{"id":35,"date":"2018-04-25T16:03:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T16:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/bbrzycki\/?p=35"},"modified":"2018-05-11T11:31:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T11:31:16","slug":"build-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/bbrzycki\/build-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

I first gathered all the necessary components: the analog controls, input\/output jacks, resistors, capacitors, transistors, and of course the enclosure.<\/p>\n

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I connected most components onto a perfboard base, which basically functions as a lighter-weight breadboard. Since I haven’t really worked with transistors or tried to solder up a circuit this complicated before, it took a bit of time to make sure I connected everything correctly and as neatly as possible.<\/p>\n

On the metal enclosure, I drilled holes for the knobs, I\/O jacks, LED enclosure, and push button.<\/p>\n

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With the components put it, just to see how it looked:<\/p>\n

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After I drilled the holes, I painted a simple design with acrylics and went over it with multiple layers of gloss finish. After that finished, I added the components back in.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I soldered in the basic circuit. I used transistor holders (the circular parts with three holes) as opposed to directly soldering in the transistors, since soldering can damage transistors if you aren’t quick with it (and I knew from the get-go that I wouldn’t be that quick!).<\/p>\n

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Once the circuit was fully connected, it was a (relatively) simple matter of screwing in all the components into the enclosure and soldering them together. Here are views with both the top and bottom of the perfboard exposed:<\/p>\n

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I had to learn the orientations of transistors, make sure the LED and electrolytic capacitors were in the correct directions, and figure out how to connect the DPDT switch. I ended up following this orientation:<\/p>\n

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After all that building, my finished pedal:<\/p>\n

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