what does what (help me!)

[vendettav]

hey guys, I'm trying to find that thread on what component does what in those schematics and can't find it. I dont remember the name of the thread. does anybody have a straight link to it? also what other readings should I do to get my skills up another step?

[edvard]

You might be thinking about Geofex's "Technology of..." series.
There's a gold mine of "what part makes what noise" sort of stuff there.
Maybe:
http://www.geofex.com/circuits/what_are_all_those_parts_for.htm
http://www.geofex.com/fxtech.htm

[robmdall]

Not sure if this is what you are asking about, but a wealth of info none the less..

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=47572.0

[petey twofinger]

resistors = stripeys
capacitors = roundies , chicklets or lil black battery guys
transistors = triples
diodes = look like stripeys but they are black
pots=volume knobs
red=plus
black=minus

dont mix the last two up .

thats how i teach my kids anyway , they do pretty good teardowns . although my lil one hoarded a bunch of pcb's in her bedroom the first time . that was just adorable .

[vendettav]

^ haha that's too basic for me . I know how everything works and all but I'm trying to get a better, scientific understanding of the things 

Not sure if this is what you are asking about, but a wealth of info none the less..

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=47572.0

this is exactly what I was looking for

[artifus]

[petey twofinger]

yeah , sorry man , i was just trying to be funny .

[CynicalMan]

resistors = stripeys
capacitors = roundies , chicklets or lil black battery guys
transistors = triples
diodes = look like stripeys but they are black
pots=volume knobs
red=plus
black=minus

dont mix the last two up .

thats how i teach my kids anyway , they do pretty good teardowns . although my lil one hoarded a bunch of pcb's in her bedroom the first time . that was just adorable .

OK, correct me if I'm wrong:

Resistors:


Capacitors:


Transistor:


Diode:


Pot:


Plus:


Minus:






For the OP, also play around with http://www.falstad.com/circuit/ or LTSpice. You can learn a lot with simulators.

[DavenPaget]

resistors = stripeys
capacitors = roundies , chicklets or lil black battery guys
transistors = triples
diodes = look like stripeys but they are black
pots=volume knobs
red=plus
black=minus

dont mix the last two up .

thats how i teach my kids anyway , they do pretty good teardowns . although my lil one hoarded a bunch of pcb's in her bedroom the first time . that was just adorable .

OK, correct me if I'm wrong:

Resistors:


Capacitors:


Transistor:


Diode:


Pot:


Plus:


Minus:






For the OP, also play around with http://www.falstad.com/circuit/ or LTSpice. You can learn a lot with simulators.

Resistors , wrong . Those are tropical fish caps .
You mixed up xtrs with pots .
Caps ? Those are polypropylene or metal flim types are obviously more expensive .
THAT , diode is a radial cap 22uf 500v numbers are even there , where have you been searching ?!
You messed up + and -

[CynicalMan]

I was joking, those all fit his definitions for the parts, but are completely different parts. And the second picture down shows radial resistors. I've never seen one for real, but google says they exist.

[DavenPaget]

I was joking, those all fit his definitions for the parts, but are completely different parts. And the second picture down shows radial resistors. I've never seen one for real, but google says they exist.

Right . Sorry about that then , but i've seen them on Newark/Farnell/Element14

[vendettav]

haha that list was quite funny to read :