help with layouts
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the Life Aquatic
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help with layouts
after attempting to wire up all the guts and what not of a pedal, i finished and was only to be disgusted at how it looked. wires all over, the circuit board kind of just shoved in their, it was impossible to try to follow a wire from point A to B. So i ask, are their any good peices of literature i can read to help me plan and execute neater and more efficient layouts?
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Jero
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Re: help with layouts
It's all about planning ahead. Your layout issue is of the offboard variety and that comes down to being organized...and OCD doesn't hurt. Unfortunately I don't know of any reading off the top of my head for help with that.
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dune2k
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Re: help with layouts
That's how I do it:
Drill everything (plan ahead so that everything fits!), add colors/decals/..., then put everything in there (pots, switches, jacks, LED, standoffs) and solder the wires to the board. Next step is to try which wire length is fine for each wire & then solder that wire to the point where it belongs. Usually I start with the LED, jumpers on switches and between jacks/pots, next are connections between switch and board, followed by connections between board and pots and as the last connections those between power jack/battery snap and board. Then I connect all ground wires to have a star ground (I usually use the out jack since I usually have more room there).
Works pretty nice for me.
Drill everything (plan ahead so that everything fits!), add colors/decals/..., then put everything in there (pots, switches, jacks, LED, standoffs) and solder the wires to the board. Next step is to try which wire length is fine for each wire & then solder that wire to the point where it belongs. Usually I start with the LED, jumpers on switches and between jacks/pots, next are connections between switch and board, followed by connections between board and pots and as the last connections those between power jack/battery snap and board. Then I connect all ground wires to have a star ground (I usually use the out jack since I usually have more room there).
Works pretty nice for me.