Small Stone...plenty of coffee for debug !

[petemoore]

  Good thing I stocked up on the coffee.
 Most recent update, the ~deep phasing sound that was available with buzz-input on IC's inputs 3 and 4 stopped, all that stuff about the LFO working is now part of the new debuggery.
  Hafta checkn see if the 82 pin readings are now erronious sometimes soon, perhaps after a pot of French-Columbian mix.
 Tonepad board, worked.
 Clear signals pass through it.
 LFO is LFO-ing, the rate knob controls the speed of the small LFO signal that leaks through, amp turned up.
 No Phasing.
 Has 2 added fixed stages, all stock otherwise, oh...I tacked a booster at the end, it's working.
 All the voltages of the Ca3080's are:
IC 1 :
1.0        8
2.3v      7.  7.30 - 7.60
3.3v      6.   8.95-8.00  
4.gnd
IC2
     1.               8.
2.3          7.  7.60
3.3          6.   3.90
4.gnd      5.   .60
IC3
1.             8.
2.3.90         7.  7.59
3.3.01          6.  2.92
4.Gnd          5.   3
IC4
1.                 8.
2.  3.92        7. 7.59
3.   3.05        6.  2.92
4.  Gnd.        5. .6
IC5
1.               8.
2. 3-ish      7. 7.603-ish    
3.  3-ish     6.  3.85
4.  Gnd      5.   .6
Q1
C 6.70
B  2.
E   2.36
Q2
C  $.41
B 1.57
 E 7.38
Q3
C 7.30
B  6.72
E  4.41
Q4
C 3.39
B  3.86
E  3.53
Q5
C  7.23
B 3.86
E  .6
Q6
C 7.40
B 3.5
C 2.52
Q7
C 7.30
B  3.80
E  3.50
Q8
C  7.30
B  3.53
E 2.94
Q9
C  7.30
B  3.56
E  2.96
Q10
C  7.30
B  3.56
E   2.96
Q11
C 5.01
B  5.42
E   4.73
Q12
C  5.95
B  5.15
E  473
Q13
C   7.30
B  1.7
E  1.2
Q14
C 4.90
B  1.18
E  .6
I'm not sure what the deal is, signal passes through nice 'n clear, the LFO
is at least LFO-ing, used to work...I tried the usual ins/outs 'n groundebugs,
I didn't find anything out N/C or shorting, not to say there couldn't still be shorting,
wiggle wires one by one with the whittle the while away stick didn't turn up any intermittencies either.

[petemoore]

  I did a re-house to size it for pedalboard mount.
  Now it'll fit on the pedalboard !
  Ahhh that was pretty good !
  Nothing dictates the requirement for a re-think like a good debug !
  Amazing how learning about PCB's and 3080's works when debugging all the way through a Small Stone, it's like I just wanted to do that so I fixed a wire that would for sure and real quick that would start the process.
  Same thing with the 5088's and 5087's, when it's all on a PCB and pointing the right way, it works and there's no need to look at it.
  Just one thing can change all that. Hence it to say I got some good tracing and opamp / transistor number referencing going across the schematic and PCB layout and parts list, values...very interesting reading !