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PCB gurus - do you know what this is? a transformer?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:48 am
by AC128
hey.
In my Octavio fuzz pedal there is a component on the PCB I haven't seen before:
the red thingie I left in color while desaturating the rest of the pic.
Can you guys tell me what it is and what it does?
thanks guys!
Re: PCB gurus - do you know what this is? a transformer?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:57 am
by skullservant
Yep, thats a transformer. I think it's got something to do with the drive of the circuit
Re: PCB gurus - do you know what this is? a transformer?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:40 am
by culturejam
I don't totally understand it, but a transformer can be used in octave circuits as part of a full-wave rectifier (that is, the part of the circuit that is responsible for the octave).
Here's some reading on the subject:
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/i ... ic=92530.0
Re: PCB gurus - do you know what this is? a transformer?
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:19 am
by AC128
thanks guys!
Re: PCB gurus - do you know what this is? a transformer?
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 1:20 pm
by AC128
culturejam wrote:a transformer can be used in octave circuits as part of a full-wave rectifier (that is, the part of the circuit that is responsible for the octave).
indeed!
