Hi Carlos,
You lost me a little... 😉
I was referring to a local South African AV forum... http://www.avforums.co.za where this amplifier has received some discussion 😉
-F_D
You lost me a little... 😉
I was referring to a local South African AV forum... http://www.avforums.co.za where this amplifier has received some discussion 😉
-F_D
DX Amp PCB's
Hi Nico,
I have been out of circulation for while.
I have ordered and paid for 1 set brds on your merchant site. I hope that is OK.
Humble apologies for the delay.
Regards
Emmasdad
Hi Nico,
I have been out of circulation for while.
I have ordered and paid for 1 set brds on your merchant site. I hope that is OK.
Humble apologies for the delay.
Regards
Emmasdad
Hi there Peter, I saw your order this morning, have been doing too many things at once, and I have not answered you yet.
The last set of the first batch was sold the night before... If you can be just a tiny bit patient as the factories are closed for christmas, likely until Tuesday or so, then I will request the second batch, wich will be a bit faster than the first one as the screens are allready prepared.
Can you believe it? I sold the whole first batch!!!!!!!!
Also going to nag them to make sure the boards get bottom and top mask like the PSUs, to be nice and blue. Production run should take about 4 days from date of order.
Dog, yes you can order your boards directly through me, but as with Peter who allready requested boards months ago (but then dissapeared due to ill health), you will have to be patient for a week or so.
I will check to see when the factory will be available tommorrow, maybe we are lucky...
P.S. Peter it is nice to have you back with us.
The last set of the first batch was sold the night before... If you can be just a tiny bit patient as the factories are closed for christmas, likely until Tuesday or so, then I will request the second batch, wich will be a bit faster than the first one as the screens are allready prepared.
Can you believe it? I sold the whole first batch!!!!!!!!
Also going to nag them to make sure the boards get bottom and top mask like the PSUs, to be nice and blue. Production run should take about 4 days from date of order.
Dog, yes you can order your boards directly through me, but as with Peter who allready requested boards months ago (but then dissapeared due to ill health), you will have to be patient for a week or so.
I will check to see when the factory will be available tommorrow, maybe we are lucky...
P.S. Peter it is nice to have you back with us.
Build Progress
Just FYI, I'm documenting my progress @ http://picasaweb.google.com/salesmonster
Just waiting to afford a big capacitor purchase now...
Just FYI, I'm documenting my progress @ http://picasaweb.google.com/salesmonster
Just waiting to afford a big capacitor purchase now...
Was good to see your images Dave Rice
Thank you because you had the kindness to upload those images for us.
I have watched each one of them, and in details...good work.
regards,
Carlos
Thank you because you had the kindness to upload those images for us.
I have watched each one of them, and in details...good work.
regards,
Carlos
Updated version of my shopping list
I added a few more optional values for Cin as Billabong suggested.
I think at this point, any additional tweeks to the list just stray off into the esoteric...which is great for the individual. But this list's purpose is to help someone (me in particular) get a good starting point for the additional components that need to acquired.
I kept all items to one vendor's catalog. And all items are stocked by Mouser, and available in quantities as low as 1.
As always, let me know if you see any errors or ommissions...hope it comes in handy.
IMO: The productivity and sense of community in this thread are amazing!

I added a few more optional values for Cin as Billabong suggested.
I think at this point, any additional tweeks to the list just stray off into the esoteric...which is great for the individual. But this list's purpose is to help someone (me in particular) get a good starting point for the additional components that need to acquired.
I kept all items to one vendor's catalog. And all items are stocked by Mouser, and available in quantities as low as 1.
As always, let me know if you see any errors or ommissions...hope it comes in handy.
IMO: The productivity and sense of community in this thread are amazing!

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Silver Mica Caps
I found a good supply of them @ my local electronics shop, Electronic Surplus.
They do mail order with a $15 minimum plus shipping.
I'm so excited, they are FINALLY re-opening their retail location...they have only been mail order for a few months now during a move across town.
I found a good supply of them @ my local electronics shop, Electronic Surplus.
They do mail order with a $15 minimum plus shipping.
I'm so excited, they are FINALLY re-opening their retail location...they have only been mail order for a few months now during a move across town.
Starting to build the servo boards
Nordic,
Back in post #443 you show us how to assemble the servo board. With the tiny boards that are included in the kit, it looks to me (and that ain't saying much!) that the column the emitter is attached to is all one node. That would leave R29 as a short. Is there a cut in the trace on the back of the board pictured? Or am I even more confused than normal. 🙄
Thanks, and I hope you are having a good holiday!
Dave
Nordic,
Back in post #443 you show us how to assemble the servo board. With the tiny boards that are included in the kit, it looks to me (and that ain't saying much!) that the column the emitter is attached to is all one node. That would leave R29 as a short. Is there a cut in the trace on the back of the board pictured? Or am I even more confused than normal. 🙄
Thanks, and I hope you are having a good holiday!
Dave
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Sadly it took a while for my brain to kick in...
The first couple of packages went out with strips only 6 holes long. This can still be overcome if you follow the attached picture.
or if there is enough space infront of the first holes you can solder the transistor there and have the hole available...
I recommend you not soldering the transistor into the holes even if you have 7 holes, as it is hard to remove it afterwards. just solder it flat.
If you need to cut the trace like shown in the picture, under the resistor, cut it before soldering, and test with multimeter after soldering. If you have seven holes, you can clean the copper away around the hole and mount the resistor over that (more conventional way).
after connecting it to PCB, adjust trimpot to read about 3K from servo+ to - points on PCB, before powering on.
Hi Nico,
Thank you for the info. Of course I am happy to wait for the next batch of boards. I am trying to catch up with all the stuff that I had to put on hold, such as speaker protection module, heatsinks,psu and a case for the amp so I have lots to do before I can begin to stuff the boards.
Thank you also for the welcome back and I echo the sentiment that the goodwill and co-operation in this thread are truly heartwarming.
Thank you also to Carlos who started the whole thing off.
Regards
Peter aka Emmasdad.
Thank you for the info. Of course I am happy to wait for the next batch of boards. I am trying to catch up with all the stuff that I had to put on hold, such as speaker protection module, heatsinks,psu and a case for the amp so I have lots to do before I can begin to stuff the boards.
Thank you also for the welcome back and I echo the sentiment that the goodwill and co-operation in this thread are truly heartwarming.
Thank you also to Carlos who started the whole thing off.
Regards
Peter aka Emmasdad.
You are welcome Peter.... my pleasure
All i want is see you happy, having nice amplifier to build and having the joy of life listening good music.
The good music is the one touch your heart...and to make this magic comes true, me and Nico.... we're working for that..... and doing it gladly.
regards,
Carlos
All i want is see you happy, having nice amplifier to build and having the joy of life listening good music.
The good music is the one touch your heart...and to make this magic comes true, me and Nico.... we're working for that..... and doing it gladly.
regards,
Carlos
Word of warning
If you need to cut the traces on the servo board, remember that the diagram is from the TOP! You need to mentally flip things over in your head before you start to cutting...or you will be making a trip to the shop that sells perf board. 🙄
Dave
If you need to cut the traces on the servo board, remember that the diagram is from the TOP! You need to mentally flip things over in your head before you start to cutting...or you will be making a trip to the shop that sells perf board. 🙄
Dave
Oi, DAvid some people have blind luck, not you, it seems... I have connected the multiplier inverted once... luckily nothing died... 

My favorite "mistake" was when I worked for a company building X-Ray machines.
The power supply used 6 6900uF 500V caps wired in PARALLEL!
Once in a while, a cap would get put in backwards...BOOM!!!
They learned after the first explosion...they built a separate cinder block room to power up in, with REALLY LONG cables.
Good Times
The power supply used 6 6900uF 500V caps wired in PARALLEL!
Once in a while, a cap would get put in backwards...BOOM!!!
They learned after the first explosion...they built a separate cinder block room to power up in, with REALLY LONG cables.
Good Times
Progress Update
If anyone is interested, I have added the servo building process to my photo album @ http://picasaweb.google.com/salesmonster
Enjoy!
If anyone is interested, I have added the servo building process to my photo album @ http://picasaweb.google.com/salesmonster
Enjoy!
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