J Haible Tau Pipe Phase Shifter PCB Project

[Jaicen_solo]

Sounds good, but i'm not sure i'd go to the effort of building it with transistor arrays! Surely a Tonepad Small stone/ross could be expanded much easier? Or is the mojo of this particular design tied in with the transistors, like the Univibe?? I haven't had time to read the whole thread, but there's some mention of asymmetric sweep, what's that all about?

[DWBH]

How much does each pcb cost?

Cost me $43 to SoCal.

Holy Cow! Just for the pcb unpopulated?

Can't we do the pcb ourselves?

[StephenGiles]

I very much doubt it - stick to fuzz boxes lad

[slacker]

Have you seen how big the board is? $43 delivered from Germany seems like a fair price to me, especially when you read about  all the work that's gone into it.

[soggybag]

How can I order one of these PCBs? This sounds very cool.

[Dan N]

I very much doubt it - stick to fuzz boxes lad

That's condescending and unnecessary.

[StephenGiles]

I very much doubt it - stick to fuzz boxes lad

That's condescending and unnecessary.

Joke - fun - remember that???

[jhaible]

How much does each pcb cost?

Cost me $43 to SoCal.

Holy Cow! Just for the pcb unpopulated?

Can't we do the pcb ourselves?

The board is EUR 27.00
The rest is shipping costs, and the unfortunate Dollar/Euro exchange rate.

Of course you can make your own PCB - it's about twice as much, from the usual prototyping houses, in single quantity.
I'd kindly ask you to not take my layout artwork, and start a series production of your own. 
Or you can make your own pcb design - if you succeed in making it smaller, your boards will become cheaper. Of course, if it ends up using more area, the opposite ... 

JH. (making fun, of course.)

[markusw]

The board looks great! It's waiting for getting populated 

Thanks a lot Juergen!

Markus

[markusw]

Fired it up yesterday eve. Due to the "soldering-by-numbers" nature of the board it worked without debugging 
So far I tested it by running mp3's or white noise through it but it really sounds fantastic.
The pseudo-TZF sound is amazing!
Definitely worth the build.

Now I'm searching for a suitable stompbox enclosure. 
Any ideas? The board is about 120x90 mm.

Regards,

Markus

[Dave_B]

Now I'm searching for a suitable stompbox enclosure.  Any ideas? The board is about 120x90 mm.

The 1590DD is 188mm by 119.5mm but it's pretty slim, too.

[markusw]

The 1590DD is 188mm by 119.5mm but it's pretty slim, too.

Thanks! 
I'll have a look at this one, although I fear that it'll might be too small. There will be 6 jacks to mount in total.
On the other hand, I believe you can get this enclosure with different heights. So maybe i can mount the jacks below the board.

Markus

[skiraly017]

Fired it up yesterday eve. Due to the "soldering-by-numbers" nature of the board it worked without debugging 
So far I tested it by running mp3's or white noise through it but it really sounds fantastic.
The pseudo-TZF sound is amazing!
Definitely worth the build.

Now I'm searching for a suitable stompbox enclosure. 
Any ideas? The board is about 120x90 mm.

Regards,

Markus

Good to know it fired right up. I have the board but very little free time right now. 

[notchboy]

Markus, which transistor arrays did you use?  CA3046, CA3086, or LM394?

[markusw]

Markus, which transistor arrays did you use?  CA3046, CA3086, or LM394?

I used 3046's and I'm impressed by the low noise although so far I just have TL072's in there. I didn't even use the OPA2134.

[Dave_B]

The 1590DD

I believe you can get this enclosure with different heights. So maybe i can mount the jacks below the board.

Ah, yes, you certainly can.  I've got a little tunnelvision when it comes to boxes.

The last five on this page are all possible candidates.  Some a lot more than others.   

[markusw]

The 1590DD

I believe you can get this enclosure with different heights. So maybe i can mount the jacks below the board.

Ah, yes, you certainly can.  I've got a little tunnelvision when it comes to boxes.

The last five on this page are all possible candidates.  Some a lot more than others.   

Thanks for the link! 

There's another one that might be of interest:

http://www.hammondmfg.com/pdf/1456FE1.pdf

[markusw]

The board is about 120x90 mm.

Regards,

Markus

That was crap. Sorry! 

The board is 160x90 mm.

The ensclosures Dave_B suggested would still fit 

Actually, I like the sloped shape of the 1456FE1. Maybe I'll give it a try.

Markus