Good job on explaining the schematic diagram. One other habit I've gotten into with reading schematics is initially I try to ignore the small components such as the resistors, caps and diodes and focus on the more primary components, such as the transistors, inputs, outputs, and potentiometers, as this clues me in to the bigger picture about what the schematic is trying to do. Once I have a feel for what it's trying to accomplish, adding back in the smaller components makes more sense to me.
Thanks for making this a much more approachable process. I learned this years ago, but without using it for a time. The memory faded with the years. It will be good to try reading them again. Thank you...
Hey everyone, the greatest success that ive ever had was with the Gregs Electro Blog (i found it on google) without a doubt the most incredible course i've tried.
I'm not confused about knowing what the simbols refer to, I am confused about how to know where to connect the positive and negative terminals of my power source and where to connect my mono-jacks, I see only 1 input and 1 output on that schematic, which makes no sense since you'd need two points to connect to for each jack, what I want a tutorial on is how to go from schematic to circuit irl, if you could make a video of you assembling a circuit from a schematic that would be super helpful! Edit: is hot of the jacks just the input and output of the schematic and the other legs of the jacks are connected to ground?
It would be really great if you could explain some basic schematics.... Like explain which parts are the fillets... Which parts cause distortion and all.. It would help someone like me who don't have knowledge in electronics
Hi DIY, Quite right, the Diode is for reverse polarity protection, in the event you had to many Ales. Really glad to be a sub, gathering all the information I can, Thankyou for sharing your information. Build a Runoffgroove Ruby 1/2 watt guitar practice amp, they rock. Quite an easy build. I do mine with the LM386 in one section and the MPF-102 in another section, pot and jack hook-up pretty simple. Bread board first and remember to clean and score your board around J-FET pins. I use a brown paste like flux that seems to create transient or stray voltage which can impair the performance. No clean flux is what I am going to get in the future. Awesome channel, just the kind of projects I've been looking for. Take care, Be good, C.
Eoin Monaghan, if I understood properly the ground actually goes to the negative part of your battery (or DC jack), because it closes the circuit and actually allows electrons to flow through your circuit
Its kind of like a reference point. Your telling the circuit, that point is zero volts (although "ground" can be anything other then zero, just like the power rail can be anything other then 9 volts). The ground of the pedal effect sits between the ground of your guitar and the ground of your amp, and runs through both of your guitar cables to those sources.
So I'm just getting in to pedal building. Ive designed my own curcuit for a Lo-Fi old radio sounding pedal. But I guess I'm not sure where I should use potentiometers or just resistors. I was gonna make them all pots but I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not. Any input? I can send over the schematic of anybody is willing to help me out there.
@mixermantim Hey mixermantin, thanks for the compliments! Hmm, i'd probably get the schematic and the layout open next to each other on my screen and check back and forward, following the schematic around the pcb. You will see that everything connects the same. LED connects to R5, R5 connects to R3, C3 and D1 etc etc. The schematic and the layout may look very different, but all the connects are made the same! GL CS
Nice video! When looking at a schematic for a pedal, where do you normally start when building your circuit from a schematic? Do you start with the IC and work your way out? Or do you start at input and work your way to output from left to right? That is where I am stuck right now. Thanks!
The legs of the parts go through the top of the board (side with no tracks) and out the bottom side (the side with the tracks). You will have to work out which way it goes from the layout on madbeans website. Follow the tracks etc.
So if grounds are like waste pipes, what to they all connect to? An insulator? Or do they just connect to each other? Sorry I know very little about electronics but I'd love to start building basic pedals :)
Good job on explaining the schematic diagram. One other habit I've gotten into with reading schematics is initially I try to ignore the small components such as the resistors, caps and diodes and focus on the more primary components, such as the transistors, inputs, outputs, and potentiometers, as this clues me in to the bigger picture about what the schematic is trying to do. Once I have a feel for what it's trying to accomplish, adding back in the smaller components makes more sense to me.
Thanks for making this a much more approachable process. I learned this years ago, but without using it for a time. The memory faded with the years. It will be good to try reading them again. Thank you...
Very helpful and straightforward. Thanks!
It would be awesome if you could show the schematic in physical form to know how it should look like.
Hey everyone, the greatest success that ive ever had was with the Gregs Electro Blog (i found it on google) without a doubt the most incredible course i've tried.
I'm not confused about knowing what the simbols refer to, I am confused about how to know where to connect the positive and negative terminals of my power source and where to connect my mono-jacks, I see only 1 input and 1 output on that schematic, which makes no sense since you'd need two points to connect to for each jack, what I want a tutorial on is how to go from schematic to circuit irl, if you could make a video of you assembling a circuit from a schematic that would be super helpful!
Edit: is hot of the jacks just the input and output of the schematic and the other legs of the jacks are connected to ground?
It would be really great if you could explain some basic schematics....
Like explain which parts are the fillets...
Which parts cause distortion and all..
It would help someone like me who don't have knowledge in electronics
Hi DIY, Quite right, the Diode is for reverse polarity protection, in the event you had to many Ales. Really glad to be a sub, gathering all the information I can, Thankyou for sharing your information. Build a Runoffgroove Ruby 1/2 watt guitar practice amp, they rock. Quite an easy build. I do mine with the LM386 in one section and the MPF-102 in another section, pot and jack hook-up pretty simple. Bread board first and remember to clean and score your board around J-FET pins. I use a brown paste like flux that seems to create transient or stray voltage which can impair the performance. No clean flux is what I am going to get in the future. Awesome channel, just the kind of projects I've been looking for. Take care, Be good, C.
Eoin Monaghan, if I understood properly the ground actually goes to the negative part of your battery (or DC jack), because it closes the circuit and actually allows electrons to flow through your circuit
Its kind of like a reference point. Your telling the circuit, that point is zero volts (although "ground" can be anything other then zero, just like the power rail can be anything other then 9 volts). The ground of the pedal effect sits between the ground of your guitar and the ground of your amp, and runs through both of your guitar cables to those sources.
Thank you for your inspiring videos! You're a really good teacher :)
Cheers from Portugal!
Hi, how can i understand (if is not specified in a schematic) if a capcitor is a polarized one or not?
So I'm just getting in to pedal building. Ive designed my own curcuit for a Lo-Fi old radio sounding pedal. But I guess I'm not sure where I should use potentiometers or just resistors. I was gonna make them all pots but I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not. Any input? I can send over the schematic of anybody is willing to help me out there.
@mixermantim Hey mixermantin, thanks for the compliments! Hmm, i'd probably get the schematic and the layout open next to each other on my screen and check back and forward, following the schematic around the pcb. You will see that everything connects the same. LED connects to R5, R5 connects to R3, C3 and D1 etc etc. The schematic and the layout may look very different, but all the connects are made the same! GL
CS
Good basic breakdown. Thanks very much. Go Madbean!
Nice video! When looking at a schematic for a pedal, where do you normally start when building your circuit from a schematic? Do you start with the IC and work your way out? Or do you start at input and work your way to output from left to right? That is where I am stuck right now. Thanks!
Very informative and useful, many thanks!
The legs of the parts go through the top of the board (side with no tracks) and out the bottom side (the side with the tracks). You will have to work out which way it goes from the layout on madbeans website. Follow the tracks etc.
No problem, hope it works out & good luck!
So if grounds are like waste pipes, what to they all connect to? An insulator? Or do they just connect to each other? Sorry I know very little about electronics but I'd love to start building basic pedals :)
I'm pretty sure that the diode and cap off the 9v is to protect against AC voltage.
+Geo Zero Diode is for reverse polarity protection, cap is for power filtering, cheers
@christophermball Great tip Christopher! Thanks for sharing!
what software are you using
Where do I go if I need to go more basic than this? Like understanding what each component does.
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to display the schematic? Fireworks.
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hey man, roll off the bass on your mic or get a better quality mic. you would be easier to understand to us yanks!
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