BUILD YOUR OWN DRONE (2 Viewers)

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Collected the box this morning.
VAT of €106 and a handling charge of €6.
Who's taking what?

I'm taking three of them(HMD/Ann Post/myself), I'll text Funky Kitchen and tell him to get in touch for his. I'll be in Dublin from Thursday evening for a few days and I'll have money for two of them.

 

[theoootini]

woo. fixed the input. cold solder joint. doh..|..|

 

[chutneyfarmer]

woo. fixed the input. cold solder joint. doh..|..|

Nice one dude!!! Happy for ya Going to start work on mine today.

Got some inspiration too for an enclosure from this blog....

http://www.janvannuenen.com/index.php?page=nand

Pity, I was in Ikea the other day an all. Should have kept my eyes peeled!

 

[theoootini]

 

[theoootini]

http://soundcloud.com/oootini/quick-button-press-knob-twiddle-on-new-drone-lab

 

[ratmonkey]

I didn't get one of those speech bubbles with mine.

 

[Funkykitchen]

Hmm, looks a little than i imagined, s'lookin good ootini.

Yeah moose, the 23 quid, i'll be around same area/time etc but i can meet you elsewhere, where ever suits loike.

 

[Funkykitchen]

Sorry, probably shouldn't direct that at moose but who ever i owe money to, let us know.

 

[aoboa]

Just split the kits up.
@Moose/Funky - PM me and we'll arrange to meet up.
I can do tomorrow night but not sure about the rest of the weekend.

 

[chutneyfarmer]

Got all the resistors and non electrolytic caps done up last night. Pretty easy going so far. Instructions are nice and clear. Them blue caps though!!!! Jesus!

 

[theoootini]

what's wrong with em? they're a bit small? be sure to check the connectivity after each page to be safe. i stopped doing that half way through, and i think i was lucky that i had my problems in two relatively isolated circuits (distortion + input).

here's a proper drone from last night :

http://soundcloud.com/oootini/drone-1

 

[chutneyfarmer]

Just awkward to fit in neatly on the board. Have no idea how to even test for connectivity so I'm kinda flying blind until I've everything on the board

 

[chutneyfarmer]

here's a proper drone from last night :

http://soundcloud.com/oootini/drone-1

A sick day well spent I see nice!

 

[theoootini]

Just awkward to fit in neatly on the board. Have no idea how to even test for connectivity so I'm kinda flying blind until I've everything on the board

do you have a mulitmeter? you can get em cheap from maplins. switch the multimeter to the diode symbol, and look at the tracing at the back of the pcb. touch your meter leads across any two points that look like they should be connected. a cold solder joint will prevent the current from working but looks exactly like a normal joint and will read as 1 (meaning zero connectivity.) 0 means full connectivity. some multimeters beep too. mine doesn't.

 

[ratmonkey]

I managed to put a capacitor in the wrong place and break off one of the legs removing it.

 

[theoootini]

what value is it kev, i have loads of caps. i can post you down one.

 

[ratmonkey]

Thanks, twas one of the 10pf lads, but think I can get one here, will give you a shout if not.

 

[chutneyfarmer]

do you have a mulitmeter? you can get em cheap from maplins. switch the multimeter to the diode symbol, and look at the tracing at the back of the pcb. touch your meter leads across any two points that look like they should be connected. a cold solder joint will prevent the current from working but looks exactly like a normal joint and will read as 1 (meaning zero connectivity.) 0 means full connectivity. some multimeters beep too. mine doesn't.

Nice one thanks! Think I actually do have one of them in a kit somewhere

 

[theoootini]

it'll save ya hassle later on!

 

[theoootini]

hey aob-aobs, d'reckon yer drone lab will get an outing at yer gig on the 20th??