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#91

Global Annoucements / July 2024 releases

Last post by madbean - July 22, 2024, 12:37:18 AM

I had to cut bait and go with what I have ready now. 14 projects was just too ambitious for this month considering I am leaving later this week for vacation. So, releases are listed below. The Kezurokai, Tone Virus, Wavelord and Trash Compactor will have to wait until about August 9th. Apologies to those waiting on those projects. I put in about 50 hours on this release and it wasn't quite enough.

Anyway, I will be shipping this coming week until Wednesday evening. Thursday I'm off my my first beach vacation in like 30 years.

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#92

Build Reports / Re: Gary??? - Madbean Splunker

Last post by oeslicoalfin - July 21, 2024, 08:32:17 PM

The way the red looks like splattered blood over the other colors instead of ink emulsion with the other colors is incredible.

#93

Build Reports / Re: Gary??? - Madbean Splunker

Last post by jessenator - July 21, 2024, 04:52:43 PM

That is killer. BOTY stuff here.

Dang, thank you, Brian! That means a lot.

I'll need to check up some of that rosin on the switch board...

#94

Build Reports / Re: Gary??? - Madbean Splunker

Last post by madbean - July 21, 2024, 03:38:25 PM

That is killer. BOTY stuff here.

#95

Build Reports / Re: Gary??? - Madbean Splunker

Last post by jessenator - July 21, 2024, 02:15:17 PM

Came out great. Love it.

Thanks, dude!

#96

Open Discussion / Re: Belgian customs sucks!

Last post by Tremster - July 21, 2024, 12:57:26 PM

I really think you should consider Musikding in Germany, they are highly recommended and reliable. Maybe another option is Retroamplis in Spain...

Or UK Electronic ("UK" ist just the name, they are in Germany, fair and reliable); or Banzai if need be.

Edit:
Or Tube Town

#97

Open Discussion / Re: Belgian customs sucks!

Last post by Willybomb - July 21, 2024, 07:09:29 AM

A couple of PCBers have set up Australian distributors.  PCBmania have someone on Bairnsdale (lol, dunno why you'd pick that podunk town, but anyway), and Guitarpcb are using Pedalpartsaustralia as resellers.

#98

Build Reports / Re: Gary??? - Madbean Splunker

Last post by BryGuy - July 20, 2024, 11:46:12 PM

Came out great. Love it.

#99

Tech Help - Projects Page / Re: R13 on Dragonbeard Jr

Last post by madbean - July 20, 2024, 11:41:43 PM

That does appear to be a typo/wrong value. 11k is fine there. Even 10k. A 1uF/1k1 will create a HPF filter @ around 140Hz so it's cutting out some low end. I'm a bit surprised that it was the source of your other problems, but I guess the proof is evident here. I'll make that change to the build doc and also the DragonBeard Jr, since I used the same schematic as the basis for it.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

[Vault-Tec: Be prepared for the future today!]

#100

Build Reports / Gary??? - Madbean Splunker

Last post by jessenator - July 20, 2024, 07:55:54 PM

HA HA HA HA GAAARRRYYYYY!
GARY?
GARY!!!



Vault-Tec: Be prepared for the future today!

Little did the lucky(?) few who secured their places in the vaults realize what they were in for. Are you a singular man locked away with 999 women? Or the other way around? Maybe a few wild animals were released to keep you company? Perhaps your central vault mainframe has told you, on your first day as Overseer, that you have to sacrifice one person from your vault every year or you all die? Or maybe you're all alone with only a box of hand puppets seemingly left there on accident?

No. You didn't retreat to your vault, you weren't even born there—you were grown there. You understand only one thing: Gary. And every other non-Gary needs to die. Lucklily you have 50-some-odd other Garys to keep you company and protect the vault. But eventually you got so wrapped up in the hunt that you drifted from the saftey of Vault 108 and happened upon a group of soldiers wearing red and black painted armor—power armor.

You're taken, but they don't want you for a slave, for meat, like other wastelanders. They want what's on your left arm. They want your Pip Boy, and they meant to get it by any means necessary.

Such was the fate of Gary 23. The Brotherhood of Steel Outcasts were determined to gain access to the cache of pre-war arms, provisions, and other technology, but there was one hitch: it was tied to a VR simulation which could only be completed when interfaced with one of the hand-held computers given to select few military staff and denizens of the Vaults. Sadly, Gary 23 did not surrender his Pip Boy willingly, and after his death the unit attached to him ceased to operate. Luckily for the Outcasts a naive young Vault Dweller happened by and relived the retaking of Anchorage in the simulator, thereby opening the pre-war cache.

Done with Tayda's Metallic Candy Blue, which was just perfect given the 2015/2024 reimagined texturing of the Fallout Vault Suit. I had many ideas for this one, with and without the control text. Odd that they did the box inside and out and managed to not fill the screw holes. Didn't even ask for any sort of masking, so IDK.

The circuit is great! I love the ability to have a dwell/feedback control that is very easy to manage and make sure you don't self oscillate, though you can should you fancy it. After testing out quite a few combinations I ended up going with the following:

- Motorola 2N3904 with an hFE of 158 for Q1
- mushroom top 2N3565 with an hFE of 353 for Q2

Thanks for looking.