Diptrace PCB! Hats off to rollywowr!

[pryde]

Pretty stoked as I just completed my first pcb with Diptrace. Ben (rollywowr) walked me through the process including exporting gerbers to OSHpark and I can't thank him enough for his patience and generosity 

I made a couple small pcbs with Eagle (thanks to Jacob's tutorials) but really never jived with the program. I thought before I go to deep in the rabbit hole I would try Diptrace and I do like it better as its just more intuitive to me. Anyway the circuit is the good ole modified EA trem with a couple value changes I prefer.

Diptrace sub-forum maybe???

[wgc]

Love diptrace

Congrats on the new drug..!

[Leevibe]

That's a sweet looking layout for a sweet sounding trem. Nice! I'd love to try Diptrace but I'm on a Mac.

Can't wait to see/hear it when it's built and verified. What's the trimmer controlling?

[Stomptown]

I'd be stoked for a sub-forum. Maybe one of the experts can put together a tutorial to get it started??

[rullywowr]

I'd be stoked for a sub-forum. Maybe one of the experts can put together a tutorial to get it started??

I second that and would be glad to contribute.

[blearyeyes]

That's really a beautiful piece of work. Very clean!

[juansolo]

Have to admit that I installed it a couple of weeks ago, had a quick poke, liked the look of it, and haven't touched it since.

I'll add my 2nd to the request for a PCB designing subforum.

[pryde]

That's a sweet looking layout for a sweet sounding trem. Nice! I'd love to try Diptrace but I'm on a Mac.

Can't wait to see/hear it when it's built and verified. What's the trimmer controlling?

The trimmer is just for biasing the BS170. This is a great sine-wave trem. Also if R6 is jumpered you can dial back the depth completely off and use the circuit's great preamp as a boost. When I verify the boards I will share the OSHpark project.
 

[Leevibe]

I like the boost too. I've built them that way. I love cranking the level and putting it in front of an OD or on-the-edge amp and hearing the trem push the pedal or amp into clipping with each pulse.

[culturejam]

Is there a video or series of videos on DipTrace that you guys prefer? I'm interested in giving it a shot just for S&G.

[Bret608]

Man, that looks great...you may have just pushed me to give this a try too. A brief glance at your screenshot helped me realize this would be intuitive enough for me to get up and running with. I may download the free version on my laptop this weekend. I better not put it on my work computer. That could be dangerous! 

I remember seeing a few threads under the Cadsoft Eagle sub-forum, but it does seem like this has enough interest now to deserve its own.

[pryde]

Is there a video or series of videos on DipTrace that you guys prefer? I'm interested in giving it a shot just for S&G.

I didn't find a good video but started by downloading Ben's libraries:
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=12204.0

Then after banging through a schematic and pcb layout he also outlines the gerber export process:
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=12348.0

rullywowr is a DT jedi. Hopefully a subforum can get established

[culturejam]

I see chromosphere did a youtube vid on DipTrace. I'll start with that.

[pryde]

Ben helped me get my 3D modeling on: