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ianbargle
Joined: Sep 20, 2006 Posts: 8 Location: california
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject:
Everything Works Except Oscillator 1 Subject description: Debugging Question for Oscillator 1 on the Sound Lab |
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Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum, but it looks like you all give good advice so I thought I'd ask for some help. I finished my sound lab and everything works fine except for Oscillator 1. I'm getting no sound out of oscillator 1 at all. I did a continuity check with my multimeter and all the connections listed in the schematic are connected. The LF444 (IC5) is getting the proper power (it didn't melt on power up) and is outputting the following (dc) voltages:
pin1: 7.88
pin7: 0.10
pin8: 7.90
pin14:-5.47
All the capacitors and resistors are the correct value. This thing should be oscillating! (maybe it is...I don't have an o-scope to check it with) Could it be the JFET? Or maybe it's one of the 2N3904s? If anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate the help (or maybe I should leave well enough alone). Great forum! Thanks. |
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Pehr
Joined: Aug 14, 2005 Posts: 1307 Location: Björkvik, Sweden
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Uncle Krunkus
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Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 4761 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:10 am Post subject:
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Is it getting to the mixer pot? _________________ What makes a space ours, is what we put there, and what we do there. |
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ianbargle
Joined: Sep 20, 2006 Posts: 8 Location: california
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject:
Is it getting to the pot? |
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Hey Uncle Krunkus and Pehr. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my post. To answer your question, the signal is getting to the pot because the -5.47 volts from pin 14 (of IC5) makes it to R30 (which goes into the filter input--pin 3 of IC4) when the OSC1 volume on the mixer is turned all the way up. I'm beginning to suspect the JFET is bad (I had a similar JFET problem with one of the oscillators on my Theremin). I'll try replacing it and I'll let you guys know. In the meantime, if any more ideas come to mind, please let me know. I really appreciate it guys. Thanks! |
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ianbargle
Joined: Sep 20, 2006 Posts: 8 Location: california
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject:
Alright...I got it working |
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Hey guys. First, let me thank everyone who replied once again. I am pleased to announce that EVERYTHING now works on my Sound Lab. I got oscillator 1 to work by building it on a breadboard. From there I realized that the 2N3904s were not biased correctly on my PCB. The reason for this is I did a sloppy job etching my PCB (that's right...I decided to go it alone). I fixed the short circuit by removing the copper traces (they broke off after de-soldering) and by bridging the correct connections with hookup wire. I hope this post may help people in the future. Thanks again! |
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blue hell
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Joined: Apr 03, 2004 Posts: 24079 Location: The Netherlands, Enschede
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Alright...I got it working |
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ianbargle wrote: | The reason for this is I did a sloppy job etching my PCB (that's right...I decided to go it alone). |
Does happen even with professionally made PCB\s, just bad luck, and when it's a one only product such a fault just has to be found and fixed, even when you're in it for the money, can be a real headache thing to solve, good you did ! _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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Uncle Krunkus
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Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 4761 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject:
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Etched your own PCB,
filled it with components,
wired it to the controllers,
and de-bugged it!
Now that's gotta feel satisfying! _________________ What makes a space ours, is what we put there, and what we do there. |
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ianbargle
Joined: Sep 20, 2006 Posts: 8 Location: california
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject:
Must feel great... |
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Oh yes Uncle Krunkus...it feels grand! I'll post some pics (and maybe some mp3s) soon. |
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Joel
Joined: Sep 12, 2006 Posts: 97 Location: London, UK
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:47 am Post subject:
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congrats Ian, you must be grinning from ear to ear |
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