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Hello,
Glad you liked the tutorial video! Peter deserves a lot of credit for these and he does a fantastic job.
One of the pin headers is a bit too long. We are looking to replace 929834 with the 929700-01-36-RK part. If you've already ordered, no problems, but you may have to trim the pins a little shorter. It might also work with a standard single-row male pin header of about 6mm in length.
Apart from that, I don't think there were too many changes in the last while.
Agreed about your technique; I just put a blob of solder on there and cleaned it up after! (they are capacitors)
The ribbon cable, IDCs, screws, nuts, washers etc. will be done as a separate "BOM" attached somewhere else, such as the case. Work in progress!
Thanks again for the feedback and good job on the PCBs so far.
Best,
Andy-
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Perhaps update the docu then? There's been no edits on the wiki page for over seven years and Wilba's been gone for five or six...
Edit: okay, I've updated it. My comment was considering that if the issue had been noticed previously, it would've been nice to provide the info at that time... But yes, outdated doku sure is annoying...
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Peter's probably too busy to answer, but as he said above, he's filming the doku stuff now, which does take a lot of effort. We'd also need to place an order for cases. Other than that, everything is ready I think!
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Absolutely!
I think Eurocircuits boards will be dependable right down to their minimum design rules.
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Isolate is a polygon parameter that automatically keeps distance to routed traces, drill holes and pads. I am very conservative with isolate (0.5mm/~20mil).
Clearance is the distance between two routed traces, also related is the distance between copper and a dimension (edge of board or slot).
Conservatism is overkill, but the more conservative, the less chance of something going wrong. E.g. imagine a piece of dirt or dust on the photomask. If the clearance is too low, the fault might manifest into the production and short or cut a trace. Just because the fab gives low min clearance rules, doesn't mean they're a target.
Just my opinion of course, please decide what's right for you.
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Yep, BLM 16x16+X and 'ELO. No problems, just don't forget to set isolate to a reasonable value!
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You use EAGLE, correct? One thing I remember is that slots are always a "hack" without proper DRC. You have to manually place keepouts/restricts on internal layers.
Also note that some fabs will not like overlapping drill hits ("combo holes"); for them it's a risk that their drill or milling bit slips on an edge and breaks.
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Maybe "optional" in the sense that you can invert the current sink shift register states. Would have to recompile the firmware.
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Sorry to hear Bruno. Where did you get your boards made?
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Song positions A1-P1 (16 parts) are also switchable on the selection row. You can also have A1-8, B1-8 etc. if you need more parts.
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Hello,
Check out the masterful SEQ beginners guide, particularly under "5.2.3. Save & Take over Patterns." This I think aligns with your idea.
You may want to read about bookmarks, which are available as a related but different workflow controlling things like groups of mutes or the view type. Bookmarks are a selection-row mode on the midiphy.
Best,
Andy-
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Simply use the compare function in the SVN and you'll see the changes are minor and will have no effect on anything that you do.
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Commits approved by TK. himself. As the config uses conditionals based on the midiphy version, you've got nothing to fear when using other formats. Happy compiling!
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Good point, but please be patient for the next 12 hours or so.
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It's specific to the midiphy v4+, not to worry. The options should be broken out to the hwcfg file. But I would refrain from compiling this version for now.
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Thanks for the great feedback!
I don't use solder paste myself, but it may be easier to work with once it's a bit warmer, so I've heard of leaving it in your pocket or so.
You can find out about SWD programming here:
http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=wcoreThe test-as-you-go idea is a good one; this would basically consist of checking SMT pins were not shorted together, that the +5V rail is good before applying power etc. There's not too much to debug especially on the I2C/MIDI8 boards etc. as they're quite simple. But a basic MIDI test would not be a bad idea.
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4 hours ago, Swiss75 said:
A new board is 10 pounds...I'll take my.mistake on the chin and go again
No worries! You can use the old one for practice!
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Damn, any gory photos? Upside-down or rotated around the wrong way? I might be able to ship you a replacement wCore board (no USB).
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MIDI is actually a current loop, not really anything to do with voltages.
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Aren't the GPIOs used as LED outputs already at 3v3? So where are the current values derived from? E.g. the Res/SD board specifies 1k for each in the BOM tool.
? don't really like giving resistor values for LED brightness, as it's always so subjective. Starting values, sure, but you can always season to taste.
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Just now, rbv2 said:
right.. twelve was said in the video.
Again, I'm not sure where? Twelve ports maybe? Anyway, no bother
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Just now, rbv2 said:it's certainly a bit exaggerated with the 16 ports but i'm using expert sleepers at the moment with 16 midi out and thought of a simple switch box that allows me to determine for each synth whether it gets its signals from the computer or the hardware sequencer without moving a cable.
guess eight outputs will be enough anyway :P
The SEQ v4(+) natively has four USB busses, each with the normal 16 channels. IIRC the USB-MIDI communication protocol is even enhanced over DIN-MIDI. So if your interest is interfacing with softsynths and hardware, that comes right out of the box!
Of course for the synth dungeons, something like Bruno's moar16 would come in handy, but the "basic" SEQ can already do quite a lot.
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Thanks for the kind feedback!
I'm not sure where you got 16 MIDI outs from? The max here would be 8 (MIDI8 + I2C). There is a possibility to use a second I2C with a firmware hack to gain 4 more, but for space and latency versions this wasn't included in the standard build. @Antichambre is developing a 16x16 MIDI expander but again it doesn't fit in here. Another thing I can think of is hosting a GM5x5x5 or the newer chip, but it's also not in the plan nor complete at the moment.
Of course you have 8 outputs with 16 channels each, so plenty to work with using the 16 sequencer tracks. What was your plan with 16 MIDI outs?
CV/gate would go through the DB-25 line driver. On the other end AOUT/DOUT modules are required (under development, some solutions already available).
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I haven't tested the 5E, indeed it might be too short. The LED mounting is also different and has no "groove" to fit inside. But hey, feel free to try if you like the aesthetics better.
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Sure, might even be better. I left the panel spacing up to Adrian and have never seen the case in person yet :)
Not sure if 5G fits? Butthere's 16mm:https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/MEC-Switches/1S11-160?qs=XkGcM6gst%2F8pgAO1bVm7xw%3D%3D
dipCoreF4 and dipBoardF4, a compact Core.
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Fancy!