you want to program other synths into your ArduTouch the next pages show you how ...

Page 102: ...ogram in a new synth in your ArduTouch you will need the Arduino software http arduino cc a USB Serial adapter cable such as an FTDI or equivalent a nice one is available at https cornfieldelectronics com cfe products buy php productId usbcable a synth sketch and the ArduTouch Arduino library http cornfieldelectronics com cfe projects php ardutouch ...

Page 103: ...ery easy to use It was designed for total beginners to use successfully I won t give a complete tutorial here just some basics For more info there are many good Arduino tutorials online A good place to start is https www arduino cc en Tutorial HomePage ...

Page 104: ...Arduino First Download and install the Arduino software http arduino cc ...

Page 105: ...nd install the ArduTouch Arduino library http cornfieldelectronics com cfe projects php ardutouch Instructions for installing a zip library are at https www arduino cc en Guide Libraries Scroll down till you see the section Importing a zip Library ...

Page 106: ...Re programming the ArduTouch Third Download ArduTouch synth sketches http cornfieldelectronics com cfe projects php ardutouch Store them on your computer anywhere you like ...

Page 107: ...Ones available from Cornfield Electronics look like this Connecting your ArduTouch to your computer USB Serial adapter cable https cornfieldelectronics com cfe products buy php productId usbcable ...

Page 108: ...ornfield Electronics look like this You will need to download and install a driver for your Operating System Windows MacOS or Linux https www silabs com products development tools software usb to uart bridge vcp drivers https cornfieldelectronics com cfe products buy php productId usbcable ...

Page 109: ...IMPORTANT Make sure the battery pack on your ArduTouch is OFF Connecting your ArduTouch to your computer GND RST ...

Page 110: ...Arduino After you download and install the Arduino software start it and you will see a screen that looks like this ...

Page 111: ...Arduino The first time you start your Arduino software you need to do two things to set things up 1 Choose Genuino Uno as the Board Your ArduTouch board acts just like an Arduino Uno board ...

Page 112: ...to do two things to set things up 2 Choose the Port this will be different depending on your Operating System After installing the driver for your USB Serial cable with your USB Serial cable plugged in your operating system will see a serial port and it appears here ...

Page 113: ...Arduino Your Arduino software is now ready to program your ArduTouch ...

Page 114: ...Arduino You can open an ArduTouch synth sketch from File Open I opened Arpology here ...

Page 115: ...Arduino With the USB Serial cable connected to your ArduTouch board press the Upload button ...

Page 116: ...Arduino While uploading you will see a progress bar and when it s completed successfully it says Upload done ...

Page 117: ...ArduTouch Disconnect your ArduTouch board from the USB Serial cable And turn on your battery pack ...

Page 118: ...Let s make new noise ...

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