Help Wiring Enclosure

[Ben Lyman]

Are there any easy-to-understand diagrams like this.
I want to wire up my fuzz enclosure like this before I put the board into it, does it look like it is right?
My board will have 8 connections, 7 marked in pink plus a ground wire.


The signal goes into the footswitch to the board,
there are two wires from board to fuzz pot,
two wires from board to tone pot,
one wire from DC jack to the board,
one ground wire to the board,
and the LED wire to the board.

I don't know if reading my old thread with the schematic helps but here's the link:
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=112558.msg1039113#msg1039113

[R.G.]

You mean like "The Wrapper" from geofex.com, 2002?

[Ben Lyman]

Thanks R.G. I just googled wrapper geofex and I see some pretty useful stuff but it looks like it's all DPDT switches.
I'm wondering if it's okay to run my ground wire around like I did with it ending on the footswitch to activate the LED... or if there is anything at all wrong with doing it the way I've drawn it up.

[lethargytartare]

Your ground should be fine -- I've got pedals set up like that.  Everything in there looks OK, but with out the board pads, and without proper schematic symbols, I can't say if you have the right wires going to the right lugs, but the general map of the wires looks fine.

[GibsonGM]

If you're just interested in how to wire up the in/out, footswitch....http://www.tonepad.com/getfileinfo.asp?id=76

As said, for a specific effect we'd need the schematic and some time   Connections like Vol & Tone controls are specific to the effect...the above link should answer tons of questions for you, tho! 

[Ben Lyman]

Thanks again, I was going to trust myself to get the board connected properly 
Mostly just concerned about the ground and the way I am hooking the LED to the switch.

I'm pretty sure that's how I did it on my last few pedals but I've never drawn up a picture of it before now. I have always just made it up as I was assembling it, using some pictures I've seen on the web and a little bit of common sense.

Everything I've made has been different from one to the next but I really want to come up with some kind of regular layout that I can just have ready to pop the board into.

This time, as I marked and drilled holes in the box, I wrote down every measurement. It's a ton of work, my hat goes off to you guys for making this all look so easy!

FWIW, my board is probably going to look something like one of these, the schematic can be found in my previous thread:
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=112558.msg1039113#msg1039113

[GibsonGM]

Cool. I use perf; I trained myself early on to just follow the schematic and lay things out on the fly in a way that kinda makes sense.  After a while, you can anticipate where certain things will go as you get familiar with BJT, opamp pins etc.   Some designs may be sensitive to layout, though - designer will usually note this.   Yours looks much neater   Mine goes faster, is all.

[Ben Lyman]

I have only been laying things out on the fly with plain perf too up until recently. I was getting plain perf from Radio Shack but they sold out and all I can find on the web is pad per hole, so this will only be my 3rd project with pad per hole. Also, my 3rd project using the DIY layout designer. The learning curve has slowed me down but I am getting used to it and (hopefully) getting faster. The best thing about it is spending more time in the warm house planning, and less time out in the freezing cold garage soldering!

[duck_arse]

mmmmm, colours ..... now this is my kinda layout. [if you select all those green traces, you can then edit them to all the same colour or transpancey.] for my personal building, I like to do a seperation layout as well, just select and copy everything onto another board and then delete all the parts, leaving just the tracks.

The best thing about it is spending more time in the warm house planning, and less time out in the freezing cold garage soldering!

this, sadly, also applie in the summer.