Guest psytron Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 hello allare you tired of drilling all those holes when making a midibox.I have been thinking about going surface mount components for chips,resistors,capacitors.if i use the large smd components i dont think tiny soldering will be too hard.obviously the boards will need to be changed somewhatlike a mirror image of the ones we are using now.I believe I will start on one of the smaller/less complex boards like the dout/din/ain. any of these should be easy to make into sm and wont require any holes at all (unless you like to use some for connectors).I would like to know if anyone is keen on this idea. so i will share the boards (after they are tested or befor if you want to help). Boards will be stored as a zip WITH a help file saying that size/style all of the components as to avoid confusion.Hopefully this will be of benifit to other midiboxers not just a vent for my frustrations on breaking so many drills yesterday ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Sounds cool...Hopefully this will be of benifit to other midiboxers not just a vent for my frustrations on breaking so many drills yesterday LOL :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lall Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Indeed, very interesting idea.This would help reducing significantly the size of the boards.Why not then make an ultra-slim sequencer/SID that can fit in a small suitcase ;DIf you go for it, maybe you can look at alternative chips (if they can easily be found in shops) that work in 16-bits instead of 8. I found some on the web for AIN, DIN or DOUT I don't remember. That would also help reduce the size.Best regards,Lall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psytron Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 I have also been looking at some chips that contain a series of parallel resistors on them obviously for the din/dout boards.after another look at the board desighn i think it will be a total redesign of the boards i think.If you go for it, maybe you can look at alternative chips (if they can easily be found in shops) that work in 16-bits instead of 8. I found some on the web for AIN, DIN or DOUT I don't remember. That would also help reduce the size.am i right in thinking that this would require some coding.coding is definatly my weak spot :-[but then again this is a concepts board, so fire awaykeep the concepts coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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