Napalmtree Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Howdy, almost at the halfway point with the Step C build, but I noticed mikes shop doesn't work where I am and there seems to be no bankstick prefab PCBs anywhere. Is everyone just making them out of blank boards and soldering the wiring to IC sockets or what is the recommended method of build? I couldn't find any other topics on this specific thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brathering Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 (edited) I've build the banksticks direktly like seen @ucapps.de -> Bankstick (Eprom <-> Sub-D) without any PCB, works great! ,-) Edited July 3, 2012 by Brathering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00dawg Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I designed a board and had it made at BatchPCB. Before that, I just wired them to a protoboard, yep. The board layout is really simple so you could probably make your own. You're welcome to mine, although I haven't looked at it in a while. I had one issue with Batch where my ground-plane didn't connect when it should have (specification mismatch probably on my part) but I recommend using DorkBot PDX now for one-off boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acul Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Hello:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoCubed Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Hi there! If anybody still is interested, I have made a layout for a perforated board with solderpads. I have no idea if this will work, I just made this while I'm waiting for my shipment to arrive ;) I made this with a program called DIYLC 3.7.0 Beta. You might want to flip the image vertically for soldering. If anyone sees any mistakes, please let me know. I'm really pretty much new to this and have limited time for private projects due to being in the final phase of my studies :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytsestef Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 That diagonal line beneath IC3 is going to be difficult to solder... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technobreath Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 I have eagle files on a rather compact bankstick x 8 board if u or any other are interested. I can mail em on request - just leave a PM. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoCubed Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Yeah, there's not much space for that diagonal trace, but I'll try it anyway. I want to make it look somewhat like this: If I can't get it right, I'll just use some isolated wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytsestef Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 You're using wires, I see. It can be done that way. I made mine using solder from pad to pad, like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoCubed Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 I finished it :) I think it came out pretty good actually. click Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyrin Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Hello I have bought from Mikes Elektronikseite a bankstick PCB (Bankstick - Pertinax) but i don't found any picture for explain how to solder it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoCubed Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 I don't know how the bankstick PCB looks like. I'm guessing it is made for 8 ICs to fit. If that's the case just mount the sockets for the ICS, solder them on and stuff them... Just refer to the diagram somewhere on ucapps, it's pretty straight forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyrin Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 you can see it here My link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosch Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 there's not much to solder just make sure you got the ics in the right direction. besides them it's just the header / connection wires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 <broken-record>offsite doco bad</broken record> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtiki Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Is there any US supplier of bankstick PCBs? I could order from mikes but shipping is kind of steep. My hand soldering skills are pretty terrible. If we can get a number of people that need them, I could make a bulk buy from Mikes to keep the shipping costs down. --tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00dawg Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Is there any US supplier of bankstick PCBs? I could order from mikes but shipping is kind of steep. My hand soldering skills are pretty terrible. You can always pick a design mentioned above and have it fabbed at Oshpark (DorkBot). Rather cheap for what you get and really good quality. They even except Eagle files directly so you can pretty much grab a design and send it directly to them without even needing EagleCAD (but you really should get board layout software at some point if you're serious about MidiBox). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmenator Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 ...(but you really should get board layout software at some point if you're serious about MidiBox). On these occasions I always recommend people to take a look at KiCad, because it is open source and does not have the nasty size limitation of the free EAGLE version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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