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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: Mario on May 11, 2006, 05:14:17 PM

Title: DS-1 Mod... switch and diodes
Post by: Mario on May 11, 2006, 05:14:17 PM
Hy, I'm new here.
I'm from Croatian so my English is not so good :-\

I built DS-1 mod from http://diy.erikhansen.net/ds1.htm but I dont sure is it correct...

(http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/6339/switchanddiodes4ez.jpg)

Red circles are LED diodes and one brown rectangle is diode (I don't sure is it all the same which diode to use, D5 or D4?)
I noticed that LED diodes light more weakly (or little, I dont know how to say, but the light is less) then Chack LED.
Please comment this and give me some advice. Tell me how do you think that works the best, because I'm a beginner in electronic :)

btw: which LED diodes is best to use in this situation
Title: Re: DS-1 Mod... switch and diodes
Post by: jeroen_verbeeck on May 11, 2006, 05:32:45 PM
That is a good scheme. It lets you select between a LED and some other diode.
You can use whatever diode you like, silicium, germanium, led, and more.
You can use 1, or put 2 or more in series.

There's no good or wrong here, just experiment untill you find something you like.
Title: Re: DS-1 Mod... switch and diodes
Post by: Mario on May 12, 2006, 02:35:05 PM
And which LED diode go out at enclosure, from D4 or D5?
Title: Re: DS-1 Mod... switch and diodes
Post by: Mario on May 12, 2006, 04:56:34 PM
(http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/8628/switchanddiodes5mq.jpg)

Which diode is best to use on "green ractangle"...?
Tell me some.
Title: Re: DS-1 Mod... switch and diodes
Post by: johngreene on May 12, 2006, 06:32:34 PM
Usually the diode you find in an old piece of junk, that has no identifying marks so there's no hope you will ever find another one like it, works the best.

:icon_rolleyes:

--john
Title: Re: DS-1 Mod... switch and diodes
Post by: Mario on May 13, 2006, 06:15:10 PM
Ok, ok... :icon_rolleyes:

Thenks "jeroen_verbeeck" and "vanhansen" for help. I finished my DS-1 modding. But I occasionaly broke yellow wire (string). So now I'm not sure when I need connect it. It's not broke (fall out) from tablet...

uff, my english :-X :icon_rolleyes: :)
Title: Re: DS-1 Mod... switch and diodes
Post by: Mario on May 13, 2006, 06:16:27 PM
"when" - where
"from" - at the