I’ve been clunking along with the factory installed stereo and 6-CD changer in my 2001 Isuzu Rodeo for years now. It finally got bad enough (not loading cds, probably a bad stepper motor based on the loud clicking and whirring sounds coming from it) for me to consider and go about purchasing a new CD [...]
Posts under ‘Hardware’
Further Sequencer Progress
Running into a few problems with this circuit; definitely the most dense layout I’ve tried to build before, but I was being very careful! Still working out a few glitches nonetheless, and hope to have it up and running soon! :D Front: Back (ugh, I hate looking at this mess!):
VCA, DC Mixer and Lag Modules
Soldering while drunk is rarely a good idea; unless, of course, you don’t mind constantly desoldering and resoldering components! :P Nonetheless, I’m making some headway on the synth! Yay!
TARDIS Model
I built a model TARDIS for a friend’s birthday. It even has a light on top that blinks at roughly the same frequency as the real one! I made it with a simple CMOS inverter oscillator circuit, 3-AA batteries, and a power switch. I had ideas for some other features, like sound triggered by pressing [...]
It Is Alive!
I finally finished remaking the front panel, wiring everything back up, calibrating the oscillators, and making some sounds! Finals are over, my health has deteriorated a bit due to stress, and I don’t know what is keeping me awake right now, but I’m happy to have this thing done up to this point! :D It [...]
Panel Layout
After spending a few hours with Gimp, off and on, I have finished laying out the front panel. From afar, it looks kind of cobbled together and asymmetric, but I can live with that; after all, this was all afterthought, since I had originally planned and started drilling the panel two years ago with something [...]
Panel Progress
I hate wasting time, effort and money, but that doesn’t stop me from doing so. I finished laying out, drilling, sanding, and polishing the rest of the front panel for the synthesizer. I also started labeling it by using Gimp to write out and reverse my text on an overlay for some “clear” (eh, close [...]
Synthesizer Update
I decided that it was time to expand the synth; I’m going to add the following modules, albeit in non-standard pieces and configurations: MFOS Multifunction Module, Dual VCA, and Noise Module (I will be making these by hand on perfboard to save some cash on PCBs from MFOS, however). There will probably be others, to [...]
Spring Break 2010 – Synthesizer Work!
This past week was my Spring Break – classes are going reasonably well, and I’m really enjoying my Electronics I course; it has rejuvenated my desire to work on my modular synthesizer! So much so, in fact, that I furiously worked on the project which I hadn’t touched for about 2 years (and hadn’t touched [...]