Ebony + SMD SEQ V4 Lite :)

[Hawkeye]

Hola,

The white PCB looks so yummy, that I did not want to hide it :-)

Just had some fun soldering a few SMD LEDs and sawing two leftover pieces of ebony wood.

The transistors and the resistors were soldered to the backside of the frontpanel PCB, because I would not like them on top.

Also, I am playing with the idea of powering it with two AA batteries, using a voltage step-up converter - I successfully already burned two of those converters while experimenting :-)

The ´lite is a real great live seq, just had a first testing session @ the midified piano, and it was very nice - hoping for a demo soon!

The tactile switches are "softtouch" ALPS SMD switches, available for 6€ per 100 pieces somewhere on ebay, they have a very nice feeling and do fit perfectly when mounted diagonally, which adds to the chaotic look :-)

The SMD LEDs are green and orange, which I also had leftover - they are very easy to solder on the existing LED pads.

Thanks to everyone involved in this project, CD for the initial idea + pcb layouting, TK for the realization, SmashTV for production and fast shipping!

Have lots of fun with your lites, this one is official #76 :-)

Best regards,

Peter

Edited January 10, 2012 by Hawkeye

[ilmenator]

This thing looks HUGE on photo while I know it's so tiny...

[Antix]

Hi Peter,

I like It

Especially the SMD leds idea.

Regards

Antonio

Edited January 10, 2012 by Antix

[jojjelito]

Hi Peter,

This looks delicious! Guess it has to be SMD LEDs nao... Must.Find.Even.Moar.Weird.Switches :wacko:

Cheers!

J

[Hawkeye]

Yes, the SMD LEDs are very nice on that small device. It looks so fragile, yet it is so powerful :clover:

Thanks again for that fantastic piece of music equipment!

Greets,

Peter

Edited January 10, 2012 by Hawkeye

[flip]

Cool, I like the look, maybe I'll go for SMD parts on mine too :)

[Hawkeye]

Thanks to all :-)

Nao, lets do some more step-up-converter burning :)

Greets,

Peter

Edited January 11, 2012 by Hawkeye

[cit]

nice wood sheeks. im thinking on the same on mine but with the acryl frontplate to protect my pcb.

nice job

[Hawkeye]

Thanks, cit!

Here is the promised quick test-drive of the ´lite - totally different than your demo, though :)

Many greetings!

Peter

[oshidash]

Man, that seq4L is slick!

Very cool! :ninja:

[TK.]

Great idea! Now I know how to stuff my second PCB :)

Best Regards, Thorsten.

[flip]

Yo Peter!

Are these the switches you used?

http://www.ebay.de/itm/100x-ALPS-SKPM-SMD-Taster-softfeeling-/300649328602?pt=Bauteile&hash=item460018afda

[Hawkeye]

Yo flip! :-)

that´s kindof them, same seller as I bought from (recommended!)...

Mine were white (but also from alps and softtouch), but they should have the same size, so I am quite sure, that these will work fine, if you are not scared of mounting them diagonally :)

The price is very good for the quality, they are really precise when pressed and have an excellent tactile feeling :)

Greets!

Peter

Edited January 18, 2012 by Hawkeye

[flip]

Cool, thanks! :)