polyphase finished

[woolley]

ok, when i said nicley, my definition is "a bit of a squeeze, nothing shorting, optimal footprint" this one isn't too bad, but there is no box that is just a little smaller  you might also notice i enjoy running solder around racecar tracks. the board is in there sideways, with the pots wired. i used a bit of ribbon cable because it would have been a bit of a tangle otherwise. the extra inulated jack was for an ext env in, but i changed it to take volts (CV stlye) for the LDRs via the toggle. it doesn't really work that well at the moment though (the CV that is... simple implementation). i don't think you can see it but the regulator is screwed to the chassis above the LFO pot. it was warm as it is taking 30V from my DeluxeMemoryMan adapter, so i mounter her 


more pics:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k17/woochoo/polyphase.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k17/woochoo/polyphase-board.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k17/woochoo/polyphase-fleur.jpg <- compare size between 1790NS and a cheapo 'BB'

this is the first time i've posted pics. it's kind of wierd, like an out of body experience or something...

[lowstar]

hi woolley,
so your pots are wired, not board mounted, right ?
if so, and yours has no tick, it can´t be the non-board mounted pots in mine.
was yours tick-free already before you put it into the enclosure ?
and the 2n5088 that i mentioned in my before post, how´s yours oriented ?

cheers,
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[woolley]

pots are wired. it WAS ticking when it was all sprawled out on the bench. no shielded wires then or now. i did notice that the tick was reduced when the output wire (i think) was moved away from the mod rate pot while it was still on the bench. i didn't take any specific care with its routing once in the box. [checking...] sure enough it goes right across the middle of the board in a nice 90 degree curve to my additional volume pot.

sorry the pic is a little blurry, but you get the picture right?

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thanks woolley,
i get the picture.  that´s how mine are oriented, too. i´m still surprised that it worked before with the 2n5088 reversed 
it´s too bad i can´t get an enclosure here that´s big enough to fit the circuit, so i could figure out if the ticking disappears and if i´m wasting my time now trying to debug something that needs no debugging. 

cheers,
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i´m having the most peculiar findings during the debugging of this circuit:
i got some more 4013´s and...if i put in a phillips HEF4013BP instead of the TI CD4013BE, the ticking is less loud, the lfo doesn´t hiccup any more and the cycle is faster with the same pot settings.
weird, huh ?

i decided the circuit would fit nicely into a hammond DD, which i happen to have here, so in the next hours/days (got 2 more circuits in the worx), i´m gonna box it up and see what happens.

cheers,
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