'SPITFIRE' Metal 'n' Blues Pedal...

[Hatredman]

Loved the riffs, I'm gonna use them for my stuff

Are you lefty or is the video inverted?

[deadastronaut]

i'm a lefty....

[BoogiemanX]

I love the distortion on the 6 string STP riff. Man that sounds good!

[BoogiemanX]

Is there an editable file for the v3 layout? Or can the PDF itself be loaded into Sprint? There are several different layouts by different users. Just wondering if they had to start layout from scratch,  use the pdf , or did I miss a ".ext" file somewhere?

[BoogiemanX]

swapping C8, C10, and C11 around to try and get this thing to sound right.
using this configuration I can actually get some decent gain. otherwise my pedal sounds very tame.
C8 - 6.8nf ( using a .0068uf )
C10 - 4.7nf (using a .0047uf)
C11 - 2.2nf (using a .0022uf)  all 3 are 63v Vikiin box caps

all other configs had lower distortion levels and almost all give squealing feedback when the tone is turned up past half way.
Should any of these 3 caps be changing how much distortion the pedal is putting out? 
Lesson learned: -I REALLY need a breadboard-

[BoogiemanX]

Here is my Layout with cap values. Note C8 C10 and C11 have been moved around several times.
Anyone see any mistakes I might have made?

[deadastronaut]

you hit the nail on the head with " i must buy a breadboard"...

you havent a connection to the top left fet source...

your second from left bottom fets cap n resistor should be to ground...

the 022 at the top should be to first fet drain....



look at the original...

[duck_arse]

(when he says top left, he means bottom left.) it looks like you've strung your led between V+ and ground: no current limit resistor?

[BoogiemanX]

Ok here is a fixed version I just forgot to add a couple things but here is my layout.
Is my wiring ok?

[bluebunny]

The DC jack is being used incorrectly.  The lug taking power to the board is intended for the red wire from a battery snap.  Power and the LED connection need to come from the same place.  (If you're not using a battery, leave the other lug unconnected.)

[BoogiemanX]

Ok I see what I did.
Muahahahahah!
I got it!!!!! Had the cap value on C8 too low. Swapped it for a 0.1uf and wow all noise problems gone and this thing is a beast. Trying to get a sample recorded through Guitar Rig 5. Might have to just use phone video.

[BoogiemanX]

[BoogiemanX]

The DC jack is being used incorrectly.  The lug taking power to the board is intended for the red wire from a battery snap.  Power and the LED connection need to come from the same place.  (If you're not using a battery, leave the other lug unconnected.)

So dc to resistor and led, led to center lug on 3dpt, top middle lug of 3dpt to 9v in on PCB.

[bluebunny]

So dc to resistor and led, led to center lug on 3dpt, top middle lug of 3dpt to 9v in on PCB.

Nope.  Two wires from the DC jack (same lug): one to the board, the other to the LED/resistor.  Check out Tonepad's wiring diagrams for some clear pictures.

[BoogiemanX]

http://gaussmarkov.net/images/1590B_SETUP_BRD.bmp

I used this one and tonepads for reference.  Figured it wouldn't matter sense both lugs on dc jack were positive and I wasn't going to use it anyway. Other than that everything else looks ok?  Either way pedal is working flawlessly now that I swapped caps.

[bluebunny]

Just to clarify: the second, unused lug in the gaussmarkov picture (where you would connect the battery) is disconnected when the external DC jack is plugged in.  Anyway, good that it's working for you now.  The Spitfire is a cool pedal.

[BoogiemanX]

Facepalm!
Marc I completely forgot about that second lug disconnecting battery.  Thanks man, I will have to correct this.That would explain the slight delay when I first plug pedal up. Sometimes I have to twist the male plug just a bit for power to come on. I thought it was just a loose connection on that battery adapter I made.

[BoogiemanX]

Where is best place to get Eddystone enclosures?

[BoogiemanX]

Here is my new layout with dual LED.

[BoogiemanX]