Madbean Kraken Oscillation Issue

Started by Blooze, August 23, 2023, 12:23:54 PM

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Blooze

I've just finished up a Kraken/Mudbunny/Paralyzer combo that works a treat except for the hi setting on the Kraken. Worked fine till I boxed it up and only oscillated with the range all the way up. If I have the guitar volume up or pick hard it immediately goes into oscillation and I have to turn the range all the way down or off of Hi to stop it. I have all the controls at noon. Stock build with the manual BOM. Works fine on the lo setting.

Edit: I did try paralleling a resistor with R4 to bring it to 270R and a cap with C6 (across pin 6,7) to bring it up to 2n2 per another builder who had oscillation issues. Made no difference really other than changing the pitch of the whine.

Voltages Measured:
Voltages @ 9.42V off a bench supply.

IC1:  CA3080
1:  0
2:  4.94
3:  4.94
4:  0
5:  0.606
6:  4.95
7:  9.17
8:  0


IC2:  LM1458
1:  4.98
2:  4.94
3:  4.94
4:  0
5:  4.94
6:  4.95
7:  4.92
8:  9.17

Q1: 2N5088
C:  9.17
B:  4.62
E:  4.33

Q2: 2N5087
C:  0.606
B:  4.94
E:  4.94

Q3: 2N5088
C:  9.17
B:  5.49
E:  4.94

When it goes into oscillation:
Q2
C: 0.718
B: ~1.31
E: 1.19















Edit: Looks like I may have a 100K in R3 instead of a 10K.

Govmnt_Lacky

Quote from: Blooze on August 23, 2023, 12:23:54 PM
Edit: Looks like I may have a 100K in R3 instead of a 10K.

R2 and R3 look identical. One of them is the wrong value.

You should verify ALL resistor and caps. Values and orientations  ;)
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Blooze

Quote from: Govmnt_Lacky on August 23, 2023, 01:24:38 PM
Quote from: Blooze on August 23, 2023, 12:23:54 PM
Edit: Looks like I may have a 100K in R3 instead of a 10K.

R2 and R3 look identical. One of them is the wrong value.

You should verify ALL resistor and caps. Values and orientations  ;)

I went through them all, but obviously misread the schematic on those two being R3 and R2 right next to each other.

When I get home this evening I'll double check everything again.

Blooze

Fixed it. R3 was 100k instead of 10k. I went over that thing well I thought. Doh!